@thenextgennexus/news-mcp-server

News Aggregation MCP Server

Get latest news from AP, BBC, NPR, Hacker News, and Google News — powered by nexgendata on Apify.

Quick Start

Using npx (recommended)

npx @nexgendata/news-mcp-server

Install globally

npm install -g @nexgendata/news-mcp-server

Configure with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
      "mcpServers": {
            "news-mcp-server": {
                  "command": "npx",
                  "args": [
                        "-y",
                        "@nexgendata/news-mcp-server"
                  ],
                  "env": {
                        "APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token-optional"
                  }
            }
      }
}

Configure with Cline

Add the same configuration to your Cline MCP settings.

Available Tools

Tool	Description
get_ap_news	Get latest articles from Associated Press
get_bbc_news	Get latest articles from BBC News
get_npr_news	Get latest articles from NPR
get_hacker_news	Get top stories from Hacker News
search_google_news	Search Google News for a topic

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
APIFY_TOKEN	No	Your Apify API token for authenticated access. Without it, the server uses the public endpoint (rate-limited).

How It Works

This MCP server acts as a local stdio bridge to the nexgendata Apify MCP endpoint. When you call a tool, it forwards the request to Apify and returns the results.

Links

• Apify Store
• GitHub Repository
• nexgendata Blog

License

MIT