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NewsAPI MCP. Monitor global news feeds and historical archives.

NewsAPI provides immediate access to global news feeds, letting your agent search articles from over 150,000 sources worldwide. Get live breaking news, track market sentiment across different countries, or perform deep historical research by querying five years of archived headlines and full-text reports.

NewsAPI MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
NewsAPI MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
NewsAPI MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
NewsAPI MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
NewsAPI MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
NewsAPI MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
NewsAPI MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
NewsAPI MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Search entire historical archives

Use this MCP's search tools to find every article ever published on a topic, allowing you to filter results by date range, language, and specific source domain.

Monitor real-time global trends

Fetch live top headlines for any given country or category instantly, helping your agent track breaking events as they happen across the globe.

Identify content sources and metadata

List all available news publishers and retrieve top articles from specific sources (like 'bbc-news' or 'cnn') to build a complete map of where information lives.

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What AI agents can do with NewsAPI: 10 Tools for Media Monitoring

These ten tools allow you to execute highly specific data retrieval tasks, from getting top headlines by country to searching every article published on a topic.

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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 Headlines By Category

Retrieves the top breaking headlines based on a specific topic category (e.g., business, sports).

Get Headlines By Country

Pulls the most important breaking news stories for a specified country code.

Get Articles From Domains

Searches for articles published only by specific websites or domains you name.

Get Articles By Language

Filters article searches to include content written in a particular language code.

Get Popular Articles

Finds the most frequently read and popular articles globally.

Get Recent Articles

Retrieves a list of the absolute newest articles published, regardless of topic or popularity.

Get Headlines By Source

Gets top headlines specifically from one or more named news organizations (like CNN).

List Sources

Provides a complete list of all the news publishers and sources indexed by the...

Search Articles

Executes a broad search across all available articles, allowing you to define...

Search Headlines

Searches for specific topics or keywords within headline summaries only.

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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.

NewsAPI 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 NewsAPI 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.

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

  • Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
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  • Deploy to edge with MCPFusion framework
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Start with NewsAPI, then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

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Sifting through global news coverage feels like archaeology.

Today, getting a full picture of a topic means jumping between dozens of websites. You open CNN for one angle, BBC for another, and then maybe check Reuters just to confirm the numbers. Then you copy headlines into a spreadsheet, manually cross-referencing dates and sources until your eyes blur.

With this MCP, that manual process vanishes. Your agent handles the aggregation. You ask it to monitor market coverage across three continents from five different news groups, and it spits out structured data—not links to click on. You get a complete report instantly.

Accessing NewsAPI gives you total control over your information streams.

You eliminate the need to manually check for different languages, time zones, or domains. Instead of running separate searches for 'business in Spain' and 'tech in Brazil,' you run one query that handles both criteria simultaneously.

This means your agent doesn't just report facts; it delivers context-rich intelligence built from a global archive. That’s the difference between reading news and doing actual research.

What NewsAPI MCP does for your AI

This MCP connects your AI client to a massive global archive of journalism. It's built for anyone who needs more than just Google News—it lets you programmatically monitor what’s happening everywhere, all the time. You can pull top local headlines by country or restrict searches to specific industry domains. Need to track how frequently a brand is mentioned in major outlets? Use this MCP to build that monitoring stream directly into your agent's workflow.

The Vinkius catalog hosts this resource because it turns messy, disparate data streams into actionable information. You can search everything published—not just the front page headlines—using filters for language, date range, or even source name. It’s pure research power: query articles from five years ago to spot trends, or get real-time feeds for breaking stories instantly.

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Frequently asked questions about NewsAPI MCP

How does NewsAPI MCP handle real-time breaking news? +

It uses tools like get_headlines_by_category to pull live updates for specific topics. This means your agent gets the freshest information immediately, allowing you to react fast.

Can NewsAPI MCP search articles older than a year? +

Yes. The API supports deep historical research, enabling searches across five years of archived content using tools like search_articles.

Is NewsAPI MCP only for English news? +

No. It handles multiple languages. You can restrict your search results to specific language codes, such as Portuguese or Spanish, with the get_articles_by_language tool.

How do I find out which news organizations are available? +

You use the dedicated list_sources tool. This immediately gives you a comprehensive list of every indexable publisher, saving you from guessing what sources exist.

What if I want to monitor only tech news from California websites? +

You would combine tools like get_articles_from_domains with category filters. This allows your agent to narrow the scope down to a specific industry and geographic area.