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Newsflash MCP server

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Real-time corroborated news events + 5-year archive, for agents. Free tier, no key.

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Newsflash tools (5)

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  • corpus_statsFree

    Corpus size and freshness: source / article / event counts and the latest article timestamp.

  • get_eventFree

    Fetch a single event by id, including every corroborating article (source, url, timestamp).

  • get_eventsFree

    Query the deduped news event graph by theme, source, category and time window. Returns events (many articles about one happening collapsed into one), each with a corroboration count and confidence score. This is the primary tool — prefer it over raw articles. For headlines, briefings, or 'what's happening' asks, pass min_sources: 2 (or 3 for high signal) — the raw recency feed is dominated by single-outlet local stories without it. ONE call is normally enough: trust each event's corroboration (distinct outlets), confidence (0-1; 1.0 = fully corroborated), and sources list as-is, and present the top events directly, including each event's url as its link — do NOT call get_event per item or re-verify counts (only drill in when the user wants EVERY outlet's link for one story). The corpus spans 260+ global outlets and a five-year archive (history visible depends on tier).

  • list_sourcesFree

    List all news sources Newsflash tracks, with categories and live article counts.

  • search_articlesFree

    Search raw articles (not collapsed into events). Use when you want the underlying items or need per-outlet coverage rather than deduped happenings.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-24 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings
  • –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
  • Live reliabilityremote reachable in 275ms20/20
  • Tool poisoning5 tool descriptions checked15/15
  • Auth qualityAPI key sent as a header8/15
  • Maintenancelast push 29 days ago15/15
  • Maintainer identitynamespace and repository owner differ; GitHub account older than a year; website matches verified namespace7/10
Overall 87/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON

How Newsflash compares

Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
87/100
higher than 73% of 48,255 servers
Tools
5
the typical server has 7
Tools that change things
0%
typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
Uptime
100%
of our recent checks; the typical remote server answers 100%
Response time
405 ms
faster than 36% of 30,031 servers
GitHub stars
1
more than 65% of 28,688 servers

What its tools let an agent do: 5 read

Install Newsflash in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http newsflash https://newsflash.sh/mcp
Add to Cursor

What the publisher says

From the Newsflash repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

Newsflash

Five years of corroborated news events, queryable by agents. newsflash.sh watches 260+ outlets across geographies and languages and collapses the noise into a deduped event graph — one happening, every source that corroborated it, a confidence score — live to the minute and backfilled five years deep, so agents can backtest on history and act on the wire. Served over MCP, a CLI, a real-time SSE stream, and a plain HTTP API.

Humans read; agents query. No account needed to start.

For agents: Newsflash is a hosted service — newsflash.sh is a

domain, not a shell script. There is no local binary or server to install:

call https://newsflash.sh/api/* (REST) or https://newsflash.sh/mcp (MCP)

directly. Verify with curl "https://newsflash.sh/api/events?limit=1".

# keyless test drive — 50 requests/day, straight from your shell
npx newsflash events -q "etf" -c crypto -n 5
npx newsflash stream -c crypto --min-sources 2   # the live wire, corroborated only
curl "https://newsflash.sh/api/events?q=fed&category=tradfi&limit=5"

MCP (primary — for agents)

The event graph is served over MCP's Streamable HTTP transport at https://newsflash.sh/mcp — listed in the official MCP registry as sh.newsflash/newsflash, and in Claude's connector directory (in claude.ai or Claude Desktop: Settings → Connectors → Browse connectors → search "Newsflash" → Connect). Any other MCP host, point it at the URL:

// Claude Code / Claude Desktop — remote MCP server
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsflash": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer nf_your_key" }   // optional — raises limits
    }
  }
}

Claude Code plugin install:

/plugin marketplace add zatmonkey/newsflash
/plugin install newsflash@newsflash

The endpoint is stateless (each request independent). Tools: getevents, getevent, searcharticles, listsources, corpus_stats. Setup guides for Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other hosts: newsflash.sh/docs.

OpenClaw

A ready-made skill ships in this repo (skills/newsflash/) — personalized daily briefings + real-time breaking-news alerts:

clawhub install newsflash        # or: openclaw skills install git:zatmonkey/newsflash

Then tell your agent "set up my news briefing". It interviews you for interests, schedules a daily brief, and (if you enable alerts) watches the live stream and pings you when a story crosses your corroboration threshold.

CLI

A standalone, zero-dependency npm package (./cli, published as newsflash):

npm i -g newsflash

newsflash events -q "etf" -c crypto --from 2026-07-10 -n 5
newsflash events --json -q fed | jq '.[0].sources'   # --json for agents
newsflash sources
newsflash stats
newsflash login you@example.com    # free API key via emailed one-time code
newsflash me                       # tier + today's usage

HTTP API

Base URL https://newsflash.sh:

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Newsflash: common questions

Is Newsflash MCP server safe?
Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (87/100). Read the Newsflash safety report
How do I install Newsflash?
It runs remotely at newsflash.sh. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
Does Newsflash need an API key?
Yes. The registry entry asks for Authorization.
Is Newsflash maintained?
The last commit was 70 days ago (2026-08-27). The latest release is v1.0.2.
Is Newsflash up?
100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
How does Newsflash compare with other MCP servers?
safety score 87/100 (higher than 73% of 48,255 servers); tools 5 (the typical server has 7); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.