wikinews-mcp 1.0.0

package/README.md

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+# Wikinews MCP
+
+News articles from the public Wikinews API. No key required.
+
+This file is self contained. It reads public data only and never writes to the machine. All output is bounded and honest about what could not be fetched.
+
+## Tools
+
+
+* `search`  Search articles.
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+npm install
+npm run build
+node dist/index.js
+```
+
+Data comes from the public Wikinews API.

package/dist/api.js

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+const BASE = 'https://en.wikinews.org/w/api.php';
+export async function search(args) {
+    const q = (args.query ?? '').trim();
+    if (!q)
+        return 'Provide search terms.';
+    const limit = Math.max(1, Math.min(args.limit ?? 10, 25));
+    const params = new URLSearchParams({
+        action: 'query',
+        format: 'json',
+        list: 'search',
+        srsearch: q,
+        srlimit: String(limit),
+    });
+    const res = await fetch(`${BASE}?${params.toString()}`, {
+        headers: { 'User-Agent': 'mrfentmen-wikinews-mcp/1.0', Accept: 'application/json' },
+        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(20000),
+    });
+    if (!res.ok)
+        throw new Error(`Wikinews returned ${res.status}`);
+    const data = (await res.json());
+    const rows = data.query?.search ?? [];
+    if (!rows.length)
+        return `No Wikinews articles found for "${q}".`;
+    return `Wikinews articles for "${q}" (${rows.length} shown):\n` +
+        rows
+            .map((r, i) => `${i + 1}. ${r.title ?? ''}${r.timestamp ? ` | ${String(r.timestamp).slice(0, 10)}` : ''}\n   ${(r.snippet ?? '').replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '')}`)
+            .join('\n');
+}

package/dist/index.js

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+import { StdioServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js";
+import { createServer } from "./server.js";
+const main = async () => { const server = createServer(); await server.connect(new StdioServerTransport()); };
+main().catch((error) => { console.error("Fatal error:", error); process.exit(1); });

package/dist/server.js

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+import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { search } from "./api.js";
+const text = (value) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text: value }] });
+const textError = (t) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text: t }], isError: true });
+const READ_ONLY = { readOnlyHint: true, openWorldHint: true };
+const error = (e) => `Error: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}`;
+export function createServer() {
+    const server = new McpServer({ name: "wikinews-mcp", version: "1.0.0" });
+    server.registerTool("search", {
+        title: "Search",
+        description: "Search Wikinews articles.",
+        inputSchema: z.object({ query: z.string().describe("Search terms."), limit: z.number().describe("Max results.").optional() }),
+        annotations: READ_ONLY,
+    }, async (args) => {
+        try {
+            return text(await search(args));
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            return textError(error(e));
+        }
+    });
+    return server;
+}

package/package.json

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+{
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "type": "module",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/mrfentmen/wikinews-mcp.git"
+  },
+  "bin": {
+    "wikinews-mcp": "./dist/index.js"
+  },
+  "main": "./dist/index.js",
+  "files": [
+    "dist",
+    "server.json",
+    "README.md"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
+    "start": "node dist/index.js",
+    "dev": "npm run build && node dist/index.js"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.0.4",
+    "zod": "^3.23.8"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.6.0"
+  },
+  "name": "wikinews-mcp",
+  "description": "News articles from Wikinews. No key required.",
+  "mcpName": "io.github.mrfentmen/wikinews-mcp",
+  "keywords": [
+    "mcp",
+    "news",
+    "wikinews",
+    "articles",
+    "media"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=20"
+  }
+}

package/server.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
+  "name": "io.github.mrfentmen/wikinews-mcp",
+  "description": "News articles from Wikinews. No key required.",
+  "repository": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/mrfentmen/wikinews-mcp",
+    "source": "github"
+  },
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "packages": [
+    {
+      "registryType": "npm",
+      "identifier": "wikinews-mcp",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "transport": {
+        "type": "stdio"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}