Singapore News MCP Server

A server that provides real-time news feeds from major Singapore news sources.

Features

Real-time news updates via Server-Sent Events (SSE)
Supports multiple Singapore news sources:
- The Straits Times
- Business Times
- Channel News Asia (CNA)

Prerequisites

Python >=3.12
uv package manager

Installation

# Clone the repository git clone <repository-url> cd news_mcp # Install dependencies using uv uv sync

Usage

Running with Python

# Start the MCP server uv run news_mcp # Individual news retrievers uv run straits # Straits Times uv run business # Business Times uv run cna # Channel News Asia

Running with Docker

# Build and run using docker-compose docker compose up --build

or

# You can run using the run.sh file # This command is only for MacOS or Linux # For MacOs required Docker Desktop # Give permissions for run.sh in unix chmod +x ./run.sh # (sudo chmod) if super user required ./run.sh #For MacOS it will spin up the docker desktop builds and run the docker container in the background

Configuration

Create a .env file with required environment variables:

MCP_PORT=8000

For Claude Desktop integration, use the provided claude_desktop_config.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "news_streamable": { "command": "/opt/homebrew/bin/uv", "args": [ "tool", "run", "mcp-proxy", "--transport", "streamablehttp", "http://127.0.0.1:8080/mcp" ] } } }