AllNewsAPI

Follow the MCP install guide, use the standard config above, or configure with environment variable:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "allnewsapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["allnewsapi-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "ALLNEWSAPI_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Go to Cursor Settings -> MCP -> Add new MCP Server. Name it "AllNewsAPI", use command type with the command npx allnewsapi-mcp@latest --apikey YOUR_API_KEY_HERE. You can also verify config or add command arguments via clicking Edit.

Follow the MCP install guide, use the standard config above. You can also install the AllNewsAPI MCP server using the VS Code CLI:

# For VS Code
code --add-mcp '{"name":"allnewsapi","command":"npx","args":["allnewsapi-mcp@latest","--apikey","YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"]}'

After installation, the AllNewsAPI MCP server will be available for use with your GitHub Copilot agent in VS Code.

Follow Windsurf MCP documentation. Use the standard config above.

• search-news

  • Title: Search news articles
  • Description: Search for news articles using various parameters including keywords, date ranges, and filters
  • Parameters:
    • q (string, optional): Keywords to search for in news articles
    • startDate (string, optional): Filter articles published on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD format)
    • endDate (string, optional): Filter articles published on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD format)
    • content (boolean, optional): Whether to retrieve full article content (default: false)
    • lang (string, optional): Language code(s) of the articles (e.g., 'en', 'fr', 'de')
    • country (string, optional): Country code(s) of publication (e.g., 'us', 'gb', 'ca')
    • region (string, optional): Region(s) to filter by (e.g., 'americas', 'europe', 'asia')
    • category (string, optional): Category/categories to filter by (e.g., 'business', 'technology', 'sports')
    • max (number, optional): Number of articles to return, 1-100 (default: 5)
    • attributes (string, optional): Where to search for keywords: 'title', 'description', 'content' (default: 'title,description')
    • page (number, optional): Page number for pagination (default: 1)
    • sortby (string, optional): Sort results by 'publishedAt' or 'relevance' (default: 'publishedAt')
    • publisher (string, optional): Filter by specific publisher(s)
  • Read-only: true

• headlines

  • Title: Get top headlines
  • Description: Get top headlines with optional filtering by country, category, and language
  • Parameters:
    • country (string, optional): Country code(s) of publication (e.g., 'us', 'gb', 'ca')
    • category (string, optional): Category to filter by (e.g., 'business', 'technology', 'sports')
    • max (number, optional): Number of articles to return, 1-100 (default: 5)
    • lang (string, optional): Language code of the articles (e.g., 'en', 'fr', 'de')
  • Read-only: true

The following language codes are supported: ar, zh, nl, en, fr, de, el, he, hi, it, ja, ml, mr, no, pt, ro, ru, es, sv, ta, te, uk

The following categories are supported: adult, autos, beauty, business, communities, crime, cryptocurrency, electronics, entertainment, finance, food, games, health, hobbies, lifestyle, internet, jobs, law, literature, pets, politics, realty, science, sensitive, shopping, society, sports, technology, travel

The following regions are supported: africa, americas, antarctic, asia, europe, oceania

The API supports numerous country codes including:

• us (United States)
• gb (United Kingdom)
• ca (Canada)
• au (Australia)
• de (Germany)
• fr (France)
• jp (Japan)
• in (India)
• And many more...

The server validates all country codes against the official list from AllNewsAPI.