MCP Feed Reader

Name: MCP Feed Reader
Author: crunchtools

by crunchtoolsversion 0.1.2i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.crunchtools/feed-reader

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

RSS/Atom feed reader MCP server with SQLite backend

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Databases & datasets

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "feed-reader": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-feed-reader-crunchtools"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add feed-reader -- uvx mcp-feed-reader-crunchtools

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "feed-reader": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-feed-reader-crunchtools"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "feed-reader": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-feed-reader-crunchtools"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account crunchtools, which owns the repo
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Still maintained
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Has a licence
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Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Databases & datasetsi

More stars than 0% of the other 953 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 6% of the other 953 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 953 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is MCP Feed Reader safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.2) reached the registry 8 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

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mcp-feed-reader-crunchtools

Secure MCP server for RSS/Atom feed reading with SQLite backend.

Installation

uvx (recommended)

uvx mcp-feed-reader-crunchtools

pip

pip install mcp-feed-reader-crunchtools

Container

podman run -v feedreader-data:/data quay.io/crunchtools/mcp-feed-reader

Configuration

Variable	Default	Description
`FEED_READER_DB`	`~/.local/share/mcp-feed-reader/feeds.db`	SQLite database path
`HTTP_PROXY` / `HTTPS_PROXY` / `NO_PROXY`	(none)	Standard httpx proxy variables, honoured for every feed fetch. Useful when a publisher rate-limits your egress IP — Reddit returns 429 to datacentre ranges regardless of User-Agent

Tools (17)

Feed Management

add_feed_tool — Add an RSS/Atom feed by URL
list_feeds_tool — List all feeds with unread counts
get_feed_tool — Get feed details
delete_feed_tool — Remove a feed
refresh_feeds_tool — Crawl feed sources for new content (slow, prefer systemd timer)

Entry Management

list_entries_tool — List entries (filterable, paginated)
read_entry_tool — Read full entry content (auto-marks read)
mark_read_tool — Mark entries as read
mark_unread_tool — Mark entry as unread
search_entries_tool — Full-text search (FTS5)

Category Management

list_categories_tool — List categories with counts
create_category_tool — Create category
rename_category_tool — Rename category
delete_category_tool — Delete category

Import/Export

import_opml_tool — Import from OPML file
export_opml_tool — Export as OPML
get_stats_tool — Dashboard stats

Background Fetching

Nothing in the server crawls on its own. list_entries_tool and friends read a cache; if no one calls --fetch, that cache goes stale and every reader sees an empty feed with no error anywhere. A deployment without a crawl trigger is a broken deployment — this bit the daily briefing, which reported "no news" for days while all 61 feeds sat unfetched.

# Fetch all feeds via CLI

mcp-feed-reader-crunchtools --fetch

systemd timer (recommended)

deploy/ ships the two units used in production. Copy them to /etc/systemd/system/, adjust the container name in the service if yours differs, then:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl enable --now mcp-feeds-refresh.timer

The service runs --fetch *inside* the running container (podman exec), so the database keeps the SELinux category of the process that owns it. Do not bind-mount the data directory into a second container with :Z to run the crawl — that relabels the volume and locks the live server out.

The timer fires hourly, plus once at 05:45. That second entry is not redundant: consumers window entries on publication time, so an entry published between the last crawl and a 06:00 report is missing from that report *and* already older than the next day's window start — it is lost for good. Any consumer on a fixed schedule wants a crawl shortly before it.

Feeds are fetched conditionally (ETag / If-Modified-Since). A rate limit, gateway 5xx, or dropped connection is retried with exponential backoff, up to three attempts in all, before the feed is recorded as failed.

License

AGPL-3.0-or-later

MCP Feed Reader

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Databases & datasetsi

Common questions

Alternatives

Supabase

MongoDB MCP Server

Elasticsearch MCP Server

README from the maker

mcp-feed-reader-crunchtools

Installation

uvx (recommended)

pip

Container

Configuration

Tools (17)

Feed Management

Entry Management

Category Management

Import/Export

Background Fetching

systemd timer (recommended)

License