# Mediastack

> Use this tool when you need to retrieve real-time news articles with specific filters, such as keywords, sources, or locations, to stay informed about current events or monitor news coverage. It solves problems related to news tracking, research, and discovery by providing filtered news feeds and source discovery capabilities. The tool takes in filtering parameters as inputs and outputs relevant news articles and sources.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/rftsngl-mediastack-news  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/rftsngl-mediastack-news

## Description

Integrates with Mediastack API to provide real-time news retrieval with filtering by keywords, sources, countries, languages, and categories, plus news source discovery capabilities.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.95
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** media
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/rftsngl-mediastack-news)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rftsngl/newsmcp_with_mediastackapi>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "rftsngl-mediastack-news"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/rftsngl-mediastack-news` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/rftsngl-mediastack-news/pull`

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