`app_news`

Pack: steam · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/app_news for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

App news feed.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required
`appid`	number	yes
`count`	number	no
`maxlength`	number	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "appid": 730
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/steam/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"app_news","arguments":{"appid":730}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('app_news', {
  "appid": 730
});

More examples

{
  "appid": 570,
  "count": 5,
  "maxlength": 300
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`appnews`	object

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "appnews": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "appid": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "App ID"
        },
        "newsitems": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "gid": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "News item ID"
              },
              "title": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "News title"
              },
              "url": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "News URL"
              },
              "is_external_url": {
                "type": "boolean",
                "description": "Is external link"
              },
              "author": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "News author"
              },
              "contents": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "News content"
              },
              "feedlabel": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Feed label"
              },
              "date": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "Unix timestamp"
              },
              "feedname": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Feed name"
              },
              "feed_type": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "Feed type"
              },
              "appid": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "App ID"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "count": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "News item count"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

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

Connect to just the steam pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

app_news