Techcrunch Mcp

io.github.mrfentmenPublished by GitHub account mrfentmenv1.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

Latest startup and tech news from TechCrunch. No key required.

VerifiedSTDIODesktop onlyWeb Search & Scraping

Server details

Identifier: io.github.mrfentmen/techcrunch-mcp
Transport: STDIO
Runtime: Desktop only
Trust: Verified
Published: Sep 22, 2026

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Overview

AI-generated overview

A local MCP server that gives an assistant access to the latest startup and technology news from TechCrunch, with no API key required.

What you can do: Retrieves recent startup and technology news from TechCrunch for the assistant to read and summarize. No individual tools are listed in the manifest, so the exact operations are not documented; the server is described only as providing the latest TechCrunch news.
When to use it: Useful when you want an assistant to pull current startup or tech headlines from TechCrunch while working locally, for example to catch up on industry news or gather context on recent announcements.
Requirements: Runs as a local process on the user's machine via the npm package techcrunch-mcp over stdio. No API key, environment variables or headers are declared. Desktop-only; not available as a web executable. Network access is presumably needed to fetch news.

Before you install

The manifest lists no tools, so what the server can actually do is undocumented; review the package before installing. News content comes from a third party, so accuracy and freshness are not guaranteed.

Installation

In SourceWeft

Open Techcrunch Mcp in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

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Tools

SourceWeft has not started this package in its sandbox yet, so its tools are not known.

Version history

v1.0.0LatestSep 22, 2026

Score

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Auth declared10 pts
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Tools listed15 pts
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DescriptionRequired15 pts
Logo10 pts
Documentation15 pts
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License10 pts
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