Singapore News MCP Server
by chakarai1234
Singapore News MCP Server
A server that provides real-time news feeds from major Singapore news sources.
Features
Real-time news updates via Server-Sent Events (SSE)
Supports multiple Singapore news sources:
The Straits Times
Business Times
Channel News Asia (CNA)
Prerequisites
Python >=3.12
uv package manager
Installation
# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd news_mcp
# Install dependencies using uv
uv syncUsage
Running with Python
# Start the MCP server
uv run news_mcp
# Individual news retrievers
uv run straits # Straits Times
uv run business # Business Times
uv run cna # Channel News AsiaRunning with Docker
# Build and run using docker-compose
docker compose up --buildor
# You can run using the run.sh file
# This command is only for MacOS or Linux
# For MacOs required Docker Desktop
# Give permissions for run.sh in unix
chmod +x ./run.sh # (sudo chmod) if super user required
./run.sh #For MacOS it will spin up the docker desktop builds and run the docker container in the backgroundConfiguration
Create a
.envfile with required environment variables:
MCP_PORT=8000For Claude Desktop integration, use the provided
claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"news_streamable": {
"command": "/opt/homebrew/bin/uv",
"args": [
"tool",
"run",
"mcp-proxy",
"--transport",
"streamablehttp",
"http://127.0.0.1:8080/mcp"
]
}
}
}Dependencies
bs4 - Web scraping
dateparser - Date parsing
httpx - HTTP client
mcp-proxy - MCP proxy support
python-dotenv - Environment variable management
License
MIT
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