Google News MCP Server

by johnisanerd Your server? Claim it

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Google News is answering right now. Last checked 14 min ago. Last commit 18 Sep 2026.

Google News headlines, sources, and links via the Apify Google News API, hosted MCP.

Uptime history 47 days of history

47 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

371 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 18 Sep 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Google News every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 14 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add google-news --transport http https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/GoogleNewsAPI

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-news": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/GoogleNewsAPI"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.google-news]
url = "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/GoogleNewsAPI"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-news": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/GoogleNewsAPI"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-news": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/GoogleNewsAPI"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but you need an API key from its owner to call it.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/GoogleNewsAPI	streamable-http	needs key	329 ms	14 min ago

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Google News — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Google News?

The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.

Is Google News working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 371 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Google News?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own key: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does Google News need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, Google News answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.

How fast is Google News?

It answers our handshake in 371 ms on average, which is faster than 41% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Google News open source?

We cannot say either way: written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.