NewsMCP Server

What does NewsMCP Server do?

NewsMCP Server gives AI agents and MCP clients live world news deduplicated into story events — one entry per real-world story rather than a flat list of near-identical articles. Each story event carries a generated headline, one-liner, abstract, key actors, industry and event-type labels, corroboration counts (how many independent newsrooms carried it), and links back to the original sources.

It runs as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server on the Apify platform using Actor Standby, so it is always ready — no infrastructure to run, authenticated with your Apify API token, and usable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or any other MCP client. Learn more at newsmcp.com.

Why use NewsMCP Server?

• Deduplicated stories, not article noise — hundreds of reprints collapse into one story event with a corroboration count.
• Verification built in — ask "how widely is this reported?" and get independent-newsroom counts, separate from domain reprints.
• Agent-ready — structured JSON output designed for LLM consumption, with source links for citation.
• Zero setup — connect via streamable HTTP with your Apify token; no separate account needed to get started.

How to use NewsMCP Server

1. Add the server to your MCP client configuration:

   {
       "mcpServers": {
           "newsmcp": {
               "url": "https://<your-username>--newsmcp-server.apify.actor/mcp",
               "headers": {
                   "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN>"
               }
           }
       }
   }
   

2. Restart or reload your MCP client.

3. Ask your agent something like "What's happening with Tesla this week?" or "How widely reported is this claim?"

Tools

Output

Tool results are structured JSON story events, for example:

{
    "headline": "Example Corp announces acquisition of Sample Inc",
    "one_liner": "The $2B deal expands Example Corp's cloud portfolio.",
    "actors": ["Example Corp", "Sample Inc"],
    "industry": "Technology",
    "event_type": "M&A",
    "corroboration": { "newsrooms": 14, "domains": 87 },
    "sources": ["https://example-news.com/article"]
}

Pricing

This Actor is priced to be effectively free: a tiny flat fee per tool call (see the Pricing tab for current rates). Typical agent sessions cost fractions of a cent.

Prefer a classic Actor with an input form and a dataset output? Use the companion Actors: news, get-story, and check-coverage.

FAQ and support

• Where does the news come from? Aggregated from live newsroom output worldwide; every story event links to its original sources.
• Do I need a NewsMCP API key? No — the Actor works out of the box. Higher rate limits are available via newsmcp.com.
• Found a problem? Please open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab and we'll take a look.