jshelley/briefing-mcp

Overview

An MCP server that connects to the Briefing Service to deliver hourly news briefings. It provides news items ranked by an LLM, available as JSON, e-ink formatted pages, and a free provenance dump of the sources. Built in JavaScript, it integrates with AI clients via the Model Context Protocol.

Best for

Best for
Developers who want a ready-made MCP server to pull ranked news into their AI or display projects

Use cases

• Feeding ranked news updates into an AI assistant or agent
• Rendering news briefings on e-ink displays
• Auditing news sources via the provenance dump

How to use

Install

claude mcp add briefings -- npx -y briefing-mcp

Tools exposed

• list_briefings

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor

Example client config

{\n  "mcpServers": {\n    "briefings": {\n      "command": "npx",\n      "args": ["-y", "briefing-mcp"],\n      "env": { "BRIEFING_KEY": "" }\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

An MCP server that connects to the Briefing Service to deliver hourly news briefings. It provides news items ranked by an LLM, available as JSON, e-ink formatted pages, and a free provenance dump of the sources. Built in JavaScript, it integrates with AI clients via the Model Context Protocol.

0 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-09-20. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Feeding ranked news updates into an AI assistant or agent
• Rendering news briefings on e-ink displays
• Auditing news sources via the provenance dump

Pros

• Hourly updates keep content current
• LLM-based ranking surfaces relevant stories
• JSON output simplifies programmatic integration

Cons

• Zero stars suggests low community adoption or early stage
• Depends on the Briefing Service, adding an external dependency
• Documentation and usage examples may be limited

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