A TypeScript MCP server wrapping the GNews API. Built to replace WebSearch in the journalist agent. Structured API responses use fewer tokens than scraping web search results.

Source: apps/mcp-servers/google-news/

Tools

search_news

Search for news articles by keyword.

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
query	Yes		Search query
max	No	10	Max results (1-10)
lang	No	en	Language code
from	No		Oldest date (ISO 8601)
to	No		Newest date (ISO 8601)

top_headlines

Top headlines by category.

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
category	No	technology	general, world, business, technology, science, health, etc.
max	No	10	Max results (1-10)
lang	No	en	Language code

Setup

cd apps/mcp-servers/google-news
npm install && npm run build

Register in ~/.claude.json under mcpServers:

{
  "google-news": {
    "type": "stdio",
    "command": "node",
    "args": [
      "/Users/kp/gh/multi/apps/mcp-servers/google-news/build/index.js"
    ]
  }
}

Environment variables

Variable	Required	Description
GNEWS_API_KEY	Yes	GNews API key (free tier: 100 req/day)

Notes

GNews treats multi-word queries as AND. Short, focused queries (OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA AI) work better than long compound queries. The journalist agent runs several in parallel.