SkimNews
Free AI-curated news summaries from 100+ sources across seven beats, plus entity dossiers.
| Endpoint | https://skimnews.com/mcp (streamable-http) |
|---|---|
| Registry version | 1.0.0 |
| Now | 4 tools · grade A (99) · pin ts_c9ca15806677d5cd81517dc74556a1c5 · protocol 2025-06-18 |
| First / last listed | 2026-10-26 07:50 UTC / 2026-10-26 07:50 UTC |
| Grade over time | 2026-10-26: A (99), 4 tools |
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Tools: get_top_stories search_stories get_story_detail get_entity_file
get_top_stories | Today's top SkimNews stories, optionally limited to one beat. Use this for "what's happening today" / "today's news" / "latest in <beat>" questions. Returns summaries plus canonical URLs per story. Categories: geopolitics, tech, finance, health, energy, sports, culture. params: category, limit |
search_stories | Semantically search SkimNews' archive of 47,000+ summarised stories by topic, theme, or news event, ranked by relevance. Use this to find coverage of a subject across SkimNews' history rather than only today. Returns summaries plus canonical URLs. An empty result list means SkimNews has not covered that topic — say so rather than substituting unrelated stories. params: query*, category, days, limit |
get_story_detail | The full SkimNews treatment of one story: summary, why-it-matters, sourced bullet points, editorial take, named entities, the source taxonomy, and the canonical URL. Accepts an article id (e.g. '46b45d01'), a canonical skimnews.com URL, or an article slug. Use after get_top_stories or search_stories when a story needs detail or accurate citation. params: identifier* |
get_entity_file | SkimNews keeps a permanent dossier on every person, organisation, product, law, or place it has covered repeatedly. Returns the current 3-sentence status, 60-day mention/source counts, recent coverage, and related entities. Use for "what has SkimNews covered about X" and "what's the latest on X" where X is a trackable entity. Slug form, e.g. 'trump', 'openai', 'iran'. params: slug |
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