`search_news`

Pack: gnews · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gnews/mcp

Search global news articles by keyword (e.g., “climate change”, “AI regulation”). Returns title, description, content snippet, source, and publication date. Supports language and country filters.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`_apiKey`	string	yes	GNews API key
`query`	string	yes	Search keywords (e.g., “electric vehicles”)
`lang`	string	no	Language code (e.g., “en”, “fr”, “de”). Default: “en”
`country`	string	no	Country code (e.g., “us”, “gb”, “ca”). Omit for global
`max`	number	no	Max articles to return (1-100, default 10)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "artificial intelligence regulation",
  "_apiKey": "your-gnews-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gnews/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_news","arguments":{"query":"artificial intelligence regulation","_apiKey":"your-gnews-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_news', {
  "query": "artificial intelligence regulation",
  "_apiKey": "your-gnews-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "climate change",
  "_apiKey": "your-gnews-api-key",
  "country": "us",
  "lang": "en",
  "max": 25
}

Response shape

Always returns: total_articles, returned, articles

Field	Type	Description
`total_articles`	number	Total number of articles matching the search query
`returned`	number	Number of articles returned in this response
`articles`	array	List of news articles matching the search

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total_articles": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of articles matching the search query"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of articles returned in this response"
    },
    "articles": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of news articles matching the search",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "title": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Article headline"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Brief summary of the article"
          },
          "content": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Full article content snippet"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Article URL"
          },
          "image": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Featured image URL"
          },
          "published_at": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Publication timestamp (ISO 8601)"
          },
          "source_name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Name of the news source"
          },
          "source_url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Homepage URL of the news source"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "total_articles",
    "returned",
    "articles"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnews": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gnews/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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