A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides Google News search capabilities via SerpAPI integration. Automatically categorizes news results and supports multiple languages and regions.
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Ask about a topic and your assistant runs one news search, then sorts the results into rough buckets like Business, Healthcare or Science using simple keyword matching. You get headlines, publishers, dates, short summaries and links — never the full article text. It only works with a SerpApi account, a paid outside service that gives 250 free searches a month before plans start near $75. Chinese-language requests are quietly switched to English.
Web/Research
Use This MCP server To
Catch up on today's headlines about a company I follow Find recent coverage of a topic in another country Gather sources and links for a short research brief Compare how different publishers covered one story Scan the latest AI and technology news in one go
README
server-google-news FAQ
Do I have to pay for anything?
Yes. It runs on a SerpApi account, which is a separate paid service. New accounts get 250 free searches a month, and paid plans start around $75 a month after that.
Which apps does this work in?
Claude Desktop is the setup the project documents, and it works in any assistant that supports MCP. There is also a one-command Smithery install for Claude Desktop.
Can I use this to read a whole news article?
No. You get the headline, publisher, date, a one- or two-line summary and a link. Opening the link is still on you.
How many things can it actually do?
One. There is a single news search behind all of the options listed in the documentation.
Can I get news back in my own language?
Only partly. You can set a language and country code, but Chinese is silently rewritten to English before the search runs, and other unsupported codes simply fail.
Can I ask for only the last 24 hours?
No. There is no date range or result-count control, so you get whatever the search returns.
How hard is setup?
Moderate. You install it, then paste a short block into your assistant's config file with your paid search key inside it.
Where does my key live?
In a plain-text config file on your own computer, and it is sent along with every search you run.