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NewsCatcher MCP

NewsCatcher MCP

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by Newscatcher

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
LOG_LEVELNoJSON log level (Stackdriver shape).INFO
POSTHOG_APPNoSent as app on every PostHog event, so one project can hold several apps.newscatcher-mcp
POSTHOG_HOSTNoPostHog ingestion host (region).us.i.posthog.com
POSTHOG_PORTNoPostHog ingestion port.443
POSTHOG_ENABLEDNoSet to false to turn PostHog off completely, even when a key is present.true
NEWSCATCHER_API_KEYYesYour NewsCatcher Platform API key. Used for local stdio mode only; never used for HTTP requests (HTTP clients pass their own key via x-api-key header, Authorization: Bearer, or ?apiKey= when allowed). Do not set it on Vercel.
POSTHOG_ENVIRONMENTNoSent as environment on every PostHog event.VERCEL_TARGET_ENV or local
NEWSCATCHER_TOOLSETSNoDefault toolsets to expose when the URL has no ?tools= parameter.all
POSTHOG_IDENTITY_SALTNoSecret for pseudonymous caller ids (HMAC of the key). Without it callers stay anonymous.
NEWSCATCHER_TIMEOUT_MSNoTimeout per upstream request.90000
NEWSCATCHER_INTEGRATIONNoDefault User-Agent tag.
POSTHOG_PROJECT_API_KEYNoEnables PostHog MCP analytics (write-only phc_... key).
NEWSCATCHER_NEWS_API_URLNoNews API host only (no https:// and no path).api.newscatcherapi.com
NEWSCATCHER_AGENT_API_URLNoAgent API host only (no https:// and no path).api.newscatcherapi.com
NEWSCATCHER_NEWS_API_PORTNoNews API port.443
NEWSCATCHER_AGENT_API_PORTNoAgent API port.443
NEWSCATCHER_ALLOW_KEY_IN_URLNoSet to 1 to accept ?apiKey= on the MCP URL (for clients that cannot send headers). Off by default because keys in URLs end up in access logs.false
NEWSCATCHER_MAX_CALL_SECONDSNoLongest a single tool call works (waiting for a run, paging, counting) before answering with what it has. Keep below Vercel maxDuration (300).240
NEWSCATCHER_NEWS_API_ENDPOINTNoNews API base path.news-api
NEWSCATCHER_AGENT_API_ENDPOINTNoAgent API base path.agent

Instructions

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Capabilities

Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

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No tools

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

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No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

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No resources