`top_headlines`

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

Get top news headlines, optionally filtered by category (general, world, nation, business, technology, entertainment, sports, science, health). Returns title, description, source, and publication date.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`_apiKey`	string	yes	GNews API key
`category`	string	no	News category: general, world, nation, business, technology, entertainment, sports, science, health
`country`	string	no	Country code (e.g., “us”, “gb”). Omit for global
`lang`	string	no	Language code (e.g., “en”). Default: “en”
`max`	number	no	Max articles to return (1-100, default 10)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "_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":"top_headlines","arguments":{"_apiKey":"your-gnews-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('top_headlines', {
  "_apiKey": "your-gnews-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "_apiKey": "your-gnews-api-key",
  "category": "technology",
  "country": "gb",
  "max": 15
}

Response shape

Always returns: total_articles, returned, articles

Field	Type	Description
`total_articles`	number	Total number of top headline articles
`returned`	number	Number of articles returned in this response
`articles`	array	List of top news headlines

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total_articles": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of top headline articles"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of articles returned in this response"
    },
    "articles": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of top news headlines",
      "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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