A side-by-side look at the BountyRadar MCP and Crypto News Aggregator MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose BountyRadar MCP for aggregators work; choose Crypto News Aggregator for aggregators as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
get_bounty_feed, search_bounties, get_bounty_detail.get_latest_news, get_breaking_news, search_news.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | B BountyRadar MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Aggregators | Aggregators |
| Quality signal | 47/100 · Fair | 67/100 · Great |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 320 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 7 | 59 |
| Full listing | View BountyRadar MCP | View Crypto News Aggregator |
get_bounty_feedThe subscriber feed.** Ranked + filtered (category, min_reward, max_competition, source, freshness_min, agent_solvable_min, include_honeypot, sort).search_bountiesKeyword + filter search across title/description/tags/repo.get_bounty_detailFull record + score breakdown by id.score_bountyRaw explainable score breakdown for one bounty.list_sourcesSource registry + status (live / curated / partner_candidate).get_statsCounts by source / category / reward band.subscribe_feedSave a filter profile + poll descriptor (stored in server memory; webhook URL echoed, never called).get_latest_newsLatest crypto headlines from 300+ sources (CoinDesk, The Block, Decrypt, Bloomberg, Reuters and more). Filter by category or source, sort by AI impact score, or restrict to the curated tier-1 homepage feed.get_breaking_newsBreaking crypto news from the last few hours, ranked by urgency. Use for "what just happened" questions.search_newsFull-text search across every indexed article. Pass a topic, coin, company or event. Set semantic=true for embedding-based search that matches meaning rather than exact words.get_articleFetch one article. Give an archive id or slug to read it from the archive, or give any article URL to extract its full text and metadata from the publisher page.get_archiveQuery the historical news archive by date range, ticker, source, sentiment or keyword. Every article carries market context (price at publish time).get_archive_statsCoverage statistics for the historical archive: article counts, date range, sources and categories.get_regulatory_newsRegulatory and legal developments: SEC, CFTC, MiCA, court rulings, enforcement. Filter by jurisdiction, agency, sector or lookback window, or ask for jurisdiction profiles, agencies, deadlines or an intelligence summary.get_portfolio_newsNews for a specific set of holdings, optionally with live prices for each coin. Use when the user names the coins they hold.get_daily_digestA compiled digest of the most important stories over the last 6, 12 or 24 hours, in full, brief or newsletter form.list_categoriesEvery news category the API understands, with article counts. Use the ids as the category argument of get_latest_news.get_trending_topicsTopics trending across the news flow right now, each tagged bullish, bearish or neutral with sample headlines.get_narrativesThe narratives currently driving coverage (e.g. RWA, restaking, ETF flows) with momentum, sentiment and related tickers. emerging=true surfaces narratives that are just starting to pick up.Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
No confirmed install command for BountyRadar MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"crypto-news-aggregator": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@nirholas/free-crypto-news-mcp"
]
}
}
}