The server exposes news articles stored in a database via a resource URI: - `news://{category}/{limit}`: Retrieves a list of the latest articles for
The server exposes news articles stored in a database via a resource URI: - news://{category}/{limit}: Retrieves a list of the latest articles for a given category. - {category}: Filters articles by category (e.g., tech. Exposed over MCP by the mcp news mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
The server ships on npm as @modelcontextprotocol/inspector, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
summarize_news — Retrieves raw news articles from the database, allowing the client (LLM) to summarize themResources — The server exposes news articles stored in a database via a resource URI: - news://{category}/{limit}: Retrieves a list of the latest articles for aPrompts — The server currently does not expose any prompts. (The summarization logic exists internally but is not available via an MCP prompt)Tools — The server implements one tool: - summarize_news: Retrieves raw news articles from the database, allowing the client (LLM) to summarize them. - TakesDebugging — Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging experience, we strongly recommend using the [MCPYou will need 3 environment variables: DATABASE_URL, OPENAI_API_KEY, UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the database access group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. MCP News's toolset — summarize_news, Resources, Prompts and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by eluc1a; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| summarize_news | Retrieves raw news articles from the database, allowing the client (LLM) to summarize them. |
| Resources | The server exposes news articles stored in a database via a resource URI: - news://{category}/{limit}: Retrieves a list of the latest articles for a given category. - {category}: Filters articles by category (e.g., tech, |
| Prompts | The server currently does not expose any prompts. (The summarization logic exists internally but is not available via an MCP prompt). |
| Tools | The server implements one tool: - summarize_news: Retrieves raw news articles from the database, allowing the client (LLM) to summarize them. - Takes optional category (string) and limit (integer, default 20) arguments. |
| Debugging | Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging experience, we strongly recommend using the [MCP Inspector](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector). |
"mcpServers": {
"news-mcp": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"~/dev/news-mcp",
"run",
"news-mcp"
]
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| DATABASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| OPENAI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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