# geeknews-mcp-server

> Use this tool when you need to fetch and parse news articles from GeekNews, solving the problem of accessing and processing web-based content. It takes web page URLs as input and outputs parsed article data, utilizing web scraping capabilities through BeautifulSoup. Ideal for use cases requiring automated news article retrieval and processing, such as data mining or content aggregation.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/the0807-geeknews-mcp-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/the0807-geeknews-mcp-server

## Description

This project is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that fetches articles from GeekNews. It is implemented in Python, and performs web scraping using BeautifulSoup.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.60
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-04-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/le01405fgp)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/the0807/GeekNews-MCP-Server>

## 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": "the0807-geeknews-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/the0807-geeknews-mcp-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/the0807-geeknews-mcp-server/pull`

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