server-google-news vs fetch

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	server-google-news by ChanMeng666	fetch by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 122	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	47	76
Official	—	✓
Categories	SearchAI / LLM ToolsMedia	Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	2 mo ago	this month

server-google-news · Summary

MCP server providing Google News search via SerpAPI with automatic categorization and multi-language support.

fetch · Summary

An MCP server that fetches web content and converts HTML to markdown, allowing LLMs to read web pages.

server-google-news · Use cases

AI agents researching current events across multiple industries and topics
News monitoring and content aggregation for businesses and researchers
Multi-language news search with automatic categorization for better content organization

fetch · Use cases

LLMs reading news articles and blogs
Content analysis of web pages
Retrieving information from public websites
Chunked reading of large web documents

server-google-news · Install

Installation

Installing via Smithery

npx -y @smithery/cli install @chanmeng666/google-news-server --client claude

Installing via mcp-get

npx @michaellatman/mcp-get@latest install @chanmeng666/google-news-server

Manual Installation

npm install @chanmeng666/google-news-server

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

"google-news": {
  "command": "node",
  "args": [
    "path/to/node_modules/@chanmeng666/google-news-server/dist/index.js"
  ],
  "env": {
    "SERP_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
  }
}

fetch · Install

Installation

**Using uv (recommended)** No specific installation needed. Use uvx to run the server directly:

uvx mcp-server-fetch

**Using PIP** Install via pip:

pip install mcp-server-fetch

Then run as:

python -m mcp_server_fetch

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-fetch"]
    }
  }
}

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