# News Radar — how to use (mcp.ai)

Track a topic in the press with title, source, date and link. The recency filter ranges from one hour to one year, so you can build a daily clipping, monitor mentions of your brand or follow a competitor's coverage. Accepts up to 100 terms in a single call. Hosted by the platform, no credentials, you pay per query.

## Option A — via MCP (recommended)
Remote MCP endpoint (HTTP, streamable): `https://api.mcp.ai/p_news_radar?ms=1788152280000`
Add it as a custom/remote MCP connector in your client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code…), then authenticate when prompted. Once connected, ask the agent to use the server's tools (e.g. `news_radar_search`).

## Option B — via direct REST API
Base URL: `https://api.mcp.ai/api/news_radar`
Auth: `Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…` — create a workspace API key at https://mcp.ai/settings/api-keys
Discover endpoints: `GET https://api.mcp.ai/api/news_radar/_endpoints`

### Endpoints
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/news_radar/search` — Busca notícias com título, fonte, data e link. Combine com o parâmetro periodo para acompanhar um assunto nas últimas horas, dias ou meses. Aceita até 100 consultas por chamada.
  - body: { consultas: string[], pais?: string, idioma?: string, limite?: integer, periodo?: string, local?: string, pagina?: integer }

## Example prompts
- "Bring last week's news about open finance and summarize it"
- "Monitor mentions of these 5 companies in the last 24 hours"
- "What did the press publish about tax reform this month?"

## More
- Page: https://mcp.ai/news_radar
- Agent spec (llms.txt): https://mcp.ai/news_radar/llms.txt
- Postman collection: https://mcp.ai/news_radar/postman.json