news-dashboard

news-dashboard MCP Server

MCP server for the news-dashboard app. Lets AI agents (Claude Desktop, Claude Code) read feeds, clip articles, create Obsidian notes with summaries, post to BlueSky, and manage feeds/settings.

Requirements

• Node.js 20+
• The news-dashboard-nest backend running and reachable

Setup

npm install
npm run build

Claude Desktop integration

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "news-dashboard": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["C:/Users/<user>/Documents/VS Code/news-dashboard/news-dashboard-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "NEWS_DASHBOARD_API_URL": "https://your-deployed-backend.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

For local development set NEWS_DASHBOARD_API_URL=http://localhost:3002.

Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | list_feeds | List all configured feeds | | get_articles | Get articles from one or all feeds | | get_top_stories | Get the current newspaper layout | | find_articles_by_topic | Search articles by keyword across feeds | | clip_article | Fetch full article as Markdown | | summarize_article | Get an AI summary of an article URL | | get_article_ogimage | Extract og:image from any URL | | save_to_obsidian | Build a rich Obsidian note with summary, tags, wikilinks | | create_digest_note | Create a daily digest Obsidian note from top stories | | post_to_bluesky | Share an article to BlueSky | | get_settings | Read current app settings | | update_settings | Update settings (font size, feed order, etc.) | | add_feed | Add a new RSS or BlueSky profile feed | | remove_feed | Remove a custom feed |

Resources

| URI | Description | |-----|-------------| | newsdash://feeds | All configured feeds | | newsdash://feed/{feedId} | Articles from a specific feed | | newsdash://top-stories | Current newspaper layout | | newsdash://settings | Current user settings |

Prompts

| Name | Description | |------|-------------| | daily-briefing | Generate a structured daily news briefing | | obsidian-research-note | Research a topic and save to Obsidian | | bluesky-post-draft | Draft a BlueSky post for an article |

Example agent workflows

Save an article to Obsidian with a summary: > "Clip https://... and save it to my Obsidian Research/Biotech folder with a summary and relevant tags"

Daily digest: > "Create a daily digest note from today's top stories and save it to my Daily Notes folder"

Topic research: > "Find all articles about GLP-1 drugs across my feeds and create an Obsidian research note"

Find and share: > "Find the most recent FDA approval news and post it to BlueSky"