GNews is answering right now. Last checked 3 min ago. It exposes 2 tools. Last commit 7 Oct 2026.
Official GNews API server: search news articles and top headlines from 80,000+ sources.
GNews does not always answer
Over the last week it answered 98.1% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 3 min ago.
claude mcp add gnews --transport http https://mcp.gnews.io/{
"mcpServers": {
"gnews": {
"url": "https://mcp.gnews.io/"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.gnews]
url = "https://mcp.gnews.io/"{
"mcpServers": {
"gnews": {
"url": "https://mcp.gnews.io/"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"gnews": {
"url": "https://mcp.gnews.io/"
}
}
}Available tools 2
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top_headlines
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://mcp.gnews.io/ | streamable-http | answering | 372 ms | 3 min ago |
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