How to use MCP with RSS

MCP, short for Model Context Protocol, is the standard AI assistants use to connect to other software. An assistant that speaks it can add an app’s tools to the conversation.

For a feed reader that means asking what’s new and getting an answer from your library, not a web search.

In Glanced

Glanced runs an MCP server, and connecting it takes an API key and a URL.

1. Open Automation in the sidebar, go to API Keys, and click Create API key
2. Copy the key when it appears
3. In your assistant’s MCP settings, add a server at api.glanced.io/mcp with the key as its Bearer token

Then ask what’s new, or whether anything’s worth reading. The assistant can act on the answers, saving, tagging, marking read, or subscribing to new feeds.

The full tool list and client-specific setup notes live in the MCP docs.