bangla-news-mcp

📖 Description

A lightweight Model Context Protocol (MCP) server delivering bangladeshi news written in bengali language in a structured format. Designed for seamless integration with LLM models and news aggregation platforms. Fast, scalable, and optimized for bengali language processing.

Related MCP server: NewsDigest MCP

🔬 Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install bangla-news-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @hurutta/bangla-news-mcp --client claude

Using a virtual environment

# Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install the package
pip install git+https://github.com/hurutta/bangla-news-mcp.git

Build from Source

# Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/hurutta/bangla-news-mcp
cd bangla-news-mcp

# Install in development mode
pip install -e .

🔌 Usage

Configuration for Claude.app

Add to your Claude settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bangla_news": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "bangla_news_mcp"
      ],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

👆🏼 If you install pip package inside a virtual environment, adjust the command and args.

🛠️ Available Tools

Fetch latest bangla news headlines

• fetch_latest_news_headlines: Returns list of latest bengali news of varied category

Fetch bangla news by query

• fetch_news_headlines_by_query: Returns list of bengali news queried by the user

🔌 For development

Activate the virtual environment where the package is installed, and run -

source venv/bin/activate
python -m bangla_news_mcp