Perigon — Claude Code MCP server: news and setup
Connects an agent to Perigon for news, entities, monitors, and statistics. Useful when research needs current articles, stories, companies, or journalists.
claude mcp add --transport http perigon https://mcp.perigon.io/v1/mcpWhat Perigon does
Perigon is a hosted MCP server for Perigon’s news API. It gives an agent access to articles, stories, companies, journalists, monitors, and news statistics. Tool selection can be narrowed through the MCP URL.
The server uses Streamable HTTP at https://mcp.perigon.io/v1/mcp. In Claude Code, add the endpoint and authenticate from /mcp. OAuth requires a verified Perigon user with the User role in an organization; an API key can be used instead through the Authorization: Bearer header.
What it helps with
- search current news articles
- group coverage into related stories
- look up companies and journalists
- inspect news statistics
- connect monitors to an MCP client
Example prompts for the agent
- Find recent articles about a product launch and group them into stories.
- Research this company and list journalists connected to its coverage.
- Show the statistics for this news story and explain the main signals.
How to install Perigon
Platform CLI: remote server
claude mcp add --transport http perigon https://mcp.perigon.io/v1/mcpPlatform CLI: remote server
codex mcp add perigon --url https://mcp.perigon.io/v1/mcpConfig file
{
"mcpServers": {
"perigon": {
"url": "https://mcp.perigon.io/v1/mcp"
}
}
}Config file
{
"servers": {
"perigon": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.perigon.io/v1/mcp"
}
}
}Platform CLI: remote server
gemini mcp add -t http perigon https://mcp.perigon.io/v1/mcpStep by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about Perigon
How do I install Perigon in Claude Code?
Run claude mcp add --transport http perigon https://mcp.perigon.io/v1/mcp, then open /mcp in Claude Code and choose Authenticate.
What does Perigon do?
Perigon gives an AI agent MCP access to news articles and stories, plus company, journalist, monitor, and statistics data.
What authentication does Perigon require?
OAuth needs a verified Perigon user with the User role in an organization. For a pinned credential, use a Perigon API key in the Authorization: Bearer header.
