Mohammadshahzaib007/news-ai-mcp-server
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A minimal Python-based MCP server that connects to NewsAPI.org to fetch and summarize the latest top headlines.
📰 News AI MCP Server
A minimal Python-based MCP server that connects to NewsAPI.org to fetch and summarize the latest top headlines by country, category, and search query. Built with python mcp SDK, tested on a cloud desktop client, and initialized using uv for environment management.
🚀 Features
- 🌍 Fetch top headlines from NewsAPI.org by:
- Country code (e.g.
us,in) - Category (e.g.
business,technology) - Search query (
q)
- Country code (e.g.
- 🧠 Summarizes the news headlines with:
- Title
- Short description
- Author and source attribution
- 🔧 Includes a test greeting resource for verifying server communication
- ⚙️ Easily integratable into MCP clients
🛠️ Tech Stack
- Python
- MCP SDK for Python (FastMCP)
- NewsAPI.org
- uv — For dependency and environment management
- dotenv — For managing secrets like API keys
📦 Setup
1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/your-username/news-ai-mcp-server.git
cd news-ai-mcp-server
2. Install dependencies
Make sure you have uv installed:
3. Create a .env file
API_KEY=your_newsapi_org_api_key
4. Run the MCP server
uv run mcp install main.py
🧪 Testing
This server was tested using a cloud desktop client connected via the MCP protocol.
