MCP server for news-data

MCP server for getting up-to-date news with newsdata.io

Local serverstdio

What is the MCP server for news-data MCP Server?

MCP server for news-data is an MCP project maintained in the anurag-dhamala/news-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “MCP server for getting up-to-date news with newsdata.io”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using path_to_your_node. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares NEWS_API_KEY, NEWS_BASE_URL. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the MCP server for news-data MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "news": {
      "command": "path_to_your_node",
      "args": [
        "location_to_your_dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEWS_API_KEY": "YOUR_NEWS_API_KEY",
        "NEWS_BASE_URL": "https://newsdata.io"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
NEWS_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
NEWS_BASE_URLDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation