Contextual News Intelligence

Real-time intelligence for your agent

Connect your agent to news

terminal
$ npx --yes @anthropic-ai/claude-code skills add --global CKBrennan/overtone-news-skill
Using a different agent?

Overtone also ships as an MCP server — drop one block into your config and it works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, Kimi, and any MCP-compatible runtime.

Requires uv (curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh). Free tier — no API key needed.
Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overtone-news": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/CKBrennan/overtone-news-mcp",
        "overtone-news-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Settings → MCP → Add server, or paste into ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overtone-news": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/CKBrennan/overtone-news-mcp",
        "overtone-news-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Append to ~/.codex/config.toml
[[mcp_servers]]
name = "overtone-news"
command = "uvx"
args = [
  "--from",
  "git+https://github.com/CKBrennan/overtone-news-mcp",
  "overtone-news-mcp",
]
Run the server on stdio with this command:
uvx --from git+https://github.com/CKBrennan/overtone-news-mcp overtone-news-mcp
Tools exposed: news, tone, pulse, emerging, velocity, timeseries, report.
How it works
1 — Natural Language

Ask for news in plain English.

2 — Global Sources

Searches thousands of publishers.

3 — AI Analysis

Detects tone, relevance, structure.

4 — Privacy First

No tracking. Everything local.

Try it live

Get Articles On Any Topic — Make Your Own Newsletter

Ask naturally — try “AI news as haikus” or “climate stories like a BBC anchor” for agentic formatting.

Demo limit: 1 request every 5 minutes. Install the skill for unlimited.
Live results
Overtone News Feed
Custom Models

Want to build your own custom models
for understanding news across articles, YouTube, and more?

Work with us to design tailored intelligence pipelines for your domain.

Contact business@overtone.ai

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