INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_event

Fetch a single event by id, including every corroborating article (source, url, timestamp).

newsflash.shnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://newsflash.sh/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_event and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.newsflash]
url = "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsflash": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: newsflash
Remote MCP URL: https://newsflash.sh/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsflash": {
      "url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "newsflash": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "newsflash",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

get_events — Query the deduped news event graph by theme, source, category and time window.
search_articles — Search raw articles (not collapsed into events).
list_sources — List all news sources Newsflash tracks, with categories and live article counts.
corpus_stats — Corpus size and freshness: source / article / event counts and the latest article timestamp.