Crypto News Aggregator vs OpenWork MCP Gateway
A side-by-side look at the Crypto News Aggregator and OpenWork MCP Gateway MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Crypto News Aggregator for aggregators work as a local process; choose OpenWork MCP Gateway for aggregators over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Crypto News Aggregator when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Aggregators domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
get_latest_news, get_breaking_news, search_news.
Choose OpenWork MCP Gateway when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Aggregators domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Aggregators | Aggregators |
| Quality signal | 68/100 · Great | 48/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 322 | 24,196 |
| Directory activity | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 59 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Crypto News Aggregator | View OpenWork MCP Gateway |
Tools & capabilities
Crypto News Aggregator tools 59
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.- +47 more on the listing page
OpenWork MCP Gateway tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
Crypto News Aggregator
{
"mcpServers": {
"crypto-news-aggregator": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@nirholas/free-crypto-news-mcp"
]
}
}
}
OpenWork MCP Gateway
{
"mcpServers": {
"openwork-mcp-gateway": {
"url": "https://api.openworklabs.com/mcp/agent"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Crypto News Aggregator is categorized under Aggregators and uses a local stdio subprocess. OpenWork MCP Gateway belongs to Aggregators and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Crypto News Aggregator for aggregators work and OpenWork MCP Gateway for aggregators.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Crypto News Aggregator has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. OpenWork MCP Gateway has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add crypto-news-aggregator and openwork-mcp-gateway as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Crypto News Aggregator has a quality signal of 68/100 (Great) with 4 views, 0 installs and 322 GitHub stars. OpenWork MCP Gateway has 48/100 (Fair) with 1 views, 0 installs and 24,196 GitHub stars.