Hottub News MCP MCP server

An official MCP server by Hottub, Inc. that provides AI agents with access to worldwide news headlines, story clusters, and briefs across multiple outlets and languages. It allows agents to search for current events, sync news updates, and retrieve structured story data without requiring an API key.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Hottub, Inc.

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://hottub.news/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search for worldwide news headlines
Sync latest story clusters across languages
Retrieve briefs for top stories
Access news by specific sections like finance or entertainment

Tools advertised by the last live check:

search_news
sync_news
list_stories
find_entities
get_story
get_news_item
list_sources
quote_placement
news_stats

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http hottub-news-mcp https://hottub.news/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add hottub-news-mcp --url https://hottub.news/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable hottub-news-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hottub-news-mcp": {
      "url": "https://hottub.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hottub-news-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://hottub.news/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start hottub-news-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "hottub-news-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hottub.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http hottub-news-mcp https://hottub.news/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hottub-news-mcp": {
      "url": "https://hottub.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hottub-news-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://hottub.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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