mcp_newsnow

[](https://mseep.ai/app/sligter-mcp-newsnow) # MCP NewNow Server [](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-tools) A Model Context Protocol (MCP) based news aggregation server that provides multi-platform hot news and trending topics through the [Newsnow](https://github.com/ourongxing/newsnow) API. ## Features - **Multi-platform Hotspot Aggregation**: One-stop access to hot content from 14+ platforms such as Coolapk, Zhihu, Weibo, Bilibili, Douyin, and GitHub - **Chinese and English Source Name Recognition**: Supports Chinese and English news source names and provides fuzzy matching - **Custom API Endpoint**: Configure the NewNow API endpoint via environment variables or command line arguments ## Installation ### Method 1: Install from PyPI ```bash # Install using pip pip install mcp-newsnow # Or install using uv uv pip install mcp-newsnow ``` ### Method 2: Configure Claude Desktop Add server configuration to the Claude Desktop configuration file: **macOS**: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json` **Windows**: `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json` Add the following configuration: ```json { "mcpServers": { "get_news": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "mcp-newsnow" ] } } } ``` ## Usage ### Using Claude Desktop 1. Install and configure Claude Desktop 2. Add the above MCP server configuration to the configuration file 3. Restart Claude Desktop 4. Use news-related tools in conversations ### Developing with MCP CLI ```bash # Set the API endpoint via environment variables NEWS_API_URL=https://newsnow.example.com # Run tests mcp test server.py ``` ## Available Tools ### 1. Get Single Source News (get_newsnow) ```python async def get_newsnow(source: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None ``` Get the latest news from the specified source. **Parameters**: - `source`: News source name (supports Chinese and English, e.g., "Zhihu", "zhihu", "B station", etc.) **Returns**: Dictionary containing news data ### 2. Get Multi-Source News (get_multi_news) ```python async def get_multi_news(sources: list[str] = None) -> dict[str, Any] ``` Get the latest news from multiple sources (up to 5). **Parameters**: - `sources`: List of news source names **Returns**: Dictionary containing data from multiple news sources ### 3. Get All Source News (get_all_news) ```python async def get_all_news() -> dict[str, Any] ``` Get all configured news source data. **Returns**: Dictionary containing all news source data and metadata ### 4. List Available News Sources (list_sources) ```python async def list_sources() -> dict[str, str] ``` List all available news sources and their Chinese names. **Returns**: Dictionary mapping news source IDs to Chinese names ## Environment Variables - `NEWS_API_URL`: Base URL of the Newsnow API (default: "https://newsnow.busiyi.world/") ## Supported News Sources - Coolapk (coolapk) - Bilibili Hot Search (bilibili-hot-search) - Zhihu (zhihu) - Weibo (weibo) - Toutiao (toutiao) - Douyin (douyin) - GitHub Trending (github-trending-today) - Linux Hot List (linuxdo-hot) - Tieba (tieba) - Wall Street News (wallstreetcn) - The Paper (thepaper) - CLS Hot (cls-hot) - Xueqiu (xueqiu) - Kuaishou (kuaishou) ## Contribution Guide Welcome to submit issues and pull requests! Here are some potential areas for improvement: - Add more news source support - Enhance content extraction and processing capabilities - Add a caching layer to reduce API calls - Improve error handling and retry mechanisms - Add result filtering and classification functions ## License This project is licensed under the MIT License.