{"id":428,"date":"2026-04-08T22:01:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8094\/news-mcp-server-launch\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:01:37","slug":"news-mcp-server-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ictinnovations.com\/?p=428","title":{"rendered":"We Just Launched a Free Live News MCP Server \u2014 Any AI Can Use It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have spent the last decade at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ictinnovations.com\">ICT Innovations<\/a> building tools that help businesses communicate better \u2014 auto-dialers, cloud fax servers, VoIP platforms, live chat software. Throughout that time, one thing has stayed constant: the best tools are the ones that quietly solve real problems people have every day.<\/p>\n<p>This one started with a frustration our own team kept hitting. We use AI assistants constantly for research, writing, and analysis. And constantly, we would hit the same wall \u2014 the model does not know what happened last week. The training data has a cutoff, and no matter how capable the AI is, it cannot tell you about today&#8217;s news.<\/p>\n<p>So we built a fix. Today, ICT Innovations is launching a free, public MCP news server at <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\"><strong>news.ictinnovations.com<\/strong><\/a>. Any AI assistant that supports MCP can connect to it and start reading live news headlines immediately \u2014 from BBC, Reuters, AP News, Al Jazeera, TechCrunch, Dawn, Geo News, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The endpoint is: <code>https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\/mcp<\/code>. No API key, no account, no cost.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is MCP?<\/h2>\n<p>MCP \u2014 the Model Context Protocol \u2014 is an open standard from Anthropic that gives AI assistants a standard way to connect to external tools and data sources. Think of it as a universal plug that works across AI tools. Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Continue.dev, Cline, LibreChat, and OpenWebUI all support it today.<\/p>\n<p>When you connect our news server to your AI tool, the model gains six new capabilities it can call whenever it needs fresh information. You do not need to configure anything \u2014 the AI discovers what is available automatically.<\/p>\n<h2>Six Tools, One URL<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>get_latest_news<\/strong> \u2014 Current headlines ranked by recency and source credibility. Filterable by keyword, source, category, or time window.<\/li>\n<li><strong>get_breaking_news<\/strong> \u2014 Only articles from the last two hours, for fast-moving situations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>get_pakistan_news<\/strong> \u2014 A dedicated feed from Dawn and Geo News.<\/li>\n<li><strong>search_news<\/strong> \u2014 Full-text keyword search across all stored articles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>refresh_news<\/strong> \u2014 Trigger an immediate fetch from all sources.<\/li>\n<li><strong>news_stats<\/strong> \u2014 A status summary: total articles, sources, last fetch time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Connecting Your AI Tool<\/h2>\n<p>The server URL is <code>https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\/mcp<\/code> for every tool below.<\/p>\n<h3>Claude Desktop<\/h3>\n<p>Edit <code>~\/.claude\/claude_desktop_config.json<\/code>:<\/p>\n<pre>\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"news\": {\n      \"command\": \"python3\",\n      \"args\": [\"-m\", \"mcp_proxy\", \"https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\/mcp\"]\n    }\n  }\n}\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Claude.ai<\/h3>\n<p>Settings &rarr; Integrations &rarr; Add MCP server &rarr; paste <code>https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\/mcp<\/code>.<\/p>\n<h3>Cursor<\/h3>\n<p>Settings &rarr; MCP &rarr; Add MCP Server &rarr; HTTP type &rarr; paste URL &rarr; restart Cursor.<\/p>\n<h3>Windsurf<\/h3>\n<p>Settings &rarr; MCP Servers &rarr; Add Server &rarr; HTTP\/SSE type &rarr; paste URL.<\/p>\n<h3>Zed Editor<\/h3>\n<pre>\n{\n  \"context_servers\": {\n    \"news-mcp\": {\n      \"url\": \"https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\/mcp\",\n      \"settings\": {}\n    }\n  }\n}\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Continue.dev<\/h3>\n<pre>\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": [{\n    \"name\": \"ICT News\",\n    \"transport\": {\n      \"type\": \"streamable-http\",\n      \"url\": \"https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\/mcp\"\n    }\n  }]\n}\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Cline (VS Code)<\/h3>\n<p>Cline sidebar &rarr; MCP Servers &rarr; Add Server &rarr; paste <code>https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\/mcp<\/code>.<\/p>\n<h3>LibreChat<\/h3>\n<p>Admin &rarr; MCP Servers &rarr; Add: Name &#8220;ICT News&#8221;, URL <code>https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\/mcp<\/code>, Type &#8220;Streamable HTTP&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3>OpenWebUI<\/h3>\n<p>Settings &rarr; Tools &rarr; Add Tool Server &rarr; MCP type &rarr; <code>https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\/mcp<\/code>.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Free, Why Now<\/h2>\n<p>The MCP ecosystem is young and growing fast. The more high-quality, freely accessible servers there are, the more useful the whole ecosystem becomes. We wanted to contribute something real to it.<\/p>\n<p>We also built it for ourselves. Our teams use AI tools every day, and the knowledge cutoff problem was genuinely getting in the way. Building this server and making it public just made sense.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\"><strong>news.ictinnovations.com<\/strong><\/a> to explore the service, and add <code>https:\/\/news.ictinnovations.com\/mcp<\/code> to your AI tool of choice today. Questions or source suggestions: <a href=\"mailto:support@ictinnovations.com\">support@ictinnovations.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&mdash; Tahir Almas, Managing Partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ictinnovations.com\">ICT Innovations<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have spent the last decade at ICT Innovations building tools that help businesses communicate better \u2014 auto-dialers, cloud fax servers, VoIP platforms, live chat software. Throughout that time, one thing has stayed constant: the best tools are the ones that quietly solve real problems people have every day. 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