npx mcpbar@latest edit -c claude

MCP TabNews Integration

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration for TabNews.

This MCP server is also available on Smithery for direct integration.

Available Tools

• checkStatusTool: Check the status of the TabNews API.
• getContentsTool: Get contents from TabNews.
• getContentsByUserTool: Get contents from TabNews by user.
• getContentTool: Get a content with body from TabNews by user and slug.
• getContentChildrenTool: Get comments from TabNews by content.
• getAnalyticsUserCreatedTool: Get the analytics of a user created contents from TabNews.
• getAnalyticsRootContentPublishedTool: Get the analytics of a root content published from TabNews.
• getAnalyticsChildContentPublishedTool: Get the analytics of a child content published from TabNews.
• getRssFeedTool: Get the RSS feed from TabNews.

Integration with AI Tools

Inspect MCP Server Capabilities

You can inspect this MCP server's capabilities using Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest inspect @renant/mcp-tabnews

This will show you all available tools, their parameters, and how to use them.

Setup

Manual Installation

1. Make sure you're using Node.js v23+

node -v
#v23.11.0

2. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/renant/mcp-tabnews.git
cd mcp-tabnews

3. Restore dependencies:

npm ci

Integration with AI Tools

Cursor Setup

1. Open Cursor Settings

2. Navigate to MCP section

3. Click "Add new MCP server"

4. Configure the server:

   Name = mcp-tabnews
   Type = command
   Command = node ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_PROJECT/src/index.ts
   

   or if you prefer executing it from Smithery

   Name = mcp-tabnews
   Type = command
   Command = npm exec -- @smithery/cli@latest run @renant/mcp-tabnews
   

or configure directly from the Cursor's global MCP file located in ~/.cursor/mcp.json and add the following:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-tabnews": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_PROJECT/src/index.ts"]
    }
  }
}

or if you prefer executing it from Smithery

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-tabnews": {
      "command": "npm",
      "args": [
        "exec",
        "--",
        "@smithery/cli@latest",
        "run",
        "@renant/mcp-tabnews"
      ]
    }
  }
}

5. Make sure Cursor chat is in Agent mode by selecting "Agent" in the lower left side dropdown

6. Go to the chat an ask any question about TabNews

Claude Desktop Setup

Installing via Smithery

To install TabNews for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @renant/mcp-tabnews --client claude

Development

Features

• Built with Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Type-safe with TypeScript and Zod schema validation
• Native TypeScript support in Node.js without transpilation
• Standard I/O transport for easy integration
• Structured error handling

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Author

Renan Teixeira

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.