Real-Time News
Real-time news and trending topics from major sources
Should I use this
Quality & Safety
A
Findings (3)
- HIGH
- INFOin get_top_news
- INFOin get_trending
Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.
Context Cost
~315Tokens (tool definitions)
~924 BTypical response size
Minimal attention impact (0.25% of 128k context)
This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.
Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"news": {
"url": "https://news.memoryapi.org/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://news.memoryapi.org/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (3)
🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢get_top_news(type, limit)
Get top stories from Hacker News. Returns title, URL, score, author, and comment count.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Story type: top, new, best, ask, show (default: top)",
"default": "top"
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Number of stories (max 30, default 20)",
"default": 20
}
}
}🟢search_guardian(q, section, limit, date_from)
Search The Guardian for news articles. Supports filtering by section and date.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"q": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Search query (default: artificial intelligence)",
"default": "artificial intelligence"
},
"section": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Section filter: technology, science, business, world, politics"
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Number of articles (max 25, default 10)",
"default": 10
},
"date_from": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Filter articles from this date (YYYY-MM-DD)"
}
}
}🟢get_trending(topic, limit)
Get trending news combining Hacker News and The Guardian for a given topic.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"topic": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Topic: ai, crypto, science, politics, tech (default: tech)",
"default": "tech"
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Number of items (max 30, default 10)",
"default": 10
}
}
}Community
Evidence
Recent observations
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