News MCP

A Model Context Protocol server that gives AI agents live news — AP, BBC, NPR, Hacker News and Google News search — as callable tools. For news assistants, monitoring and research agents.

🛠 Tools (5)

• get_ap_news — AP news headlines.
• get_bbc_news — BBC news headlines.
• get_hacker_news — Hacker News top stories.
• get_npr_news — NPR news headlines.
• search_google_news — Search Google News by query.

🔌 Connect (Claude Desktop / Cursor / n8n / OpenAI Agents SDK)

Add this MCP server to your client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "news": {
      "url": "https://nexgendata--news-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Sample agent prompt:

Get the top BBC and AP headlines and search Google News for 'interest rates'.

Pricing: $0.02 per tool call (Pay-Per-Event). Runs in Standby mode.

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Related NexGenData Actors

Use case	Actor
AP News article scraper	AP News Scraper
BBC News article scraper	BBC News Scraper
NPR story scraper	NPR Scraper
Hacker News stories + comments scraper	Hacker News Scraper
Finance + market data for AI agents	Finance MCP Server

FAQ

Q: Is the news data licensed? The server reads publicly available news pages and RSS feeds. For redistribution beyond internal analysis, check the target source's ToS.

Q: Does it cover non-English news? The covered sources (AP, BBC, NPR, Hacker News, Google News) are English-first.

Q: How fresh is the data? Each tool call fetches live data at call time.

Q: Can the AI agent stream news as it arrives? The MCP call pattern is request-response. For streaming, schedule the actor on a webhook and POST to your agent endpoint.

About NexGenData

NexGenData publishes a large catalog of buyer-intent actors plus a family of MCP servers for AI agent workflows. All pay-per-event. Browse the full catalog at https://apify.com/nexgendata

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