Newsdata
About
Fetches the latest news and sources based on country and language using newsdata.io.
Details
- Author
- anurag-dhamala
- Repository
- anurag-dhamala/news-mcp-server
- GitHub stars
- 3
- Downloads
- 1,585
- Categories
- Developer Tools, Infrastructure, API, Search
Jump to
- Real‑time news from the NewsData.io API
- Region‑specific queries (e.g., “USA”, “Nepal”)
- Language‑filtered headlines (e.g., Nepali language)
- News source listing by country (e.g., Bhutan)
- Topic‑based search (e.g., people, cryptocurrency)
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
NewsdataCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)path_to_your_nodeArguments-
Argument 1
location_to_your_dist/index.js
Environment-
NEWS_API_KEY
API_KEY_FROM_NEWS_DATA -
NEWS_BASE_URL
https://newsdata.io
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
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Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"newsdata": {
"env": {
"NEWS_API_KEY": "API_KEY_FROM_NEWS_DATA",
"NEWS_BASE_URL": "https://newsdata.io"
},
"args": [
"location_to_your_dist/index.js"
],
"command": "path_to_your_node"
}
}
}
Linux
{
"env": {
"NEWS_API_KEY": "API_KEY_FROM_NEWS_DATA",
"NEWS_BASE_URL": "https://newsdata.io"
},
"args": [
"location_to_your_dist/index.js"
],
"command": "path_to_your_node"
}
Macos
{
"env": {
"NEWS_API_KEY": "API_KEY_FROM_NEWS_DATA",
"NEWS_BASE_URL": "https://newsdata.io"
},
"args": [
"location_to_your_dist/index.js"
],
"command": "path_to_your_node"
}
Windows
{
"env": {
"NEWS_API_KEY": "API_KEY_FROM_NEWS_DATA",
"NEWS_BASE_URL": "https://newsdata.io"
},
"args": [
"location_to_your_dist/index.js"
],
"command": "path_to_your_node"
}
MCP server for news-data
MCP server for getting up-to-date news with newsdata.io
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