Inoreader MCP Integration

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that integrates Inoreader with Claude Desktop, enabling intelligent RSS feed management and analysis.

Features

Feed and Article Management

• List feeds: View all your subscribed feeds

• List articles: Browse articles with filters (unread, by feed, by period)

• Read content: Access full content of specific articles

• Mark as read: Mark articles individually or in bulk

Search and Analysis

• Search articles: Search for keywords across your feeds

• Summarize articles: Generate summaries of individual articles

• Analyze multiple articles:

  • Consolidated summaries

  • Trend analysis

  • Sentiment analysis

  • Keyword extraction

• Statistics: View unread article counters

Related MCP server: MCP RSS

Installation

🚀 Auto-Installer (Recommended)

One command installs everything:

python3 install_inoreader_mcp.py

The auto-installer will:

• ✅ Install all Python dependencies

• ✅ Prompt for your Inoreader credentials

• ✅ Configure Claude Desktop automatically

• ✅ Leave everything ready to use!

Windows users: Double-click install.bat

📦 Drag & Drop Installation

Try dragging inoreader-mcp.dxt onto Claude Desktop (experimental - may not work on all versions)

🛠️ Manual Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone <repository-url>
cd inoreader_mcp

2. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure credentials

Copy the .env.example file to .env:

cp .env.example .env

Edit the .env file with your Inoreader credentials:

INOREADER_APP_ID=your_app_id
INOREADER_APP_KEY=your_app_key
INOREADER_USERNAME=your_email
INOREADER_PASSWORD=your_password

To obtain credentials:

1. Visit https://www.inoreader.com/developers/

2. Create a new application

3. Copy the App ID and App Key

4. Configure in Claude Desktop

Add to Claude Desktop's configuration file (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inoreader": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/full/path/to/inoreader_mcp/main.py"],
      "env": {
        "INOREADER_APP_ID": "your_app_id",
        "INOREADER_APP_KEY": "your_app_key",
        "INOREADER_USERNAME": "your_email",
        "INOREADER_PASSWORD": "your_password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage

After configuration, restart Claude Desktop. Commands will be available in natural language:

Example commands

List feeds:

• "List my feeds"

• "What feeds do I follow?"

List articles:

• "Show the last 20 unread articles"

• "What unread articles do I have from TechCrunch?"

• "Show articles from the last 3 days"

Search:

• "Search articles about artificial intelligence"

• "Find Python articles from the last 7 days"

Read and mark:

• "Read article [ID]"

• "Mark all articles from feed X as read"

Analysis:

• "Summarize the top 5 AI articles this week"

• "Analyze trends in my feeds today"

• "What's the overall sentiment of economy articles?"

• "Extract keywords from unread articles"

Statistics:

• "How many unread articles do I have?"

• "Show my feed statistics"

Project Structure

inoreader_mcp/
├── main.py              # Main MCP server
├── inoreader_client.py  # Inoreader API client
├── tools.py             # MCP tools implementation
├── config.py            # Configuration and credentials
├── utils.py             # Helper functions
├── requirements.txt     # Python dependencies
├── .env.example         # Configuration example
└── README.md           # This file

Development

Testing locally

python main.py

Logs

Logs are written to console. For debugging, check Claude Desktop's console.

Limitations

• Maximum 50 articles per request

• 5-minute cache for feed list

• 10-second timeout for API requests

Troubleshooting

Authentication error:

• Verify credentials are correct

• Confirm App has necessary permissions in Inoreader

MCP doesn't appear in Claude:

• Check the full path in configuration file

• Restart Claude Desktop

• Confirm Python is in system PATH

Request timeouts:

• Inoreader API may be slow

• Try reducing the number of requested articles

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the project

2. Create a feature branch

3. Commit your changes

4. Push to the branch

5. Open a Pull Request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.