The Verge News MCP Server: Real-Time RSS & Lightning-Fast Updates

The Verge News MCP Server

An MCP server that provides tools to fetch and search news from The Verge's RSS feed.

Features

• Fetch today's news from The Verge
• Fetch a random selection of news from The Verge's past week
• Search for news articles by keyword

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/manimohans/verge-news-mcp.git
cd verge-news-mcp

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

Usage

Running the server

npm start

Using with Claude for Desktop

1. Install Claude for Desktop

2. Open your Claude for Desktop App configuration at:

* macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
* Windows: `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`

3. Add the following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "verge-news": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/verge-news-mcp/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

4. Restart Claude for Desktop

Using with Smithery

You can also use this MCP server with Smithery, which allows you to easily share and use MCP servers:

1. Make sure you have Smithery installed:

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/smithery

2. To use this server via Smithery, run:

smithery use https://github.com/manimohans/verge-news-mcp

3. Once installed, you can use it with Claude or any other MCP-compatible application.

Smithery Configuration

This repository includes the necessary configuration files for Smithery:

• Dockerfile: Defines how to build the Docker container for the MCP server
• smithery.yaml: Configures the MCP server for Smithery, including its capabilities

For more information about Smithery configuration, see the Smithery documentation.

Available Tools

get-daily-news

Fetches the latest news articles from The Verge published in the last 24 hours.

Example query: "What's in the news today from The Verge?"

get-weekly-news

Fetches news articles from The Verge published in the last 7 days.

Example query: "Show me The Verge's news from the past week."

Note: This tool randomly selects 10 news items from the past week, providing variety each time it's used.

search-news

Searches for news articles containing a specific keyword.

Parameters:

• keyword: The term to search for
• days (optional): Number of days to look back (default: 30)

Example query: "Find news articles about AI from The Verge."

Development

# Run in development mode
npm run dev

License

ISC