Life Assistant MCP Server (Life Assistant Mini Toolbox)

An MCP server based on the HelloAgents framework, bundling three capabilities—weather query + trending news + text processing—into a compact toolbox. All use public APIs without API keys, with only 96 lines of code, simple and uncomplicated.

Features

• 🌤️ Weather Query: Real-time weather for 12 major Chinese cities (wttr.in, no API key required)

• 🔥 Trending News: Toutiao Hot List / Baidu Hot Search TOP10

• 🔍 News Search: Search latest news by keyword (Bing News RSS, no API key required)

• ✂️ Text Tools: Reverse, count words, convert to uppercase, convert to lowercase

Related MCP server: Weather MCP Server

Installation

pip install hello-agents requests

Usage

Run Directly (HTTP transport, default port 8081)

python server.py

stdio Transport (for Claude Desktop / HelloAgents local use)

python server.py --stdio

Use in Claude Desktop

Edit claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "life-assistant": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/path/to/server.py", "--stdio"]
    }
  }
}

Use in HelloAgents

from hello_agents import SimpleAgent, HelloAgentsLLM
from hello_agents.tools import MCPTool

agent = SimpleAgent(name="生活助手", llm=HelloAgentsLLM())
tool = MCPTool(server_command=["python", "server.py", "--stdio"])
agent.add_tool(tool)

response = agent.run("北京今天天气怎么样？顺便看看今天有什么热搜")

Run the Demo Script

This repository includes a complete demo (SimpleAgent + toolbox: check weather → view trending → reverse text):

python examples/demo_agent.py

API Tools

Examples

get_weather

{"city": "北京", "temperature": 23.0, "condition": "Patchy rain nearby", "humidity": "85", "wind_kmh": 1.1, "timestamp": "2026-08-18 09:58:21"}

get_hot_news

[{"rank": 1, "title": "天安门下半旗悼念朱镕基同志", "heat": "9733617"}, ...]

search_news

[{"title": "从DeepSeek到"人工智能+"：中美AI竞赛究竟在比什么？", "url": "https://...", "date": "Sun, 02 Aug 2026"}, ...]

Data Sources (all no API key required)

• Weather: https://wttr.in

• Trending: https://www.toutiao.com/hot-event/hot-board , https://top.baidu.com

• News: https://www.bing.com/news

Supported Cities

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Wuhan, Xi'an, Nanjing, Tianjin, Suzhou

Also supports English city names for querying any city worldwide.

License

MIT License