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DimensionGoogle News MCP ServerMCP server providing Google News search via SerpAPI, with automatic categorization and multi-language support.Hevy MCPManage your Hevy workout data from AI assistants via MCP.
FMRS53 / 100 · D77 / 100 · B
Reliability8 / 2012 / 20
Security and permissions10 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance12 / 2016 / 20
Documentation12 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience11 / 2015 / 20
Best for
  • AI assistants and automated workflows that need real-time or categorized news from Google News.
  • Applications requiring multi-language news support.
  • Developers who want a single tool to fetch news from various sources and topics.
  • Hevy PRO users who want AI assistants to directly access their workout data
  • People who prefer using MCP clients like Claude, Cursor, Codex for fitness tracking
  • Anyone needing summaries and insights from their training data
Not for
  • Users needing news sources beyond Google News.
  • Those expecting completely free and unlimited access (SerpApi free tier is limited to 250 searches/month).
  • Scenarios requiring real-time streaming or WebSocket connections.
  • Users without a Hevy PRO subscription (API key required)
  • Users who want to use the server without an API key
  • Those needing delete workflows (Hevy API does not expose delete endpoints)
Required permissions
  • Network access to call SerpApi.
  • Access to the SerpApi key from environment variables.
  • Communicates via stdio by default.
  • Requires HEVY_API_KEY environment variable for Hevy API authentication
  • Can create, update, and replace workouts, routines, folders, templates, and body measurements via tools
  • Read operations can fetch workouts, routines, folders, templates, history, and user info
Risks and side effects
  • API key leakage risk if configuration is incorrect.
  • API quota exhaustion may cause service unavailability.
  • Dependency on third-party service SerpApi, whose availability and pricing may change.
  • API key can be misused if leaked; do not expose in URLs, logs, or screenshots
  • Create operations may produce duplicates on retry; update operations replace existing records
  • The server sends data to the Hevy API and may send telemetry to external services unless disabled
Supported clientsClaude DesktopClaude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Antigravity
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