Connect Newsdata Io 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 top headlines tool in Newsdata Io
Use the discover sources tool in Newsdata Io
Use the search articles tool in Newsdata Io
Supported Tools
top_headlines
Top Headlines
Retrieve live top and breaking news headlines. Filter by country, category, specific sources, or search with keywords. Ideal for monitoring current news in specific regions or topic areas. You cannot combine the **country** or **category** filters with the **sources** filter.
discover_sources
Discover Sources
Find available news sources and publishers. Returns source identifiers that can be used to filter results in the **Search Articles** and **Top Headlines** tools. Filter sources by category, language, or country.
search_articles
Search Articles
Search through millions of news articles from over 150,000 sources worldwide. Supports advanced keyword queries with exact match (quotes), required/excluded terms (+/-), and boolean operators (AND/OR/NOT). Results can be filtered by source, domain, date range, and language, and sorted by relevancy, popularity, or publish date. Article content is truncated to 200 characters; use the article URL to access the full text.
Enable Newsdata Io in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Newsdata Io 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 Newsdata Io tools.
Enable Newsdata Io in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Newsdata Io 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 Newsdata Io tools.
Enable Newsdata Io in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Newsdata Io 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 Newsdata Io tools.
{
"mcpServers":{
"metorial":{
"url":"<your-magic-mcp-url>"
}
}
}
Enable Newsdata Io in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Newsdata Io 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 Newsdata Io tools.
claude mcp add --transport http metorial <your-magic-mcp-url>
Enable Newsdata Io in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Newsdata Io 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 Newsdata Io tools.
codex mcp add metorial --url <your-magic-mcp-url>
codex mcp login metorial
Run Newsdata Io through the Metorial gateway
One governed layer for every app your agents reach, not a separate connector per tool.
Give Newsdata Io and every other app to your whole team through one MCP gateway, behind your SSO.
Scope which teams and agents can use Newsdata Io tools with role-based access control, and trace every call.
Prefer to run it yourself? Metorial is open source and self-hostable.
Search news articles, retrieve top headlines, and discover publishers with NewsAPI.org. Filter articles by keywords, source, domain, date range, and language, and sort by relevancy, popularity, or publication date. Filter headlines by keywords, country, category, or sources. Historical coverage and accessible results depend on the account plan.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about connecting Newsdata Io to AI agents with Metorial.
How many tools does the Newsdata Io MCP server have?
The Newsdata Io MCP server exposes 3 tools, including Top Headlines, Discover Sources, Search Articles. Each one is governed and traced through Metorial.
Does the Newsdata Io MCP server support triggers?
Newsdata Io 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 Newsdata Io MCP server?
Any MCP client, including VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, OpenCode and Grok. Each one reaches the Newsdata Io MCP server through the same Metorial URL.
How do I give only some teams access to Newsdata Io?
Use role-based access control to decide which teams, users, and agents can use Newsdata Io and which of its tools they can call.
Can I self-host the Newsdata Io MCP server?
Yes. Metorial is open source, so you can run the Newsdata Io MCP server yourself or use the hosted gateway.
Connect Newsdata Io to production AI agents
See how Metorial gives your team governed access to Newsdata Io, with tracing and security controls built in.