A Python-based RSS Digest Bot powered by the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that fetches items from your favorite tech blogs and news sites, and returns AI-generated summaries via Claude.

• Pulls the latest posts from:
  • TechCrunch
  • Hacker News frontpage
• On-demand summaries driven by Claude (or any other LLM client)
• Easy to run under:
  • STDIO (for direct stdin/stdout JSON-RPC)
  • HTTP (via mcp dev + Inspector / Claude Desktop HTTP mode)
  • Uvicorn (expose as ASGI app)
• Minimal dependencies: feedparser, mcp[cli], uvicorn

1. Clone this repo:

   git clone https://github.com/padmapriyavj/rss-digest-bot.git cd rss-digest-bot

2. Create & activate a virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv .venv source .venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install mcp[cli] feedparser uvicorn

4. Running the app

   uv run main.py

5. Restart Claude Desktop to view the tool added to it

Add or edit claude_desktop_config.json in:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

to include:

jsonc { "mcpServers": { "rss-digest-bot": { "command": "/full/path/to/your/project/.venv/bin/mcp", "args": ["run", "main.py"], "transport": "stdio" } } }

1. Quit & relaunch Claude Desktop.
2. Under Developer → rss-digest-bot, ensure it’s Enabled.
3. In chat, click ⚙️ (Search & tools) → confirm rss-digest-bot appears → On.