ANSwer

Today's news for your Claude: ranked, credited stories from hundreds of outlets, with a link to each one.

Server URL:

https://mcp.appliednewssystems.com/mcp

No account or key needed. Then ask Claude “what happened today?”

claude.ai and Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Name it ANSwer, paste the URL above, and add it. In a chat, make sure ANSwer is switched on in the tools menu.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http answer https://mcp.appliednewssystems.com/mcp

Claude API (MCP connector)

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  -H "anthropic-beta: mcp-client-2025-11-20" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "claude-opus-5",
    "max_tokens": 4000,
    "mcp_servers": [{"type": "url", "url": "https://mcp.appliednewssystems.com/mcp", "name": "answer"}],
    "tools": [{"type": "mcp_toolset", "mcp_server_name": "answer"}],
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What happened today?"}]
  }'

Tools

today: the top stories of the last 24 hours, by country or topic.
search: stories by words, outlet, country, US state, topic and date.
story: one story's details.

Every result carries the headline, a short summary, the outlet, a link, the date and whether it is paywalled. ANSwer is a closed demo: it shows headlines and summaries, never full articles, and notes when an outlet reserves its rights.