RSS Reader MCP

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for RSS feed aggregation and article content extraction. You can use it to subscribe to RSS feeds and get article lists, or extract the full content of an article from a URL and format it as Markdown.

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🚀 Quick Start

You can use this MCP server in MCP-capable clients such as Claude Desktop and CherryStudio.

Claude Desktop

For Claude Desktop, add the following configuration under the "mcpServers" section in your claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rss-reader": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "rss-reader-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Usage Examples

• Basic RSS feed fetching

  Can you fetch the latest 5 headlines from the BBC News RSS feed? URL: https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml

• Full article content extraction

  Please extract the full content of this article and format it as Markdown: https://example.com/news/article-title

🔧 Tools Reference

fetch_feed_entries

Fetch RSS entries from a specified URL

Parameters:

• url (required string): RSS feed URL
• limit (optional number): Maximum number of entries to return (default 10, max 100)

Returns: A JSON object containing feed metadata and a list of entries (including title, link, publication date, and summary)

fetch_article_content

Extract article content from a URL and format it as Markdown

Parameters:

• url (required string): Article URL

Returns: A JSON object containing the title, Markdown content, source URL, and timestamp

⚙️ Transport & Environment Variables

This server supports two transport modes:

• stdio (default): Communicates via standard input/output. Suitable for clients that run a local process, such as Claude Desktop.
• httpStream: Communicates over HTTP streaming. Suitable for clients that support HTTP(S) transport or for containerized deployments.

Available environment variables:

• TRANSPORT: Select the transport mode, either stdio (default) or httpStream.
• PORT: When TRANSPORT=httpStream, the listening port (default 8081).
• MCP_SERVER_HOST: When TRANSPORT=httpStream, the listening address (default localhost). In Docker, set this to 0.0.0.0 to expose the port externally.

How to switch transport modes:

• Using stdio (no extra setup, default):
  • Works with Claude Desktop via the command + args configuration (see example above).
• Using httpStream:
  • Set the environment variable TRANSPORT=httpStream and specify PORT (defaults to 8081 if not set).
  • When running in a container, also set MCP_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0 and map the port.
  • The Dockerfile in this repository already includes related environment variable settings.

Docker Deployment

You can also run this MCP server in a Docker container. First, build the image in the project root:

docker build -t rss-reader-mcp .

Using CherryStudio as an example, the following configuration shows how to run this server over HTTP:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rss-reader-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-p",
        "8081:8081",
        "-e",
        "PORT=8081",
        "rss-reader-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Some RSS Feeds for Testing

• BBC News: https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml
• TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/feed/
• Hacker News: https://hnrss.org/frontpage
• MIT Technology Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/feed/