# RSS Crawler

> Use this tool when you need to fetch and aggregate latest news and articles from RSS feeds, and store them in a database for easy searching and retrieval. It solves problems of manual feed parsing and storage, and provides a seamless interface for LLMs to access news articles via API endpoints. It takes RSS feed URLs as input and outputs parsed articles, with support for filtering and searching, making it ideal for use cases requiring up-to-date news and information.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/rss-crawler  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/rss-crawler

## Description

An RSS feed crawler and aggregator that fetches, parses, and stores RSS feeds in a SQLite database, with support for filtering by category, searching, and article retrieval via Firecrawl. Designed to provide LLMs with a seamless way to access and interact with the latest news and articles through the MCP protocol, with comprehensive API endpoints for feed management and retrieval.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.62
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-02

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-09-02

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/rss-crawler)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mshk/mcp-rss-crawler>

## 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": "rss-crawler"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/rss-crawler` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/rss-crawler/pull`

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