What is the APITube MCP server?

The APITube MCP server is a hosted Model Context Protocol endpoint at https://mcp.apitube.io/ that exposes the real-time news API as tools an AI client can call. It lets an assistant search and retrieve enriched news in plain language, with no local install.

How do I connect Cursor, VS Code, or Windsurf to APITube over MCP?

Add an mcpServers entry that points the server url to https://mcp.apitube.io/ and sends an Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY header. Once saved, the client discovers the search_news and suggest tools automatically and you can ask for news in plain language.

How do I connect Claude Desktop to APITube?

Claude Desktop bridges to the hosted server with mcp-remote: run npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.apitube.io/ and pass Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY as a header. The APITube tools then appear inside Claude Desktop.

What tools does the MCP server expose?

The APITube MCP server exposes a search_news tool for querying enriched articles and a suggest tool for ID lookups, plus ready-made prompts: monitor_company, topic_sentiment, breaking_news, and compare_coverage.

Do I need to install anything?

No. The MCP server is hosted at mcp.apitube.io, so most clients connect with just a URL and your API key. Only Claude Desktop uses the mcp-remote bridge. One API key works across REST, streaming, and MCP.

Can AI agents discover the API on their own?

Yes. APITube also publishes Agent Skills under /.well-known/ following the agentskills.io standard, verifiable via SHA-256 digests, so agents can discover and call the API without manual wiring.

What can I ask the MCP server in plain language?

Examples: "Find positive breaking news about Tesla in English from the last week" or "Compare the volume and sentiment of coverage for Apple vs Google". The server maps the request to search_news and returns enriched, sourced results.

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MCP Server for News

Last updated: July 22, 2026

Give your AI assistant live news with one paste. The APITube hosted MCP server at mcp.apitube.io connects Cursor, Claude, VS Code, and Windsurf — plain-language news queries, no install, one API key.

Realtime news articles from 177 countries

in 60 languages

Benefits

Real-time news, native to your agents

APITube runs a hosted MCP (Model Context Protocol) server at https://mcp.apitube.io/ that turns its real-time news API into tools any MCP client can call. Point Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, or Windsurf at it with your API key and ask for news in plain language — no install. It exposes a search_news tool and a suggest (ID-lookup) tool.

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Hosted MCP server at https://mcp.apitube.io/

Connect Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code & Windsurf

search_news and suggest (ID-lookup) tools

Ready-made prompts: monitor_company, topic_sentiment, breaking_news, compare_coverage

Published Agent Skills under /.well-known/ (agentskills.io)

Same enriched schema: entities, sentiment, source authority

One API key across REST, streaming, and MCP

Use cases

Discover the possibilities

Our solutions are designed to help you achieve your goals. Whether you are a small business or a large corporation, we have the right solution for you.

IDE

Ask news in your editor

Pull current, sourced coverage from inside Cursor, VS Code, or Windsurf without leaving the editor.

Agents

News as an agent tool

Give autonomous agents a search_news tool for monitoring, research, and alerting workflows.

Copilots

Research copilots

Let a copilot fetch entities, sentiment, and sources on demand to ground its answers.

No-code

Plain-language workflows

Describe what you want in words; the MCP client turns it into an enriched news query.

Features

Don’t waste time on complex features

Complex features made simple. Our API provides a simple way to access news articles from around the world. We provide a simple, consistent, and easy-to-use API to access news articles from thousands of sources.

News API

Export data in many formats
Industry Monitoring
Brand Monitoring
Market Intelligence
Risk Management
Competitive Intelligence
Media Monitoring
Sentiment Analysis
Trend Analysis
Story Grouping
Forecasting social trends
Multi-language Support
Audience Engagement
Geographical Analysis
Real-time Breaking News
Historical Data Access
Custom News Feeds
News Aggregation
Content Filtering
Over 50 integrations

Extract Additional Data

Industries
Locations
Persons
Organizations
Brands
Events
Disasters
Diseases
Links
Media
Images & Videos
Hashtags
Authors
Source
Duplicate Detection
Publisher Rank
Article Sentiment
Readability Score
Language Detection
and more

Analysis

Sentiment Analysis
Analysis of public opinion
Categorization
Financial Analysis
Trend Analysis
Story Grouping
Content Summarization
Entity Recognition
Keyword Extraction
Topic Modeling
Event Detection
Named Entity Recognition
Text Classification
Controversy Detection
Trust Score Analysis
Engagement Metrics
Source Bias Detection
Quality Ranking
Spam Detection
Emotion Detection

Advanced Searching

Search by Location
Search by Date Range
Search by Source
Search by Category
Search by Industry
Search by Sentiment
Search by Story
Search by Publisher Rank
Search by Language
Search by Entity
Search by Keywords
Boolean Search
Proximity Search
Faceted Search
Range Queries
Search by Author
Search by Media Type
Search by Breaking News
Search by Read Time
+ over 65 more filters

More than 500,000+ sources

APITube is trusted by teams around the world to help them build and deliver amazing digital experiences faster than ever before.

Last updated: 7s ago
Total sources: 512.645k
Requests yesterday: 25.768
Articles added yesterday: 137.054k
Total articles: 3.84b

Frequently asked questions

: The APITube MCP server is a hosted Model Context Protocol endpoint at https://mcp.apitube.io/ that exposes the real-time news API as tools an AI client can call. It lets an assistant search and retrieve enriched news in plain language, with no local install.
: Add an mcpServers entry that points the server url to https://mcp.apitube.io/ and sends an Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY header. Once saved, the client discovers the search_news and suggest tools automatically and you can ask for news in plain language.
: Claude Desktop bridges to the hosted server with mcp-remote: run npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.apitube.io/ and pass Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY as a header. The APITube tools then appear inside Claude Desktop.
: The APITube MCP server exposes a search_news tool for querying enriched articles and a suggest tool for ID lookups, plus ready-made prompts: monitor_company, topic_sentiment, breaking_news, and compare_coverage.
: No. The MCP server is hosted at mcp.apitube.io, so most clients connect with just a URL and your API key. Only Claude Desktop uses the mcp-remote bridge. One API key works across REST, streaming, and MCP.
: Yes. APITube also publishes Agent Skills under /.well-known/ following the agentskills.io standard, verifiable via SHA-256 digests, so agents can discover and call the API without manual wiring.
: Examples: "Find positive breaking news about Tesla in English from the last week" or "Compare the volume and sentiment of coverage for Apple vs Google". The server maps the request to search_news and returns enriched, sourced results.