newsapi
Event Registry publishes a first-party Model Context Protocol server, newsapi-mcp, that wraps the Event Registry REST API for LLM clients. It is a LOCAL STDIO server: there is no hosted endpoint an agent can POST to. A human installs and runs it on a machine, supplying a NewsAPI.ai API key via the NEWSAPI_KEY environment variable, before any agent can use it.
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Descriptor
Candidate descriptor · transport stdio
Tools
search_articles— Search articles by concepts, sources, categories, dates, language, sentiment.get_article_details— Get full details for one or more articles by URI (up to 100 URIs per call).search_events— Search events — clusters of related articles about the same real-world happening. Returns up to 50 events per call and deduplicates wire syndication.get_event_details— Get full details for one or more events by URI.get_topic_page_articles— Get articles matching a user-created topic page on newsapi.ai.get_topic_page_events— Get events matching a user-created topic page on newsapi.ai.suggest— Look up URIs for entities by name. Unified across concepts, categories, sources, locations and authors via the `type` parameter. Must be called before using URI filters.get_api_usage— Check token usage and plan details for the current API key.
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