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Fast News MCP for VS Code

io.github.wllrdev/fast-news

Free search, trending, topics & local news via the Fast News with Previews API on RapidAPI.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Fast News MCP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rapidapi-key",
      "description": "RAPIDAPI_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "fast-news": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wllrdev/fast-news-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RAPIDAPI_KEY": "${input:rapidapi-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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