Iceland News MCP

🚀 Iceland News MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that fetches the latest news from Icelandic news sources via RSS feeds.

🚀 Quick Start

The Iceland News MCP Server is designed to fetch news from various Icelandic news sources. After installation and configuration, you can easily ask your AI assistant to retrieve Icelandic news.

✨ Features

• Fetch news from 6 Icelandic news sources.
• Access 60+ different news feeds across categories.
• Support for Icelandic, English, and Polish language feeds.
• Configurable number of articles (1 - 50).
• Built - in tool to list all available feeds.

📦 Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18 or higher
• npm

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/olibuijr/iceland-news-mcp.git
cd iceland-news-mcp
npm install
npm run build

📚 Configuration

Claude Code

Add the following to your Claude Code configuration file ~/.claude/claude_code_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iceland-news": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/iceland-news-mcp/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Then restart Claude Code or run /mcp to refresh MCP servers.

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iceland-news": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/iceland-news-mcp/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Then restart Claude Desktop.

Cursor

Add to your Cursor MCP configuration file ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iceland-news": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/iceland-news-mcp/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Then restart Cursor or use the command palette to reload MCP servers.

VS Code with Continue Extension

Add to your Continue configuration file ~/.continue/config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "iceland-news",
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/iceland-news-mcp/dist/index.js"]
    }
  ]
}

Windsurf

Add to your Windsurf MCP configuration file ~/.windsurf/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iceland-news": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/iceland-news-mcp/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Zed

Add to your Zed settings file ~/.config/zed/settings.json:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "iceland-news": {
      "command": {
        "path": "node",
        "args": ["/absolute/path/to/iceland-news-mcp/dist/index.js"]
      }
    }
  }
}

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

Once configured, you can ask your AI assistant to fetch Icelandic news:

• "Get the latest news from Iceland"
• "Show me sports news from Morgunblaðið"
• "What's the latest international news from RÚV?"
• "Fetch 5 articles from the MBL English feed"
• "List all available feeds"
• "Get news from the University of Iceland"

Advanced Usage

Tool: get_news

Fetch news articles from a specific source and feed.

Parameters:

Example:

{
  "name": "get_news",
  "arguments": {
    "source": "mbl",
    "feed": "sport",
    "limit": 5
  }
}

Tool: list_feeds

List all available feeds for one or all sources.

Parameters:

Example:

{
  "name": "list_feeds",
  "arguments": {
    "source": "hi"
  }
}

🔧 Technical Details

Project Structure

iceland-news-mcp/
├── src/
│   └── index.ts      # Main MCP server source
├── dist/
│   └── index.js      # Compiled JavaScript
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── README.md

Scripts

# Build the project
npm run build

# Run the server (for testing)
npm start

Testing

You can test the server manually by sending JSON - RPC messages:

# Test fetching news
echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2024-11-05","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"test","version":"1.0.0"}}}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_news","arguments":{"source":"mbl","feed":"sport","limit":3}}}' | node dist/index.js

# Test listing feeds
echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2024-11-05","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"test","version":"1.0.0"}}}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_feeds","arguments":{"source":"all"}}}' | node dist/index.js

📄 License

ISC

👨‍💻 Author

Ólafur Búi Ólafsson Email: olibuijr@olibuijr.com GitHub: @olibuijr

📝 Changelog

v1.2.0 (2025-12-03)

Breaking Changes:

• Removed ElevenLabs Conversational AI integration.
• Replaced with Google Gemini Live API for lower latency.

New Features:

• Gemini Live API: Direct WebSocket streaming for minimal latency voice responses.
• Hybrid STT: Whisper for accurate Icelandic transcription, Gemini for fast response.
• VAD Auto - Stop: Automatically ends recording after 1.5s of silence.
• Audio Level Visualization: Real - time input level display while recording.
• Search News: New search_news tool for keyword search across all sources.
• More Sources: Added Vísir, DV, Stundin, Fréttablaðið, Kjarninn, Iceland Review, Grapevine, Veðurstofa (14 total).

Technical:

• AudioWorklet for efficient real - time audio processing.
• Parallel Whisper transcription for accurate text display.
• Removed @elevenlabs/client and @elevenlabs/react dependencies.
• Simplified UI without ElevenLabs settings panel.

v1.1.0 (2025-12-03)

New Features:

• Web UI: Added SvelteKit web interface for real - time voice conversation.
• Voice Assistant: Integrated Gemini Live API for native audio responses.
• Icelandic Speech Recognition: Added Whisper STT service with fine - tuned Icelandic model (language-and-voice-lab/whisper-large-icelandic-62640-steps-967h).
• Function Calling: Gemini can now fetch news using MCP tools (get_all_news, get_news_by_source, get_news_by_category).
• Voice Activity Detection (VAD): Auto - transcription when user stops speaking.
• Auto - Headlines: App automatically reads 10 latest headlines on startup.
• Multiple Voices: Choose from 5 different voices (Puck, Charon, Kore, Fenrir, Aoede).

Technical:

• News API endpoint for RSS feed aggregation.
• Whisper service runs on CUDA (RTX 3080) for fast inference.
• SvelteKit proxy for Whisper service requests.
• Professional Icelandic news reporter persona.

v1.0.0 (2025-12-03)

Initial Release:

• MCP server with 2 tools: get_news and list_feeds.
• Support for 6 Icelandic news sources.
• 60+ RSS feeds across categories.
• Multi - language support (Icelandic, English, Polish).

🙏 Credits

• News content provided by:
  • RÚV (Ríkisútvarpið - Icelandic National Broadcasting Service)
  • Morgunblaðið (mbl.is)
  • Heimildin
  • Mannlíf
  • Landsbankinn
  • Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland)
• Built with the Model Context Protocol SDK

📋 Supported Sources

RÚV (Ríkisútvarpið - Icelandic National Broadcasting Service)

Morgunblaðið (mbl.is)

Main News

Sports

Business & Industry

Culture & Lifestyle

Smartland (Lifestyle)

Morgunblaðið Newspaper

Other

Heimildin

Mannlíf

Landsbankinn

Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland)

University - wide

School of Social Sciences

School of Health Sciences

School of Humanities

School of Education

School of Engineering and Natural Sciences