Mediastack News

Track breaking news worldwide with granular filters for keywords, sources, countries, languages, categories, and dates.

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What it can do

  • Get Latest News: Fetches the most recent news stories from mediastack. Args: keywords: Search terms to filter news sources: News sources, comma-separated countries: Country codes, comma-separated lang
  • Get Sources: List available news sources from mediastack. Args: search: Search term to filter sources sources: Specific sources, comma-separated countries: Country codes, comma-separated languages: La

What data it sees

Do you need an account

An API key from the service settings is required

Track breaking news worldwide with granular filters for keywords, sources, countries, languages, categories, and dates. Explore and select sources to tailor coverage to your topics and regions. Integrate up-to-date Mediastack headlines into research, monitoring, and content workflows.

How to connect

How to connect Mediastack News to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://newsmcp_mediastackapi--rftsngl.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect Mediastack News to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://newsmcp_mediastackapi--rftsngl.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect Mediastack News to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://newsmcp_mediastackapi--rftsngl.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (2)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

get_latest_newsFetches the most recent news stories from mediastack. Args: keywords: Search terms to filter news sources: News sources, comma-separated countries: Country codes, comma-separated languages: Language codes, comma-separated categories: News categories, comma-separated date: Date or date range (YYYY-MM-DD) sort: Sort order (published_desc, published_asc, popularity) limit: Maximum results (1-100), default 25 offset: Pagination offset, default 0 Returns: JSON response from mediastack API
get_sourcesList available news sources from mediastack. Args: search: Search term to filter sources sources: Specific sources, comma-separated countries: Country codes, comma-separated languages: Language codes, comma-separated categories: News categories, comma-separated limit: Maximum results (1-100), default 25 offset: Pagination offset, default 0 Returns: JSON response from mediastack API