NewsAPI MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWSAPI_API_KEY | Yes | Your NewsAPI API key |
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
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| logging | {} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| get_top_headlinesA | Get top news headlines by country and category. |
| search_newsA | Search news articles from the past 30 days. Note: The free tier of NewsAPI only returns articles from the last 30 days. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 2 tools
get_top_headlines and search_news serve clearly distinct purposes: browsing headlines by country/category versus searching articles by keyword. There is no meaningful overlap between the two tools.
Both tool names follow a clean verb_noun pattern: get_top_headlines and search_news. The naming style is consistent and immediately indicates the action and resource.
Two tools is minimal but reasonable for the NewsAPI's main headline and search endpoints. It is slightly under the typical 3-15 tool range, but the scope is narrow enough that the count feels sensible.
The tool set covers the two core NewsAPI workflows: top headlines and article search. A notable minor gap is the missing sources endpoint, but agents can still accomplish the primary news retrieval tasks without it.