How to Use the News MCP in Mastra AI

Q: How do I register the News MCP Server tools inside my Mastra AI agent?

You initialize the MCPClient, call listTools(), and spread those tools directly into your agent's tool array. This instantly grants your agent access to search millions of articles.

Q: Can I restrict which publishers my agent can search?

Yes, you can use the listsources tool to get active publishers and then write a custom validation step in your workflow. This prevents the agent from running queries against sources you want to ignore.

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Multi-step news workflows with Mastra AI

Build workflows that react to breaking events without writing manual polling scripts by hooking `get_top_headlines` to Mastra. Your agent can monitor specific categories and trigger downstream actions like Slack alerts or database writes. If a query fails, the MCP integration relies on Mastra's built-in workflow engine to handle retries automatically. It's a great way to ensure your background news tracking stays active even during temporary API outages.

Precision filtering with conditional branching

Create complex logic using this MCP tool to filter out noise from millions of daily articles with `search_everything`. Your agent runs the tool to find specific keywords, then uses conditional branches to evaluate the relevance of the returned text. You can route highly relevant articles to your primary database while sending lower-priority updates to a digest queue. This keeps your storage clean and your alerts focused on critical events.

Human-in-the-loop approval for publisher lists

Maintain editorial control over which publishers your agent trusts by running `list_sources` before updating your main list. The agent pauses the workflow until you approve the new outlets. You configure this by setting `requireToolApproval` on the Mastra client before fetching publishers. It prevents your automated news system from pulling content from unverified or biased platforms without your explicit green light.

Setup guide

Set up News MCP in Mastra AI

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+ and a TypeScript project
@mastra/mcp + @mastra/core packages
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install dependencies
Run npm install @mastra/mcp @mastra/core plus your preferred model provider (e.g. @ai-sdk/openai).
2

Configure the MCPClient
Create an MCPClient with your Vinkius endpoint as a URL object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Discover and inject tools
Call mcpClient.listTools() and spread the result into your agent's tools object. All News tools become native Mastra tools.
4

Run with any model
Swap openai("gpt-4o") for any AI SDK-compatible provider. Call agent.generate() and the agent routes tool calls through MCP automatically.

agent.ts

import { MCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";

const mcpClient = new MCPClient({
  id: "news-mcp-client",
  servers: {
    "news-mcp": {
      url: new URL(
        "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
      ),
    },
  },
});

const agent = new Agent({
  name: "News Agent",
  model: openai("gpt-4o"),
  instructions: "You have access to News tools.",
  tools: {
    ...(await mcpClient.listTools()),
  },
});

const result = await agent.generate(
  "List recent News transactions"
);
console.log(result.text);

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Common questions about News MCP in Mastra AI

You can configure Mastra's workflow engine to use exponential backoff when calling `get_top_headlines`. This ensures your agent pauses and retries instead of failing outright when hitting API thresholds.

Yes, you can deploy your entire agent configuration with a single command. The MCP client will automatically connect to the hosted news server using either SSE or Streamable HTTP.

You initialize the `MCPClient`, call `listTools()`, and spread those tools directly into your agent's tool array. This instantly grants your agent access to search millions of articles.

Yes, you can use the `list_sources` tool to get active publishers and then write a custom validation step in your workflow. This prevents the agent from running queries against sources you want to ignore.

All API requests are routed through a zero-trust, ephemeral V8 Isolate sandbox. Your search queries and selected publisher lists are processed entirely in memory, meaning no persistent logs of your research topics are ever written to disk.

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