aria-mcp-news-dr

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes Danish news from DR (Danmarks Radio) to AI assistants via free public RSS feeds. Built for ARIA and shareable with the community.

Fully keyless — DR's RSS feeds are open and require no API key.

Data Source

Source	What	Attribution
DR (Danmarks Radio)	National and regional Danish news via RSS	DR — Danmarks Radio (dr.dk). Feeds are for personal use.

Install & Run

npx aria-mcp-news-dr

Or install globally:

npm install -g aria-mcp-news-dr
aria-mcp-news-dr

Requires Node.js 20 or later.

Tools

list_feeds

Returns all available DR RSS feed names and their Danish descriptions — both national/topical feeds and regional feeds.

Parameters: None

Returns:

{
  "national": [
    { "name": "senestenyt", "description": "Seneste nyt (latest news)" },
    { "name": "indland",    "description": "Indland (domestic news)" }
  ],
  "regional": [
    { "name": "kbh",        "description": "DR København (Copenhagen region)" }
  ],
  "totalFeeds": 16
}

---

get_news

Fetch the latest news items from a DR RSS feed.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
feed	string	No	DR feed slug (default: senestenyt). Use list_feeds to see all options.
limit	number	No	Max items to return (default 10, max 50).

Returns: Array of news items:

[
  {
    "title": "Statsministeren holder pressemøde om ny aftale",
    "link": "https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/...",
    "summary": "Statsministeren har indkaldt til et pressemøde og vil præsentere en ny aftale om klimaet.",
    "published": "2024-06-01T08:00:00.000Z",
    "categories": ["Politik", "Klima"]
  }
]

Fields: title, link, summary (HTML stripped), published (ISO 8601), categories (optional).

---

search_news

Fetch a DR RSS feed and return only items whose title or summary contains the search query (case-insensitive).

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	Search term to filter by.
feed	string	No	DR feed slug (default: senestenyt).
limit	number	No	Max matching items to return (default 10, max 50).

Returns:

{
  "query": "klima",
  "feed": "senestenyt",
  "matchCount": 3,
  "items": [...]
}

Available Feeds

National / topical

Slug	Description
senestenyt	Seneste nyt (latest news)
indland	Indland (domestic news)
udland	Udland (international news)
penge	Penge (business & money)
politik	Politik (politics)
sporten	Sporten (sports)
senestesport	Seneste sport (latest sports news)

Regional

Slug	Description
kbh	DR København (Copenhagen region)
sjaelland	DR Sjælland (Zealand region)
fyn	DR Fyn (Funen region)
syd	DR Syd (Southern Jutland)
trekanten	DR Trekanten (Triangle region)
oestjylland	DR Østjylland (East Jutland / Aarhus)
bornholm	DR Bornholm (Bornholm island)

ARIA MCP Config

Add to your ARIA credentials / MCP config to use with ARIA:

{
  "Name": "DR Nyheder",
  "Command": "npx",
  "Args": ["-y", "aria-mcp-news-dr"]
}

No environment variables required — all feeds are fully keyless.

Development

git clone https://github.com/kimhjort/aria-mcp-news-dr
cd aria-mcp-news-dr
npm install
npm run build
npm test

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

News content is provided by DR (Danmarks Radio). Feeds are for personal use; see dr.dk for terms.