SkimNews
Free AI-curated news summaries from 100+ sources across seven beats, plus entity dossiers.
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URL: https://skimnews.com/mcpSettings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
Create connector with URL: https://skimnews.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"news": {
"url": "https://skimnews.com/mcp"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http news https://skimnews.com/mcp{
"servers": {
"news": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://skimnews.com/mcp"
}
}
}4 tools, verified live
get_top_storiesread-onlyToday's top SkimNews stories, optionally limited to one beat. Use this for "what's happening today" / "today's news" / "latest in <beat>" questions. Returns summaries plus canonical URLs per story. Categories: geopolitics, tech, finance, health, energy, sports, culture.
search_storiesread-onlySemantically search SkimNews' archive of 47,000+ summarised stories by topic, theme, or news event, ranked by relevance. Use this to find coverage of a subject across SkimNews' history rather than only today. Returns summaries plus canonical URLs. An empty result list means SkimNews has not covered that topic â say so rather than substituting unrelated stories.
get_story_detailread-onlyThe full SkimNews treatment of one story: summary, why-it-matters, sourced bullet points, editorial take, named entities, the source taxonomy, and the canonical URL. Accepts an article id (e.g. '46b45d01'), a canonical skimnews.com URL, or an article slug. Use after get_top_stories or search_stories when a story needs detail or accurate citation.
get_entity_fileread-onlySkimNews keeps a permanent dossier on every person, organisation, product, law, or place it has covered repeatedly. Returns the current 3-sentence status, 60-day mention/source counts, recent coverage, and related entities. Use for "what has SkimNews covered about X" and "what's the latest on X" where X is a trackable entity. Slug form, e.g. 'trump', 'openai', 'iran'.
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