GNews MCP server

This MCP server enables you to search for related news articles on the internet directly from your client application. It provides a simple interface to access news content through the Model Context Protocol framework.

Installation

To install and set up the mcp-gnews server, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/mcp-gnews.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd mcp-gnews
   

3. Install dependencies using pip:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

Configuration

To enable the MCP server, you need to add specific configuration to your MCP config file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnews_search": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "%USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHub/mcp-gnews",
        "run",
        "python",
        "main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Configuration Notes:

• The configuration uses uv to run the Python script
• Adjust the directory path (%USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHub/mcp-gnews) to match your actual installation location
• The server is registered with the name gnews_search in the MCP framework

Using the News Search

Once configured, you can interact with the news search functionality through your MCP-compatible client application:

1. Connect to the MCP server from your client
2. Send search queries related to news topics you're interested in
3. The server will return relevant news articles from the internet

Example Query:

# Example of how a client might query the server
response = mcp_client.query("gnews_search", {"search_term": "artificial intelligence"})

The server will process your query and return news articles related to the provided search term.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "gnews_search" '{"command":"uv","args":["--directory","%USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHub/mcp-gnews","run","python","main.py"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "gnews_search": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "%USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHub/mcp-gnews",
                "run",
                "python",
                "main.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "gnews_search": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "%USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHub/mcp-gnews",
                "run",
                "python",
                "main.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect