ChipsNews MCP Server

MCP server for ChipsNews — manage news sources, articles, and triggers

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What is the ChipsNews MCP server?

If you already use ChipsNews, the chipsnews mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. MCP server for ChipsNews — manage news sources, articles, and triggers.

What the server does

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for ChipsNews — manage news configuration, sources, articles, and fetch triggers from Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or any MCP client.

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • Configuration — The Configuration tool exposed by this server
  • Sources — The Sources tool exposed by this server
  • Articles — The Articles tool exposed by this server

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: CHIPSNEWS_API_URL, CHIPSNEWS_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

  • Python 3.11+ - uv (recommended) or pip - A ChipsNews API key

Installation

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

Where it fits

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. ChipsNews's toolset — Configuration, Sources, Articles — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by fgasparetto; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against ChipsNews's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
ConfigurationThe Configuration tool exposed by this server.
SourcesThe Sources tool exposed by this server.
ArticlesThe Articles tool exposed by this server.

How to install the ChipsNews MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chipsnews": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--script", "/path/to/chipsnews-mcp/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "CHIPSNEWS_API_URL": "https://news.chipsbuilder.com",
        "CHIPSNEWS_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

  • Python 3.11+ - uv (recommended) or pip - A ChipsNews API key
VariableDescriptionRequired
CHIPSNEWS_API_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
CHIPSNEWS_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use ChipsNews to Configuration.
  • Use ChipsNews to Sources.
  • Use ChipsNews to Articles.

Frequently asked questions

It connects ChipsNews to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 3 tools (Configuration, Sources, Articles) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with ChipsNews directly.