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mcp server

news-mcp-server

Cross-source news (AP, BBC, NPR, HN, Google News) with topic filtering and dedup.

Description as published by the maintainer. Source

  • version 1.0.0
  • slowing

slowing — Registry entry last updated 2026-04-26.

What this server can do

5 functions, named and described by the server itself. Parameter names are shown because they say more about what a function does than its name usually does.

get_ap_news(max_results)
Fetch breaking news and headlines from Associated Press (AP News), a leading global news agency. Returns article title, summary, canonical URL, publication timestamp, and journalist byline. Use for current events coverage, news monitoring, or building newsfeeds. Best for recent breaking stories published within 24 hours.
get_bbc_news(max_results)
Retrieve latest news stories from BBC News covering global, regional, and domestic stories. Returns headline, synopsis, article URL, publish date, and section (world/uk/business/tech). Use for UK perspective on international news or UK-focused stories. Includes categories for targeted browsing.
get_hacker_news(max_results)
Pull top trending stories from Hacker News (Y Combinator community). Returns submission title, original URL, Hacker News discussion link, upvote count, comment count, and user who submitted. Use for tech news, startup stories, and developer-relevant content. Ranked by community engagement.
get_npr_news(max_results)
Access curated news stories from NPR (National Public Radio) with focus on US news, science, and culture. Returns article headline, brief summary, direct link to NPR story, and publication metadata. Use for journalistic depth and alternative perspectives on major news events.
search_google_news(query, max_results)
Query Google News for articles matching specific keywords or topics across global news sources. Returns matching article headline, source publication name, article URL, publish date, and relevance score. Use for targeted research on specific topics, people, or events. Returns results sorted by recency. Required: query.

Last successful function declaration observed on . Source: https://nexgendata-mcp-proxy.steve-corbeil.workers.dev/news-mcp-server/mcp. We list what the server declared; we do not call any of these functions.

Endpoint status observed on . Source: https://nexgendata-mcp-proxy.steve-corbeil.workers.dev/news-mcp-server/mcp.

Signals

These are separate measurements of different things. They are deliberately not combined into one score, because a popularity number that mixes website traffic with saves and stars cannot be checked or acted on.

Signal Value What it measures Window Observed Source
Latest published version 1.0.0 Latest version string the maintainer published to the registry. as of fetch Model Context Protocol
Registry record last updated 2026-04-26 When the registry record was last updated by its maintainer. point in time Model Context Protocol
First listed in the MCP Registry 2026-04-26 Date this server was first published to the official MCP Registry. Not a usage or quality measure. point in time Model Context Protocol
mcp tools declared 5 tools Number of functions the server itself declared when asked to list them. This is what the server offers an agent, not a measure of how well any of them work. as of probe nexgendata-mcp-proxy.steve-corbeil.workers.dev
mcp endpoint status ok The server listed 5 functions when asked. as of probe nexgendata-mcp-proxy.steve-corbeil.workers.dev

Where to get it

This record as data

Every field on this page, with its source and observation date, is in the catalog JSON. Fetch the whole kind at once instead of parsing this HTML.

GET /api/v1/entries/mcp_server.json

Sources

  1. Tools declared by the MCP server at https://nexgendata-mcp-proxy.steve-corbeil.workers.dev/news-mcp-server/mcp — nexgendata-mcp-proxy.steve-corbeil.workers.dev, observed , trust tier 1.
  2. Official MCP Registry — Model Context Protocol, observed , trust tier 1.