Google News & Trends MCP Server

Query Google News RSS feeds and search interest over time via Google Trends.

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What is the Google News & Trends MCP MCP server?

Query Google News RSS feeds and search interest over time via Google Trends. That is what the google news & trends mcp mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.

The short version

A powerful, robust Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects AI models to Google News RSS feeds and Google Trends. Easily pull historical weekly interest curves, calculate keyword growth rates, fetch trending queries, and analyze/summarize related articles using LLMs and NLP.

  • Google News Integration — Trawl feeds for articles by keyword, location, or topic, and fetch top news stories
  • Advanced Trends Analysis — Pull interest history for explicit Google Trends windows (such as 12 months, five years, or an exact date range), calculate growth velocities over custom windows, and retrieve real-time trending keywords
  • NLP & LLM Summarization — Summarize article payloads and extract key concepts using client-side LLM sampling or local NLP
  • Windows-Safe & Robust — Fully handles local session state, rates limits, and includes a fallback mechanism for sites that are difficult to scrape

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 9 tools. What each one is for:

  • get_news_by_keyword — Search for news using specific keywords
  • get_news_by_location — Retrieve news relevant to a particular location
  • get_news_by_topic — Get news based on a chosen topic
  • get_top_news — Fetch the top news stories from Google News
  • get_trending_terms — Return trending keywords from Google Trends for a specified location
  • get_trends — Pull Google Search interest over an explicit window to inspect growth and seasonality curves
  • get_growth — Measure how much search interest changed over custom periods (e.g. 3M, 1Y) and compare growth side-by-side
  • get_ranked_trends — Get a ranked list of the highest-volume or fastest-growing keywords on Google Search right now
  • get_top_trends — Discover top trending topics on Google Trends right now without requiring a keyword query

What it needs from you

Configuration is passed through the environment: HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, GOOGLE_TRENDS_DELAY, USERPROFILE, LOCALAPPDATA, APPDATA, PYPI_API_TOKEN. 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.

Getting it running

Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.

How it compares

Among the AI and media services options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Google News & Trends MCP's toolset — get_news_by_keyword, get_news_by_location, get_news_by_topic and 6 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by AKzar1el; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Google News & Trends MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Things to watch

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • With 9 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Google News & Trends MCP.
  • 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
get_news_by_keywordSearch for news using specific keywords.
get_news_by_locationRetrieve news relevant to a particular location.
get_news_by_topicGet news based on a chosen topic.
get_top_newsFetch the top news stories from Google News.
get_trending_termsReturn trending keywords from Google Trends for a specified location.
get_trendsPull Google Search interest over an explicit window to inspect growth and seasonality curves.
get_growthMeasure how much search interest changed over custom periods (e.g. 3M, 1Y) and compare growth side-by-side.
get_ranked_trendsGet a ranked list of the highest-volume or fastest-growing keywords on Google Search right now.
get_top_trendsDiscover top trending topics on Google Trends right now without requiring a keyword query.

How to install the Google News & Trends MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trendpulse": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector"],
      "env": {
        "HTTP_PROXY": "your-value",
        "HTTPS_PROXY": "your-value",
        "GOOGLE_TRENDS_DELAY": "your-value",
        "USERPROFILE": "your-value",
        "LOCALAPPDATA": "your-value",
        "APPDATA": "your-value",
        "PYPI_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
HTTP_PROXYConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
HTTPS_PROXYConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
GOOGLE_TRENDS_DELAYConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
USERPROFILEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
LOCALAPPDATAConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
APPDATAConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
PYPI_API_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Google News & Trends MCP to get news by keyword.
  • Use Google News & Trends MCP to get news by location.
  • Use Google News & Trends MCP to get news by topic.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Google News & Trends MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 9 tools (get_news_by_keyword, get_news_by_location, get_news_by_topic, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Google News & Trends MCP directly.