NewsAPI.ai MCP Server

Ask your AI assistant about the news. NewsAPI.ai MCP Server connects Claude, Cursor, Codex and other AI tools to NewsAPI.ai, a news API developed and operated by Event Registry: 150,000+ sources in 50+ languages, searched as articles, events (clusters of articles about one story) and mentions (sentences that state a happening such as an acquisition or a recall).

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Connect in two minutes

You need a NewsAPI.ai account (free tier included). No download, no API key: add the server address to your AI tool and log in when it asks.

https://mcp.newsapi.ai/mcp

1. Open Customize → Connectors → + Add → Add custom connector.

2. Name: NewsAPI.ai. URL: https://mcp.newsapi.ai/mcp. Save.

3. Click Connect: a browser window opens at Event Registry. Log in and allow access.

The connector shows as connected. Start a new chat and ask a news question.

If Claude answers from web search instead, check that the connector is switched on for the chat: in the chat box open + → Connectors and make sure NewsAPI.ai is on (connectors are usually on by default):

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user newsapi https://mcp.newsapi.ai/mcp

--scope user makes the server available in every project; drop it to add it to the current project only. Ask a news question and Claude Code prompts you to log in, or run /mcp to log in up front. The first tool call asks for permission: choose "always allow" (or add mcp__newsapi under /permissions) so later calls run without a prompt. For the research skills (/newsapi:news, /newsapi:due-diligence, …) install the plugin instead.

codex mcp add newsapi --url https://mcp.newsapi.ai/mcp
codex mcp login newsapi

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsapi": {
      "url": "https://mcp.newsapi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Any client that supports Streamable HTTP with OAuth login works: add the URL https://mcp.newsapi.ai/mcp as a remote server and complete the login the client opens. If your client only runs local servers, use the local server.

Your first question

Try one of these in a new chat:

• What happened with the EU AI Act this week?

• What are the biggest news stories globally right now?

• Which companies announced layoffs in the last 7 days?

• How did German media cover the EU budget talks?

The assistant resolves the names you mention, searches, reviews the relevant article information and answers with links to its sources. How to ask explains what the server can and cannot answer and how to phrase a question for the best result.

Cost and usage

Every account has a budget of API tokens. Looking up names is free; each search or lookup costs a few tokens, and searches that reach further back than the last 30 days cost more. The official rates per request are in the Tokens section of newsapi.ai/plans. Each tool result carries the cost and the remaining balance, and you can ask "how many API tokens do I have left?" at any time.

Troubleshooting

Related MCP server: gnews-mcp-server

What the assistant can do

Claude Code plugin

The repository is a Claude Code plugin: it bundles the hosted MCP server and six research skills, so one install gives Claude Code both.

claude plugin marketplace add EventRegistry/newsapi-mcp
claude plugin install newsapi@newsapi-mcp

Ask a news question or run a skill; Claude Code prompts you to log in with your Event Registry account the first time (or run /mcp to log in up front). Claude Code also picks the right skill from a plain question, without the slash command.

The same skills ship as zips for Claude Desktop and claude.ai on every release (one zip per skill, uploaded under Customize > Skills).

docs/skills.md describes each skill, how they are built and how to use them in Claude Desktop or without the plugin.

Which setup do I need?

Pick one server per client. If you install the plugin and also add a local newsapi server, Claude Code shows both under /mcp and asks you to log in to each; disable the one you do not use there.

Updating

• Plugin: claude plugin update newsapi@newsapi-mcp.

• Local server: npx caches the package, so put newsapi-mcp@latest in the client configuration, or run npx -y newsapi-mcp@latest once.

• Desktop skills: download the zips of the new release and upload them again; the upload replaces the skill of the same name.

Running it yourself

• Local server: run the server on your own machine with npx newsapi-mcp, log in in the browser or use an API key. For clients without remote-server support, and for developers. See docs/local-server.md.

• Self-hosting: deploy the hosted server from the Docker image in this repo. See docs/deployment.md.

Links

• npm package

• NewsAPI.ai documentation

• MCP protocol specification

• Changelog