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SkimNews MCP

v1.0.0

com.skimnews/news

Free AI-curated news summaries from 100+ sources across seven beats, plus entity dossiers.

transport:streamable-http tools:4

Target client

run in your project directory

claude mcp add --transport http news https://skimnews.com/mcp

setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok ChatGPT Claude.ai LangChain

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

get_top_stories Read-only

get top stories

search_stories Read-only

search stories

get_story_detail Read-only

get story detail

get_entity_file Read-only

get entity file

All 4 tools, one page each

1 resource you attach as context

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. Check the server's own documentation before granting access.