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MCP-RSS-Crawler

An MCP (Message Chain Protocol) server that fetches RSS feeds and shares them with LLMs.

Features

  • Fetching and caching of RSS feeds (SQLite database)

  • MCP protocol implementation for seamless LLM integration

  • Support for filtering feeds by category, source, or keywords

  • Comprehensive API endpoints for feed management

    • Add, update, and delete feeds

  • Support for fetching articles from Firecrawl

Related MCP server: mcp-rss

Requirements

  • Bun

  • Firecrawl API key

  • Claude Desktop or other MCP client

Setup as MCP Server

  1. Clone this repository

  2. Create a claude_desktop_config.json file based on claude_desktop_config.json.example with your configuration

{ "mcpServers": { "rss-crawler": { "command": "/path/to/bun", "args": ["run", "/path/to/mcp-rss-crawler/apps/mcp-server/src/mcp-cli.ts"], "cwd": "/path/to/mcp-rss-crawler", "env": { "PORT": "5556", "DB_DIR": "/path/to/mcp-rss-crawler", "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "fc-<YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>" } } } }
  1. Install dependencies:

    bun install
  2. Start Claude Desktop:

MCP Protocol

The server implements the Message Chain Protocol (MCP) which allows LLMs to access your latest RSS feeds. The MCP endpoint accepts POST requests with a JSON body containing a messages array and returns a response with the latest feed items.

Example request:

{ "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What are the latest news from my RSS feeds?" } ] }

Example response:

{ "messages": [ { "role": "assistant", "content": "Here are the latest articles from your RSS feeds:", "name": "rss-mcp" }, { "role": "tool", "content": "[{\"title\":\"Article Title\",\"summary\":\"Article summary...\",\"published\":\"2025-03-16T04:30:00.000Z\",\"origin\":\"Feed Name\",\"link\":\"https://example.com/article\"}]", "name": "rss-feeds" } ] }

Configuration Options

The server can be configured through environment variables or a .env file:

  • PORT - Server port (default: 5556)

  • FIRECRAWL_API_KEY - Firecrawl API key

  • DB_DIR - Database directory (default: ~/.mcp-rss-crawler)

Troubleshooting

  • For connection issues, check your network settings and firewall configuration

  • Logs are available in the console and can be used to diagnose problems

  • For more detailed logging, set the DEBUG=mcp-rss:* environment variable

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