Horse Racing News

# 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.`