Overtone News Mcp
Stream real-time news into your agent with tone analysis, brand-safety signals, and narrative-shift detection for market and positioning research.
Overview
Overtone News MCP is an Idea-phase MCP server that delivers real-time news with tone analysis, brand safety, and narrative shift signals to AI agents.
What is this MCP server?
- Real-time news MCP with tone analysis, brand safety, and narrative shift signals
- PyPI package overtone-news-mcp v0.1.2 with stdio transport
- OVERTONE_NEWS_API_KEY optional—server notes auto-registration of a free key if unset
- Built for AI agents that need news context beyond raw RSS titles
- Package version 0.1.2 on PyPI registry
- Stdio transport; OVERTONE_NEWS_API_KEY documented with optional auto free-key registration
What problem does it solve?
Raw headline feeds leave agents blind to sentiment, brand risk, and story arcs that change whether an idea is worth pursuing.
Who is it for?
Solo builders doing fast market scans, competitor narrative checks, or brand-safe content planning inside the agent.
Skip if: Teams that need licensed financial terminals, deep archival search only, or fully offline news corpora.
What do I get? / Deliverables
After adding overtone-news-mcp, your agent can query news with interpretive signals that sharpen research memos and positioning drafts.
- Agent-fetched news items with tone and brand-safety annotations
- Research briefs that reference narrative-shift signals from live coverage
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How it compares
News intelligence MCP with tone and safety metadata, not a general web-search plugin.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is Overtone News MCP for?
Indie builders and agent users who want news research with tone, brand safety, and narrative-shift context inside Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.
When should I use Overtone News MCP?
Use it during Idea research—or ongoing Grow monitoring—when timely stories and sentiment matter to your product and messaging decisions.
How do I add Overtone News MCP to my agent?
Install overtone-news-mcp from PyPI, configure stdio in your MCP settings, and set OVERTONE_NEWS_API_KEY or let the server auto-register a free key.