How to Use the News MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK

Connect the News MCP server to the OpenAI Agents SDK to build production-grade research agents that track global headlines with strict limits.

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Connect News MCP to OpenAI Agents SDK

Create your Vinkius account to connect News to OpenAI Agents SDK and route execution through our secure gateway. The platform manages server hosting, runtime updates, and security layers. Configuration requires no manual server provisioning.

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Setup News with OpenAI Agents SDK

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Pull Breaking Updates into OpenAI Agents SDK

The `get_top_headlines` tool feeds live breaking news directly into your agent's context window. Your agent pulls current events without mixing country filters and specific publisher lists, preventing API rejections. Because OpenAI Agents SDK supports strict handoffs, you can route breaking updates to a specialized fact-checking agent. This keeps your main agent focused on analysis while the sub-agent monitors the wire.

Query 150,000 Publishers via MCP Server

The `search_everything` tool executes boolean queries across millions of articles using AND, OR, NOT, +, and - operators. Your agent constructs complex search strings to isolate specific topics across a massive media database. Tracing these deep searches happens automatically in your OpenAI dashboard. When an agent executes a heavily filtered query, you see the exact boolean logic it applied to the news archive.

Map the Media Ecosystem

The `list_sources` tool returns the exact publishers approved for top headline retrieval. Your agent reads this index to whitelist specific domains before executing broad searches. Setting cacheToolsList=True in your OpenAI Agent constructor prevents redundant calls to this publisher list. Your agent knows exactly which sources exist in memory, saving API roundtrips during high-volume research.

Setup guide

Set up News MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+ installed
openai-agents package (pip install openai-agents)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install the SDK

Run pip install openai-agents to install the OpenAI Agents SDK. The MCP integration is built-in — no extra dependencies needed.
2

Connect via SSE transport

Use MCPServerSse with your Vinkius endpoint URL. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. The SDK auto-discovers all News tools at runtime.
3

Create your Agent

Pass the MCP to Agent(mcp_servers=[server]). The agent receives News tools as native definitions — JSON schemas resolve automatically.
4

Run the agent

Call Runner.run(agent, prompt) to execute. The agent invokes the appropriate News tools and returns structured results. Copy the full example on the right to get started.

agent.py

import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerSse

async def main():
    async with MCPServerSse(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    ) as server:
        agent = Agent(
            name="News Agent",
            instructions="You have access to News tools.",
            mcp_servers=[server],
        )
        result = await Runner.run(agent, "List recent transactions")
        print(result.final_output)

asyncio.run(main())

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Common questions about News MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK

Initialize MCPServerStreamableHttp with your Vinkius endpoint. Pass it to your agent constructor under the mcp_servers argument. The SDK handles tool discovery automatically.

Yes, but you have to structure the parameters correctly. The API rejects requests that combine specific countries with specific sources. Your agent must pick one filtering method per call.

It does. You pass standard operators like AND, NOT, +, and - into the query field. The system processes these rules to filter millions of articles down to exact matches.

Open your OpenAI dashboard and look at the execution traces. Every tool call logs the exact parameters and the raw JSON response returned by the API.

The server processes search strings, boolean operators, and source filters. Vinkius runs this connection inside an ephemeral V8 Isolate Sandbox. Your search parameters vanish the moment the connection terminates, leaving no persistent logs behind.

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