MCP Newsapi runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 221 installs a week from npm. Last commit 22 Oct 2026.
NewsAPI.ai (Event Registry): 10 read-only MCP tools for news articles, events, autosuggest, trends
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Today is the operative word: we check MCP Newsapi 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
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-newsapi -e 'NEWSAPI_AI_API_KEY=<NEWSAPI_AI_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @nubiia/mcp-newsapi{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-newsapi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@nubiia/mcp-newsapi"
],
"env": {
"NEWSAPI_AI_API_KEY": "<NEWSAPI_AI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-newsapi]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@nubiia/mcp-newsapi"]
env = { NEWSAPI_AI_API_KEY = "<NEWSAPI_AI_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-newsapi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@nubiia/mcp-newsapi"
],
"env": {
"NEWSAPI_AI_API_KEY": "<NEWSAPI_AI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-newsapi": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@nubiia/mcp-newsapi"
],
"env": {
"NEWSAPI_AI_API_KEY": "<NEWSAPI_AI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<NEWSAPI_AI_API_KEY> (Your NewsAPI.ai API key (newsapi.ai → Dashboard)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
NEWSAPI_AI_MAX_TOKENS_PER_SESSION (Max NewsAPI.ai tokens this server may spend per session (process lifetime). Defaults to 200).
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MCP Newsapi — questions
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