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Mediastack MCP. Global News Monitoring, On Demand.

Mediastack provides immediate access to global news data through your AI agent. It lets you search and filter articles from over 7,500 international sources in real time or query historical events by specific dates. Get comprehensive media coverage for research, reporting, and trend analysis without leaving your workflow.

Mediastack MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Mediastack MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Mediastack MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Mediastack MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Mediastack MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Mediastack MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Mediastack MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Mediastack MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

Retrieve Live News Updates

Fetch breaking headlines and recent articles from thousands of global publishers as they are published.

Track Historical Events

Query news archives to find coverage of past events by specifying exact start and end dates.

Discover News Outlets

Get a list of supported news sources, filtered by country or specific category, so you know where to look for perspectives.

Filter Complex Data Sets

Narrow search results using multiple parameters like keywords, geography, and source type simultaneously.

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What AI agents can do with Mediastack with 2 Tools

These tools let you retrieve current or archived news stories and manage a list of all available world publishers for deep research.

Make your AI actually useful.

Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

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Get News

Retrieves live or archived news articles, allowing you to specify a date range for historical lookups.

List Sources

Fetches the complete list of all news organizations and publishers supported by...

Security and governance baked right in.

Pick your AI client below to get set up. Just create a Vinkius account, subscribe, and you're instantly up and running. We handle the entire backend infrastructure, delivering out-of-the-box support for HTTPS Streamable, SSE, and OAuth2—zero messy routing required.

Mediastack MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Mediastack integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

Choose How to Get Started

Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

Build Your Own

Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

  • Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
  • Create Agent Skills with progressive disclosure
  • Deploy to edge with MCPFusion framework
  • Built in DLP, auth, and compliance on each call
  • Real time usage dashboard and cost metering
  • Publish to catalog or keep private
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Make Your AI Do More

Start with Mediastack, then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

  • Use this MCP plus 5,200+ others, all in one place
  • Add new capabilities to your AI anytime you want
  • Connections are secured and governed automatically
  • Track usage and costs across all your servers
  • Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
  • New servers added to the catalog weekly
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The Pain of Manual Media Monitoring

Today, monitoring global news means opening tabs across dozens of competing platforms. You copy-paste keywords into Google News, then cross-reference with industry blogs, and finally check specialized academic archives. It's a cycle of clicking, searching for dates, and manually compiling disparate threads into one coherent story.

With this MCP, you talk to your agent like talking to a colleague who already read the news for you. You ask what you need—say, 'all stories about chip shortages in Q2'—and it pulls everything together instantly, giving you clean, structured data right where you are.

Mediastack: Global News Intelligence at Your Fingertips

The manual steps that vanish include checking five different source types just to get a full picture of a single event. You don't have to track down the official press release, then check three competing blogs, and finally find an academic summary—your agent does it all.

It’s not about finding *a* story; it's about gathering the entire ecosystem of information surrounding that story. Your research depth just went from 'good' to 'indisputable.'

What Mediastack MCP does for your AI

Mediastack connects your AI agent directly to a massive global news network. Instead of hopping through dozens of niche websites or running multiple manual searches, you simply ask your agent for the information you need—whether it's breaking headlines from Tokyo or an article about oil prices from London last month.

You can narrow down results based on keywords, specific countries, or even just a particular category like 'technology.' Because this MCP is hosted on Vinkius, you connect once and instantly gain access to global intelligence without needing multiple API keys or complex coding setups. Your agent handles the heavy lifting, bringing structured, filtered news articles right into your chat window.

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Frequently asked questions about Mediastack MCP

Can I use Mediastack MCP for news outside English? +

Yes, you can search by country and language. You can filter results using the get_news tool to ensure you pull articles from specific linguistic regions.

How far back in time can I go with Mediastack MCP? +

The system supports querying historical archives by date range. Just make sure you define the exact start and end dates when using get_news to track past events.

What is the first thing I should do with Mediastack MCP? +

Before searching for specific topics, run list_sources. This shows you every publisher available, letting you understand the breadth of perspectives before you write your query.

Does Mediastack MCP only handle breaking news? +

No. While it handles live feeds, its strength is historical context. You can use get_news to track how a story evolved over weeks or even years.

Do I need special programming knowledge for Mediastack MCP? +

Nope. You interact with it using natural language prompts through your AI agent, making the entire process conversational and zero-code.