Connect Currents API to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot and any other MCP client, for your whole team. Metorial adds security, governance, and tracing, and gives everyone one Magic MCP URL to connect.
Ask your agent in plain language. Each of these maps to a real tool on the server.
Use the search news tool in Currents API
Use the get available filters tool in Currents API
Use the get latest news tool in Currents API
Use the get source news tool in Currents API
Use the get news sources tool in Currents API
Use the list latest news tool in Currents API
Supported Tools
search_news
Search News
Search through tens of millions of articles from over 14,000 news sources and blogs. Supports keyword search, date range filtering, content type filtering, domain inclusion/exclusion, and pagination. Ideal for finding articles on specific topics, researching historical news, or building targeted news feeds.
get_available_filters
Get Available Filters
Retrieve the supported filter values for news queries: languages, regions (countries), and categories. Use this to discover valid filter codes before searching or fetching news. You can request any combination of filter types in a single call.
get_latest_news
Get Latest News
DEPRECATED — use `list_latest_news` instead. Fetch the most recent news articles using the legacy input contract.
get_source_news
Get Source News
Retrieve news articles from a specific news source. Use the "Get News Sources" tool first to discover available source identifiers. Supports pagination to browse through older articles from the same source.
get_news_sources
Get News Sources
Retrieve a list of available news sources. Can be filtered by language and category to find relevant sources for specific regions or topics. Useful for discovering which news sources are available and understanding the coverage of the API.
list_latest_news
List Latest News
Retrieve a current news feed with language, country, category, source-domain, author, and content-type filters. Supports page-based pagination and returns original article metadata. Use search_news for keywords or date ranges.
check_api_key
Check API Key
Check the connected API key using Currents’ documented token-check endpoint. Returns the original provider response; this endpoint does not document an account profile.
search_news_v2
Search News V2
Search news using the canonical V2 category taxonomy and cursor pagination. Filter by keywords or boolean query, publication dates, language, country, domain, author, and article metadata availability.
Enable Currents API in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Currents API MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add a custom connector. Open Customize, then Connectors. Select Add, then Custom, then Web.
Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>) and continue.
Sign in. Select Add and sign in to load Currents API tools.
Enable Currents API in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Currents API MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add a custom MCP server. On ChatGPT web, open Plugins, select +, then Add custom MCP server.
Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>), choose OAuth and accept the risk notice.
Create and install the plugin. Select Create as a plugin, install it and sign in to load Currents API tools.
Enable Currents API in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Currents API MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add Metorial to your MCP config. Use ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for one.
Sign in. Open Customize in the sidebar, find Metorial and sign in to load Currents API tools.
{
"mcpServers":{
"metorial":{
"url":"<your-magic-mcp-url>"
}
}
}
Enable Currents API in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Currents API MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add the server over HTTP. Add --scope user to use it in every project.
Sign in. Run /mcp, select Metorial and sign in to load Currents API tools.
claude mcp add --transport http metorial <your-magic-mcp-url>
Enable Currents API in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Currents API MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add the server and sign in. The Codex CLI, IDE extension and ChatGPT desktop app share this config.
Check the connection. Type /mcp in Codex to see Metorial and its Currents API tools.
codex mcp add metorial --url <your-magic-mcp-url>
codex mcp login metorial
Run Currents API through the Metorial gateway
One governed layer for every app your agents reach, not a separate connector per tool.
Give Currents API and every other app to your whole team through one MCP gateway, behind your SSO.
Scope which teams and agents can use Currents API tools with role-based access control, and trace every call.
Prefer to run it yourself? Metorial is open source and self-hostable.
Retrieve current news feeds and search articles by keywords, boolean queries, date range, language, country, category, publisher domain, and author. Use V2 cursor pagination, discover valid filter codes, and check the connected API key.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about connecting Currents API to AI agents with Metorial.
How many tools does the Currents API MCP server have?
The Currents API MCP server exposes 8 tools, including Search News, Get Available Filters, Get Latest News. Each one is governed and traced through Metorial.
Does the Currents API MCP server support triggers?
Currents API exposes tools your agents call on demand; it does not publish event triggers yet. Everything still runs through one governed MCP URL.
Which AI clients can use the Currents API MCP server?
Any MCP client, including VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, OpenCode and Grok. Each one reaches the Currents API MCP server through the same Metorial URL.
How do I give only some teams access to Currents API?
Use role-based access control to decide which teams, users, and agents can use Currents API and which of its tools they can call.
Can I self-host the Currents API MCP server?
Yes. Metorial is open source, so you can run the Currents API MCP server yourself or use the hosted gateway.
Connect Currents API to production AI agents
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