Search, trending, categories and local coverage arrive as tools an agent can pick between, which means a question about what is being reported turns into an answer without anyone writing a request signature first.
A news API exposed as tools. The server itself is hosted on RapidAPI and reached through mcp-remote, so nothing runs on your machine except the bridge that npx fetches.
- News search in real time, asked in the words you would use out loud
- Trending headlines, for a read of what is being covered right now
- Coverage grouped by topic category rather than by outlet
- Local news, for stories tied to a place rather than a subject
- Article previews alongside the results, so a list can be judged without opening every link
A RapidAPI subscription to the Fast News with Previews API — a free tier exists — and the key it issues. Node.js supplies npx, which fetches mcp-remote on first run; there is nothing else to install. A published npm wrapper takes the same key from an environment variable instead of the command line.
One command plus a key — npx -y @wllrdev/fast-news-mcp, then supply credentials