# Overview
MCP server to get content from thoroughbreddailynews.com's RSS feed
# Requirements
* `uv`. Installation instructions at [https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/)
# Getting Started
## Part 1: Running MCP Server
1. Clone this repository
2. `cd horseracingnews`
3. Run `uv run horse_racing_news_mcp_server.py` and keep running.
## Part 2: Update Claude Desktop Configuration (assuming macOS)
1. Run `cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude`
2. Use your favorite editor and open up `claude_desktop_config.json` (e.g., `vim claude_desktop_config.json`)
3. Assuming you never added an MCP server to the configuration file before, add:
```
{
"mcpServers": {
"horseracing": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/horseracingnews",
"run",
"horse_racing_news_mcp_server.py"
]
}
}
}
```
Make sure to restart Claude Desktop
# Source
* https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/feed/ (RSS)
# Prompts Used
```
I was informed of Thoroughbred Daily News yesterday. They provide an RSS feed at https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/feed/. Can you write a Python program that:
Loads the feed
Parse the XML
For each story, show the title, content, and link
```
`Excellent, thanks so much! Now, can you turn it into an MCP server using FastMCP? Expose one method for @mcp.tool() named get_horse_racing_news.`