The google-news-trends-mcp server provides access to Google News and Google Trends data with the following capabilities:
Search Google News: Find articles by keyword, location, or topic
Get Top News: Retrieve top news stories from Google News
Google Trends: Fetch trending keywords for specific geographic locations
Summarize Content: Generate summaries of news articles using LLM Sampling or NLP
CLI Access: Use command-line tools to access all features
Customization: Configure the server for use with tools like Claude.app and VS Code
Offers access to Google Trends data, allowing retrieval of trending keywords based on specific geographic locations.
Provides tools for searching articles by keyword, location, and topic, as well as retrieving top news stories from Google News.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@google-news-trends-mcpwhat are the top trending keywords in the US right now?"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Google News Trends MCP
An MCP server that slurps data from Google News and Google Trends RSS endpoints, optionally distills it with LLM/NLP, and barfs out structured results.
Features
Trawl Google News RSS feeds for articles based on keyword, location, topic
Ingest top news stories from Google News
Snag trending search terms from Google Trends based on geographic input
Plug in LLM/NLP pipelines to condense article payloads and extract key concepts
Related MCP server: Google Custom Search Engine MCP Server
Installation
Using uv/uvx (recommended)
When using uv no specific installation is needed. We will
use uvx to directly run google-news-trends-mcp.
Using PIP
pip install google-news-trends-mcpAfter installation, you can run it as a script using:
python -m google_news_trends_mcpConfiguration
Configure for Claude.app
Add to your Claude settings:
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-news-trends": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["google-news-trends-mcp@latest"]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"google-news-trends": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["-m", "google_news_trends_mcp"]
}
}
}Configure for VS Code
{
"mcp": {
"servers": {
"google-news-trends": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["google-news-trends-mcp@latest"]
}
}
}
}{
"mcp": {
"servers": {
"google-news-trends": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["-m", "google_news_trends_mcp"]
}
}
}
}Tools
The following MCP tools are available:
Tool Name | Description |
get_news_by_keyword | Search for news using specific keywords. |
get_news_by_location | Retrieve news relevant to a particular location. |
get_news_by_topic | Get news based on a chosen topic. |
get_top_news | Fetch the top news stories from Google News. |
get_trending_keywords | Return trending keywords from Google Trends for a specified location. |
All of the news related tools have an option to summarize the text of the article using LLM Sampling (if supported) or NLP
CLI
All tools can be accessed from the command line using uv
uv run google-news-trends
Usage: google-news-trends [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Find and download news articles using Google News.
Options:
--help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
keyword Find articles by keyword using Google News.
location Find articles by location using Google News.
top Get top news stories from Google News.
topic Find articles by topic using Google News.
trending Returns google trends for a specific geo location.Debugging
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx google-news-trends-mcpTo run from within locally installed project
cd path/to/google/news/tends/mcp
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run google-news-trends-mcpTesting
cd path/to/google/news/tends/mcp
python -m pytest