modbender World News Skill
Get real-time world news from an AI-powered news aggregation service. Stories are clustered into events (deduplicated across multiple sources), summarized, classified by topic, and tagged by geography.
No API key required. No authentication. Just call the API.
Why This Is Different
- Events, not articles — individual articles are clustered into stories, so you get one summary per story instead of 20 duplicates
- Pre-summarized — every event has an AI-generated summary, no need to read full articles
- Classified — 12 topic categories and 100+ geographic regions
- Importance signals —
sources_count(how many outlets covered it) andimpact_score(AI-assessed significance) - Multi-source — each event lists all source articles with titles, URLs, and domains
API Base URL
https://newsmcp.io/v1
Endpoints
1. Get News Events
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?hours=24&per_page=10&order_by=-sources_count"
Parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
hours |
int | 24 | Time window (1-168, i.e. up to 7 days) |
topics |
string | — | Comma-separated topic slugs (e.g. politics,military) |
geo |
string | — | Comma-separated geo slugs (e.g. europe,united-states) |
page |
int | 1 | Page number |
per_page |
int | 20 | Results per page (max 50) |
order_by |
string | -sources_count |
Sort field. Options: sources_count, entries_count, impact_score, first_seen_at, last_seen_at (prefix - for descending) |
Response shape:
{
"events": [
{
"id": "uuid",
"summary": "AI-generated event summary",
"topics": ["politics", "military"],
"geo": ["europe", "ukraine"],
"entries_count": 15,
"sources_count": 8,
"first_seen_at": "2026-03-03T10:00:00Z",
"last_seen_at": "2026-03-03T14:00:00Z",
"impact_score": 4,
"entries": [
{
"title": "Article headline",
"url": "https://example.com/article",
"domain": "example.com",
"published_at": "2026-03-03T12:00:00Z"
}
]
}
],
"total": 42,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 10
}
2. Get Event Detail
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/{event_id}/"
Returns the same fields as the list, plus context — extended background and analysis of the event.
3. List Available Topics
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/topics/"
Returns: politics, economy, technology, science, health, environment, sports, culture, crime, military, education, society
4. List Available Regions
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/regions/"
Returns continents (europe, asia, africa, north-america, south-america, oceania) and countries (e.g. united-states, ukraine, china, lithuania, etc.). Each region has a type field: "continent" or "country".
How to Use This Skill
When the user asks for news, headlines, or current events:
Default briefing — Fetch top events from the last 24 hours sorted by importance:
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?hours=24&per_page=10&order_by=-sources_count"Topic-specific — If the user asks about a specific topic (e.g. "tech news", "sports"), use the
topicsparameter:curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?topics=technology&hours=24"Region-specific — If the user asks about a region (e.g. "European news", "what's happening in Asia"), use the
geoparameter:curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?geo=europe&hours=24"Combined filters — Topics and geo can be combined:
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?topics=politics,military&geo=europe&hours=48"Deep dive — For more detail on a specific event, fetch the event detail:
curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/{event_id}/"
Formatting the Briefing
Present results as a clean news briefing:
- Lead with the most important events (highest
sources_countorimpact_score) - For each event, show the summary and note how many sources covered it
- Include 1-2 source links for each event so the user can read more
- Group by topic or region if the user asked for a broad overview
- Mention the time window and number of events found
- If
topicsorgeoarrays are present, use them to add context tags
Topic Slugs Reference
politics economy technology science health environment sports culture crime military education society
Example Interaction
User: "What's happening in the world today?"
Action: Fetch https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?hours=24&per_page=10&order_by=-sources_count
User: "Give me the latest on Ukraine"
Action: Fetch https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?geo=ukraine&hours=48&order_by=-last_seen_at
User: "Any tech news this week?"
Action: Fetch https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?topics=technology&hours=168&order_by=-sources_count