FreshRSS MCP Server

Name: FreshRSS MCP Server
Author: io.github.ni-c

io.github.ni-c/freshrss-mcp

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What is the FreshRSS MCP server?

MCP server for FreshRSS, the self-hosted RSS feed aggregator

How to install FreshRSS

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

FRESHRSS_URL
required
Root URL of the FreshRSS instance, e.g. https://rss.example.com
FRESHRSS_USER
required
FreshRSS user name
FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD
required
secret
API password from Settings -> Profile -> API management, not the web login password
FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY
Set to true to register only the read tools
FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS
Set to true to accept a self-signed certificate for this connection only

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freshrss-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/freshrss-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRESHRSS_URL": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_URL>",
        "FRESHRSS_USER": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_USER>",
        "FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD>",
        "FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY>",
        "FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freshrss-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/freshrss-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRESHRSS_URL": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_URL>",
        "FRESHRSS_USER": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_USER>",
        "FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD>",
        "FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY>",
        "FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freshrss-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/freshrss-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRESHRSS_URL": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_URL>",
        "FRESHRSS_USER": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_USER>",
        "FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD>",
        "FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY>",
        "FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "freshrss-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/freshrss-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRESHRSS_URL": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_URL>",
        "FRESHRSS_USER": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_USER>",
        "FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD>",
        "FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY>",
        "FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add freshrss-mcp --env FRESHRSS_URL=<YOUR_FRESHRSS_URL> --env FRESHRSS_USER=<YOUR_FRESHRSS_USER> --env FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD=<YOUR_FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD> --env FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_FRESHRSS_READ_ONLY> --env FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS=<YOUR_FRESHRSS_INSECURE_TLS> -- npx -y @ni-c/freshrss-mcp