crypto-news-mcp

An MCP server that provides real-time cryptocurrency news sourced from NewsData for AI agents.

[](https://smithery.ai/server/@kukapay/crypto-news-mcp)

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• Tool: Latest News Headlines - Fetch the most recent cryptocurrency news headlines.
• Tool: Crypto News Search - Search for news articles by cryptocurrency or keyword with pagination support using the nextPage API feature.
• Prompt: News Summary - Generate a prompt to summarize news for a given cryptocurrency or topic.

• Python 3.10+
• A Newsdata.io API key
• Git (for cloning the repository)

To install Crypto News for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @kukapay/crypto-news-mcp --client claude

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/kukapay/crypto-news-mcp.git
   cd crypto-news-mcp

1. Install Dependencies:

   pip install mcp[cli] httpx python-dotenv

1. Install the server as a plugin for Claude Desktop:

    mcp install main.py --name "CryptoNews"

Or configure MCP-compatible clients manually:

    {
      "mcpServers": { 
        "Crypto News": { 
          "command": "python", 
          "args": [ "path/to/crypto-news-mcp/main.py"],
          "env": {
            "NEWS_API_KEY": "your_newsdata_api_key_here"
          }
        }