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SkimNews for VS Code

com.skimnews/news

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

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Install SkimNews in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://skimnews.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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