Newsflash is a remote MCP server that gives an AI agent 5 tools, among them corpus_stats, get_event, get_events. It answers at https://newsflash.sh/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 6 of 6 times since 12 September 2026; the last check, on 24 October 2026, succeeded.
Real-time corroborated news events + 5-year archive, for agents. Free tier, no key.
Description as the publisher wrote it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
corpus_stats | Corpus size and freshness: source / article / event counts and the latest article timestamp. |
get_event | Fetch a single event by id, including every corroborating article (source, url, timestamp). Inputs: id |
get_events | Query the deduped news event graph by theme, source, category and time window. Returns events (many articles about one happening collapsed into one), each with a corroboration count and confidence score. This is the primary tool — prefer it Inputs: q, semantic, source, category, from, to |
list_sources | List all news sources Newsflash tracks, with categories and live article counts. |
search_articles | Search raw articles (not collapsed into events). Use when you want the underlying items or need per-outlet coverage rather than deduped happenings. Inputs: q, source, category, from, to, limit |
Every block below points at https://newsflash.sh/mcp. Pick your client and copy.
claude mcp add --transport http newsflash https://newsflash.sh/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"newsflash": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"newsflash": {
"url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"newsflash": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
}
}
}{
"context_servers": {
"newsflash": {
"url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"newsflash": {
"serverUrl": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"newsflash": {
"url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
}
}
}name: Newsflash
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
- name: Newsflash
type: streamable-http
url: https://newsflash.sh/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"newsflash": {
"httpUrl": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"newsflash": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"newsflash": {
"url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
}
}
}goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsflash.sh%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=newsflash&name=Newsflash
It answered our last check on 24 October 2026 in 159 ms. Over 6 checks since 12 September 2026 it answered 6. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.
Yes. It is published by newsflash.sh and served from newsflash.sh, the vendor's own domain: https://newsflash.sh/mcp.
5, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 23 September 2026: corpus_stats, get_event, get_events, list_sources, search_articles.
It answered our last check on 24 October 2026 in 159 ms. Over 6 checks since 12 September 2026 it answered 6.
Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://newsflash.sh/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.
It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.
Publisher: sh.newsflash. Endpoint host: newsflash.sh. ARD identifier: urn:air:sh.newsflash:mcp:newsflash.
First indexed 10 September 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page
is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.