Nefino MCP Server

The Nefino MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides Large Language Models (LLMs) with access to news and information about renewable energy projects, planning, and announcements in Germany. It integrates with the Nefino API to provide structured access to this data.

Features

Retrieve news items for specific geographic locations
Filter by various renewable energy topics (solar, wind, hydrogen, etc.)
Support for both date range and recency-based queries
Secure authentication through environment variables
Input validation and error handling
Full MCP compatibility

Installation

Prerequisites

Python 3.10 or higher
Access to the Nefino API (credentials required)

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/nefino/mcp-nefino.git

Configuration

The server requires several environment variables to be set. They should be passed in directly when running the server.

NEFINO_USERNAME=your_username
NEFINO_PASSWORD=your_password
NEFINO_JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
NEFINO_BASE_URL=http://api_endpoint

Usage

With Claude Desktop

Install Claude Desktop
Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nefino": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "mcp_nefino"],
      "env": {
        "NEFINO_USERNAME": "your_username",
        "NEFINO_PASSWORD": "your_password",
        "NEFINO_JWT_SECRET": "your_jwt_secret",
        "NEFINO_BASE_URL": "http://api_endpoint"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop

Direct Usage

You can also run the server directly:

python -m mcp_nefino

Available Tools

retrieve_news_items_for_place

Retrieves news items for a specific location with various filtering options.

Parameters:

place_id (string): The ID of the place
place_type (enum): Type of place (PR, CTY, AU, LAU)
range_or_recency (enum, optional): RANGE or RECENCY
last_n_days (integer, optional): Number of days to look back (for RECENCY mode)
date_range_begin (string, optional): Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format (for RANGE mode)
date_range_end (string, optional): End date in YYYY-MM-DD format (for RANGE mode)
news_topics (list of enums, optional): Topics to filter by (BATTERY_STORAGE, GRID_EXPANSION, SOLAR, HYDROGEN, WIND)

Example query via Claude:

Get renewable energy news for administrative unit DE9_AU0213 from January to June 2024, focusing on solar projects.

Development

To run in development mode with the MCP Inspector:

mcp dev -m mcp_nefino

Error Handling

The server performs validation on:

Date formats (YYYY-MM-DD)
Date range validity
Parameter combinations for RANGE vs RECENCY modes
API credentials and connectivity
News topic validity

All errors are returned with descriptive messages to help diagnose issues.

License

[License type - e.g., MIT] - see LICENSE file for details

Install Server

HTTP connection URL

security – no known vulnerabilities

license - permissive license

quality - confirmed to work

How are these scores calculated?

remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Tools

Provides large language models with access to news and information about renewable energy projects in Germany, allowing filtering by location, topic (solar, wind, hydrogen), and date range.

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