sh.newsflash/newsflash

Measured conclusion: Deep-tested. L2 outcome: tools_ok.

Real-time corroborated news events + 5-year archive, for agents. Free tier, no key.

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Copy this into your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newsflash": {
      "url": "https://newsflash.sh/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Measured tools (5)

• get_events read-only

  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 over raw articles. For headlines, briefings, or 'what's happening' asks, pass min_sources: 2 (or 3 for high signal) — the raw recency feed is dominated by single-outlet local stories without it. ONE call is normally enough: trust each event's corroboration (distinct outlets), confidence (0-1; 1.0 = fully corroborated), and sources list as-is, and present the top events directly, including each event's url as its link — do NOT call get_event per item or re-verify counts (only drill in when the user wants EVERY outlet's link for one story). The corpus spans 260+ global outlets and a five-year archive (history visible depends on tier).

  Parameters:

  • q — string — Free-text theme/keyword to match on headline + summary
  • to — string — Only events active on/before this date. ISO 8601 date/time, e.g. 2026-07-01 or 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z
  • from — string — Only events active on/after this date. ISO 8601 date/time, e.g. 2026-07-01 or 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z
  • limit — integer — Max events (default 15)
  • source — string — Source slug, e.g. 'coindesk' (see list_sources)
  • category — string — Source category
  • semantic — boolean — Rank by meaning (embedding similarity) instead of keyword match — requires q; better for concepts ('monetary easing') than exact strings
  • min_sources — integer — Only events corroborated by at least this many distinct outlets — use 2-3 for briefings/headlines to skip single-source noise

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• get_event read-only

  Fetch a single event by id, including every corroborating article (source, url, timestamp).

  Parameters:

  • id (required) — integer — Event id from get_events

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• search_articles read-only

  Search raw articles (not collapsed into events). Use when you want the underlying items or need per-outlet coverage rather than deduped happenings.

  Parameters:

  • q — string — Free-text keyword on headline + summary
  • to — string — ISO 8601 date/time, e.g. 2026-07-01 or 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z
  • from — string — ISO 8601 date/time, e.g. 2026-07-01 or 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z
  • limit — integer — Max articles (default 25)
  • source — string — Source slug
  • category — string — Source category

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• list_sources read-only

  List all news sources Newsflash tracks, with categories and live article counts.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• corpus_stats read-only

  Corpus size and freshness: source / article / event counts and the latest article timestamp.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

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