MCP Server

Context News exposes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants like Claude, Copilot, and other agents access news data directly.

Quick Start
Add Context News to your MCP client configuration
// In your MCP client config (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context-news": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/ai-news/mcp-server.mjs"],
      "env": {
        "API_URL": "http://localhost:3000/api"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

get_latest_news
Fetch the latest AI news articles

Parameters

limitnumberMax articles to return (default: 10)
categorystringFilter by category
search_news
Search for AI news by keyword

Parameters

querystringSearch query (required)
limitnumberMax results (default: 10)
get_article
Get full content of a specific article

Parameters

slugstringArticle slug (required)
get_categories
List all available categories and article counts

No parameters required.

get_trending
Get trending/featured articles

Parameters

limitnumberMax articles (default: 10)

Resources

The MCP server also exposes resources that AI agents can read:

news://latest

Latest 20 articles as a formatted text resource

news://categories

Available categories and article counts