MCP server

SkimNews Official

com.skimnews/news

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

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

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

skimnews.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

4

Token cost

About 815 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http news https://skimnews.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.news]
url = "https://skimnews.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"news":{"httpUrl":"https://skimnews.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"news":{"url":"https://skimnews.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"news":{"type":"http","url":"https://skimnews.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add news https://skimnews.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"news","server_url":"https://skimnews.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"news","server_url":"https://skimnews.com/mcp"}

Tools

• get_entity_file ~170 tokens
  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 the latest on X" whe
• get_story_detail ~165 tokens
  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_stories or search_stories
• get_top_stories ~192 tokens
  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 ~288 tokens
  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 SkimNews has not covered

Browse

• Legal research
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• News
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