RSSidian

Configuring Claude Desktop to Use RSSidian MCP

RSSidian MCP can be used with Claude Desktop in two ways: HTTP mode or STDIO mode.

STDIO mode allows Claude Desktop to directly spawn and communicate with the RSSidian MCP server, without requiring a separate HTTP server to be running.
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Edit Claude Desktop's configuration file by clicking on the Claude icon in the menu bar, selecting "Settings", and then clicking "Edit Configuration File"

Add a new entry to themcpServerssection of the JSON configuration:

{ "globalShortcut": "Shift+Space", "mcpServers": { "rssidian": { "command": "/path/to/your/python", "args": [ "-m", "rssidian", "mcp", "--stdio" ] } // other MCP servers... } }

Replace/path/to/your/pythonwith the actual path to your Python executable where RSSidian is installed. You can find this by runningwhich pythonin the terminal where you normally run RSSidian.

In HTTP mode, you need to start the RSSidian MCP service separately and configure Claude Desktop to connect to it.
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Start the RSSidian MCP service manually:

Edit Claude Desktop's configuration file by clicking on the Claude icon in the menu bar, selecting "Settings", and then clicking "Edit Configuration File"

Add a new entry to themcpServerssection of the JSON configuration:

{ "globalShortcut": "Shift+Space", "mcpServers": { "rssidian-http": { "command": "/path/to/your/python", "args": [ "-m", "rssidian", "mcp", "--port", "8080" ] } // other MCP servers... } }

When chatting with Claude, you can now ask questions about your RSS content such as:

- "What are the latest articles about AI?"
- "Find articles about blockchain from the last week"
- "Summarize the top quality articles from my tech feeds"
- "What are the trending topics across my subscriptions?"

Claude will automatically use the RSSidian MCP service to access your RSS content and provide informed responses based on your feeds.

- Python 3.9+
- OpenRouter API access
- OPML file with RSS subscriptions
- Obsidian vault (optional)

# Setup development environment ./scripts/setup_dev.sh # Activate environment source .venv/bin/activate

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