News Dashboard

MCP server for the news-dashboard app. Lets AI agents (Claude Desktop, Claude Code) read feeds, clip articles, create Obsidian notes with summaries, post to BlueSky, and manage feeds/settings.

Requirements

• Node.js 20+
• The news-dashboard-nest backend running and reachable

Setup

npm install
npm run build

Claude Desktop integration

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "news-dashboard": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["C:/Users/<user>/Documents/VS Code/news-dashboard/news-dashboard-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "NEWS_DASHBOARD_API_URL": "https://your-deployed-backend.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

For local development set NEWS_DASHBOARD_API_URL=http://localhost:3002.

Tools

Tool	Description
list_feeds	List all configured feeds
get_articles	Get articles from one or all feeds
get_top_stories	Get the current newspaper layout
find_articles_by_topic	Search articles by keyword across feeds
clip_article	Fetch full article as Markdown
summarize_article	Get an AI summary of an article URL
get_article_ogimage	Extract og:image from any URL
save_to_obsidian	Build a rich Obsidian note with summary, tags, wikilinks
create_digest_note	Create a daily digest Obsidian note from top stories
post_to_bluesky	Share an article to BlueSky
get_settings	Read current app settings
update_settings	Update settings (font size, feed order, etc.)
add_feed	Add a new RSS or BlueSky profile feed
remove_feed	Remove a custom feed

Resources

URI	Description
newsdash://feeds	All configured feeds
newsdash://feed/{feedId}	Articles from a specific feed
newsdash://top-stories	Current newspaper layout
newsdash://settings	Current user settings

Prompts

Name	Description
daily-briefing	Generate a structured daily news briefing
obsidian-research-note	Research a topic and save to Obsidian
bluesky-post-draft	Draft a BlueSky post for an article

Example agent workflows

Save an article to Obsidian with a summary:

"Clip https://... and save it to my Obsidian Research/Biotech folder with a summary and relevant tags"

Daily digest:

"Create a daily digest note from today's top stories and save it to my Daily Notes folder"

Topic research:

"Find all articles about GLP-1 drugs across my feeds and create an Obsidian research note"

Find and share:

"Find the most recent FDA approval news and post it to BlueSky"