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by skimnews.com · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by com.skimnews

Free AI-curated news summaries from 100+ sources across seven beats, plus entity dossiers.

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4 tools: 4 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http news https://skimnews.com/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

4 tools

Only reads 4Claude Code: allow
  • get_entity_fileSkimNews keeps a permanent dossier on every person, organisation, product, law, or place it has covered repeatedly.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_entity_file" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    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'.

    Annotations the server declares

    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: true
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • title: Get an entity dossier
  • get_story_detailThe full SkimNews treatment of one story: summary, why-it-matters, sourced bullet points, editorial take, named entities, the source taxonomy, and the canonical URL.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_story_detail" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    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.

    Annotations the server declares

    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: true
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • title: Get a story's full detail
  • get_top_storiesToday's top SkimNews stories, optionally limited to one beat.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_top_stories" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    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.

    Annotations the server declares

    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: true
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • title: Get today's top stories
  • search_storiesSemantically search SkimNews' archive of 47,000+ summarised stories by topic, theme, or news event, ranked by relevance.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_stories" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    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.

    Annotations the server declares

    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: true
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • title: Search SkimNews stories

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.0.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http news https://skimnews.com/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__news__get_top_stories",
      "mcp__news__search_stories",
      "mcp__news__get_story_detail",
      "mcp__news__get_entity_file"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as news. Review it before you use it.