How to connect News api to Claude

Connect Claude Web, Desktop and Cowork to News api MCP. Get headlines about today's tech news, find recent articles on climate change, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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News api is a REST API for searching and retrieving live news articles from across the web. Instantly access headlines, coverage, and breaking stories from thousands of sources.

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Introduction

Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, available on the web, in the desktop app, and on mobile. Cowork is its agent for knowledge work, and it runs on all of those surfaces too. Connected to your apps, Claude can work with your files and services to accomplish complex tasks on your behalf.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your News api account to Claude via Composio Connect, enabling it to get headlines about today's tech news, find recent articles on climate change, show top stories from BBC News, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Setup is the same on Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork, and you only need to do it once. The connector is tied to your account, so it's available in all three.

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Connecting News api to Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

Two ways to add the Composio connector. Pick whichever you prefer.

1. Add with one click

Click the button. Claude opens with the Composio connector filled in. Click Add, then go to step 2.

Add to Claude

Add manually

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp

Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

2. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

3. Connect your News api account

Back in Claude, ask it to connect to News api or give it any News api-related task.

For example, ask Claude to:

"Get headlines about today's tech news"
"Find recent articles on climate change"
"Show top stories from BBC News"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Claude, and your News api account is ready to use.

What is the News api Claude Connector, and what's possible with it?

The News api MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your News api account. It provides structured and secure access to live news data, so your agent can perform actions like searching headlines, retrieving articles, and filtering news stories by topic, source, or date on your behalf.

Headline search and retrieval: Instantly fetch the latest news headlines from thousands of trusted sources around the world, tailored to your interests or keywords.
Topic-based article discovery: Ask your agent to pull in-depth articles about specific topics, trends, or breaking events as they happen.
Source and region filtering: Easily filter news stories by publication, language, or geographic region to get the most relevant updates for your needs.
Date and time range queries: Quickly access news published within a certain date or time window, perfect for tracking ongoing stories or recent developments.
Trending and popular news aggregation: Let your agent surface the most-read or widely shared articles so you never miss what’s making headlines.

Troubleshooting

1. Why does Claude not use the Composio connector for News api?

The connector can show as connected, but Claude must use it in each News api conversation.

Click + at the lower left of the chat, or type /.
Hover Connectors.
Turn on Composio.
Ask Claude to connect to News api again.

2. Why does Claude show an MCP server error before News api connects?

Claude can show Couldn't reach the MCP server or Authorization with the MCP server failed when you add the connector for News api.

Check that the connector URL is https://connect.composio.dev/mcp.
Connectors run from Anthropic's cloud, so your device network is usually not the problem.
Add the connector again from Customize > Connectors, then ask Claude to connect News api.
If it fails again, send the error and the ofid_ reference id to support@composio.dev.

3. Why does the News api authorization link not work?

The Composio connector is one server. Your News api account connects separately when Claude asks for it.

If the browser does not open, or the link expires, ask Claude to retry the News api connection.
Composio creates a fresh News api authorization link.
Open that link in your browser and finish the News api sign-in.

4. Why do News api actions fail after they worked before?

The News api connection can expire or lose permission.

Ask Claude to inspect the News api connection.
If the connection is unhealthy, disconnect it when Claude prompts you.
Reconnect the News api account and retry the action.
If Claude shows a permission prompt, approve it before Claude changes data in News api.
If the action still fails with a permission error, check that the connected account has that permission in News api itself.

5. How do I switch to a different News api account?

Claude can manage the News api connection for you.

Ask Claude to disconnect or delete the current News api account.
Ask Claude to connect News api again.
Open the new Composio authorization link for News api.
Sign in with the other News api account in the browser.
After the account connects, ask Claude to retry the News api task.

6. Why is my News api connection missing in Claude Desktop or on a Team plan?

The connector belongs to your Claude account, so your News api connection works in Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork.

In Claude Desktop, open Customize > Connectors.
Next to Composio, click ⋮ and click Clear cache.
If News api tools still do not appear, click ⋮, disconnect, remove the connector, and add it again.
On Team or Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner must enable the connector before you can connect News api.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every News api action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Get Everything

Tool to search through every article published by over 150,000 sources.

Get Sources

Tool to fetch available news sources.

Get Top Headlines

Tool to retrieve live top and breaking headlines; does not support historical or date-bounded queries (use NEWS_API_GET_EVERYTHING for past date ranges).

Get V1 Articles

Tool to fetch live article metadata from a news source using the legacy v1 API.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone News api MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of News api tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from News api and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right News api tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which News api scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your News api data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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How to connect News api to Claude

Connect News api without auth hassles

Introduction

Also integrate News api with

Connecting News api to Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

1. Add with one click

Add manually

2. Authorize in your browser

3. Connect your News api account

What is the News api Claude Connector, and what's possible with it?

Troubleshooting

1. Why does Claude not use the Composio connector for News api?

2. Why does Claude show an MCP server error before News api connects?

3. Why does the News api authorization link not work?

4. Why do News api actions fail after they worked before?

5. How do I switch to a different News api account?

6. Why is my News api connection missing in Claude Desktop or on a Team plan?

Supported Tools

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Claude Code

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Codex

Kimi Code

OpenClaw

Hermes

Atomic Agent

CLI

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LangChain

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra AI

LlamaIndex

CrewAI

Pydantic AI

AutoGen

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