GNews API MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNEWS_API_KEY | Yes | Your GNews 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 | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search-newsA | Search for news articles by keyword. Returns a list of articles matching the specified keyword, including title, publication date, link, and description. |
| get-top-headlinesB | Get the latest top headline news for the specified category. Returns a list of articles including title, publication date, link, and description. |
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
The two tools have clearly distinct purposes: one for top headlines by category and one for keyword search. No overlap in functionality.
Both tool names follow a consistent verb-noun pattern using hyphens (get-top-headlines, search-news), making them predictable and easy to differentiate.
With only 2 tools, the server feels thin for a news API, which typically includes more operations like retrieving specific articles or sources. However, the tools cover the core use cases of headline browsing and search.
The tools cover the primary news retrieval operations (headlines and search), but lack features like fetching article details by ID or filtering by source, which are minor gaps.