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SkimNews

com.skimnews/news · v1.0.0

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

Connect Remote server

Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http news https://skimnews.com/mcp
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "news": {
      "url": "https://skimnews.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://skimnews.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktop
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://skimnews.com/mcp

Tools 4 found in our last check

  • get_top_stories

    Today'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_stories

    Semantically 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 Skim…

  • get_story_detail

    The 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_stor…

  • get_entity_file

    SkimNews 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…

Details

Endpointhttps://skimnews.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
First published6 Oct 2026
Last updated6 Oct 2026
Registry namecom.skimnews/news

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