# article-scraper-mcp

> MCP server that fetches article data (title, text, author, date) from a URL using newspaper3k

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/article-scraper-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/dmitriiweb/article-scraper-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/dmitriiweb/article-scraper-mcp/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- version: 1.0.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: article-extraction, mcp, model-context-protocol, news, newspaper3k, scraper
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:article-scraper-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Article Scraper MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that fetches article data from URLs using newspaper3k.

## Features

- Extract article title, text, author, and publication date
- Robust error handling and URL validation
- Structured data output
- Built with FastMCP for easy integration

## Installation

Install directly from PyPI:

```bash
uvx article-scraper-mcp
```

## Usage

Add to your MCP client configuration:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "article-scraper": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["article-scraper-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
```

## API

### `fetch_article(url: str) -> dict[str, Any]`

Fetches and parses a news article from the given URL.

**Parameters:**
- `url`: The URL of the news article to fetch

**Returns:**
A dictionary containing:
- `title`: Article title
- `text`: Article content text
- `author`: Author name(s) (may be None)
- `date`: Publication date in ISO format (may be None)

**Raises:**
- `ValueError`: If URL is invalid or article cannot be parsed
- `requests.RequestException`: If HTTP request fails

## Requirements

- Python 3.11+
- newspaper3k
- requests
- loguru
- mcp[cli]

## License

MIT

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- documents.extraction (1, derived)
- data.web-scraping (1, declared)
- data.news (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/article-scraper-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T09:23:44.945Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/article-scraper-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/article-scraper-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:article-scraper-mcp