
This wraps the NewsData.io API for pulling global news articles and headlines. It's part of Pipeworx, a gateway that bundles 744+ data sources behind a single MCP endpoint. You can either add this standalone server to query NewsData specifically, or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to everything at once. The gateway includes an ask_pipeworx tool that lets you ask questions in plain English instead of calling tools directly. Reach for this when you need to search news by topic, country, or language, or pull latest headlines for analysis, research, or content workflows.
NewsData.io MCP — wraps the NewsData.io global news API (newsdata.io)
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
latest_news | Get the latest global news headlines and articles — world news, breaking news, and business/financial/stock-market news. Filter by keyword, country (2-letter, e.g. "us"), category (business, technology, politics, sports, health, science), and language. IMPORTANT: for stock-market / financial-market / economy / "world market news" questions, ALWAYS pass category: "business" — it returns real market-news outlets and filters out low-quality SEO/crypto-promo articles. Returns article title, description, link, source, publish date, category, and country. Paginate via the nextPage token. Examples: latest_news({ query: "stock market", category: "business" }) for world market news; latest_news({ query: "election", country: "us", category: "politics" }). |
crypto_news | Get the latest cryptocurrency news headlines and articles. Filter by keyword, coin ticker(s) (e.g. "btc,eth"), and language. Returns article title, description, link, source, publish date, category, and country. Example: crypto_news({ coin: "btc,eth", query: "etf" }) |
news_sources | List available global news sources. Filter by country (2-letter), category, and language. Returns source id, name, url, category, country, and language — useful for discovering which outlets cover a given region or topic. Example: news_sources({ country: "us", category: "technology" }) |
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"newsdata": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/newsdata/mcp"
}
}
}
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/newsdata/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1476+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Newsdata data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
MIT
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/newsdata_latest_news \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"query":"stock market","category":"business"}'
No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/newsdata_latest_news. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.