The Verge News MCP Server Implementation

An MCP service engineered to facilitate fetching and searching of informational content sourced from The Verge's RSS aggregation.

Capabilities

• Obtain the most recent news items published by The Verge.
• Retrieve a randomly sampled collection of news items published over the last week.
• Execute searches across news items based on specified lexical tokens.

Deployment Procedure

# Obtain the source code repository
git clone https://github.com/manimohans/verge-news-mcp.git
cd verge-news-mcp

# Install required dependencies
npm install

# Compile the application assets
npm run build

Operational Guide

Launching the Service

npm start

Integration with Claude for Desktop

1. Secure the Claude for Desktop application.
2. Modify the configuration file located at:
3. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

4. Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

5. Incorporate the subsequent configuration block:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "verge-news": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/verge-news-mcp/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

1. Initiate a restart of the Claude for Desktop environment.

Utilization via Smithery

This service can also be interfaced with using Smithery, which streamlines the process of sharing and engaging with MCP endpoints:

1. Ensure Smithery is globally installed:

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/smithery

1. To incorporate this specific server through Smithery, execute:

smithery use https://github.com/manimohans/verge-news-mcp

1. Following installation, it is accessible within Claude or any compliant MCP client.

Smithery Configuration Details

This repository furnishes requisite metadata for Smithery integration:

• Dockerfile: Specifies the blueprint for constructing the Docker container encapsulating the MCP service.
• smithery.yaml: Defines the server configuration for Smithery, detailing its afforded functionalities.

Refer to the Smithery documentation for exhaustive configuration specifics.

Available Toolsets

get-daily-news

Retrieves the most current news reports from The Verge posted within the preceding 24-hour window.

Example invocation: "What timely reports are available from The Verge today?"

get-weekly-news

Fetches news items from The Verge that have been published over the preceding 7-day period.

Illustrative Note: This function performs a random selection of 10 articles from the week, ensuring diverse output upon each invocation.

Example invocation: "Present articles published by The Verge during the last week."

search-news

Queries the archive for news entries whose content matches a specified search term.

Parameters: - keyword: The specific string or term to locate within articles. - days (optional): The backward look-back window in days (default value is 30).

Example invocation: "Locate all Verge articles pertaining to 'quantum computing'."

Development Cycle

# Execute in a continuous development environment
npm run dev

Licensing

ISC

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