Fast News MCP

An MCP server that exposes real-time news search, trending headlines, topic categories, and local news as tools for AI agents. It supports article previews, deduplication, source filtering, and 40+ languages via the Fast News with Previews API on RapidAPI.

Package and access

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by wllrdev

You need:Node.js (for npx ) and a free RapidAPI subscription

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What you can do with it

Search news by topic with language and country filters
Retrieve trending headlines auto-translated into 40+ languages
Browse predefined news categories like world, business, or technology
Find local news for a specific city or region

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.1

mcp-registry: io.github.wllrdev/fast-news@1.0.1 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@wllrdev/fast-news-mcp 1.0.1

npm

@wllrdev/fast-news-mcp package definition

{
  "version": "1.0.1",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@wllrdev/fast-news-mcp",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "RAPIDAPI_KEY",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "RapidAPI key for the Fast News with Previews API. Get one (free tier available) at https://rapidapi.com/SemicolonBandit/api/fast-news-with-previews"
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fast-news-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wllrdev/fast-news-mcp@1.0.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RAPIDAPI_KEY": "<YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fast-news-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wllrdev/fast-news-mcp@1.0.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RAPIDAPI_KEY": "<YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "fast-news-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wllrdev/fast-news-mcp@1.0.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RAPIDAPI_KEY": "<YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fast-news-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wllrdev/fast-news-mcp@1.0.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RAPIDAPI_KEY": "<YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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