Three ways in: connect a remote MCP client with no install, run the local MCP package with a wallet, or call the HTTP endpoints directly and pay per request with x402. No API keys in any of them.
Point any MCP client at the URL below. Nothing to download, no wallet needed. Returns the free preview tier across every wire.
https://thebotwire.com/mcp (streamable HTTP) # Claude Code claude mcp add --transport http botwire https://thebotwire.com/mcp # Any MCP client config {"mcpServers":{"botwire":{"type":"http","url":"https://thebotwire.com/mcp"}}}
Tools: search_news, query_wire, list_wires, botwire_status
The npm package signs x402 payments with your own key, so paid tiers work end to end inside your agent.
# Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex CLI claude mcp add botwire -- npx -y botwire-mcp # set a funded Base wallet for the paid wires BOTWIRE_WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY=0x...
Package: botwire-mcp on npm
curl "https://thebotwire.com/news?q=fed+rates&since=2h" # 402 Payment Required, the offer arrives in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header curl -H "PAYMENT: <signed authorization>" "https://thebotwire.com/news?q=fed+rates&since=2h" # 200 OK with ranked results. USDC on Base, settles in about a second.
| Endpoint | What it returns | Per call |
|---|---|---|
| GET /news?q=&since=2h&category= | Ranked news search across 40 sources, with summaries | $0.005 |
| GET /headlines?category=crypto | Latest headlines by category | $0.005 |
| GET /edgar/filings?q=&form= | Search latest SEC EDGAR filings (8-K, 10-K/Q, insider Form 4, S-1, 13F, 13D) | $0.01 |
| GET /cve/latest?q=&src= | Latest security advisories & CVEs (CISA, MSRC, Ubuntu, Debian, ZDI) | $0.005 |
| GET /reg/latest?q=&type= | New US federal regulations (Federal Register: rules, proposed rules, notices, presidential docs) | $0.005 |
| GET /weather/alerts?q=&severity= | Active US severe weather alerts (National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories) | $0.005 |
| GET /quake/latest?q=&mag= | Latest earthquakes worldwide (USGS: significant, M4.5+, M2.5+) | $0.005 |
| GET /arxiv/latest?q=&cat= | New AI/ML/NLP/security research papers (arXiv cs.AI, cs.LG, cs.CL, cs.CR) | $0.005 |
| GET /fed/latest?q=&src= | Central bank announcements (Federal Reserve press releases, FOMC, ECB) | $0.01 |
| GET /hn/latest?q=&feed= | Hacker News front page, Show HN, and rising stories | $0.005 |
| GET /status/latest?q=&provider= | Cloud provider incidents & outages (AWS, GCP, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Cloudflare, OpenAI, Anthropic) | $0.005 |
| GET /ailab/latest?q=&lab= | AI lab announcements (OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Google AI, Hugging Face, AWS ML) | $0.005 |
| GET /security/news?q=&src= | Security journalism and breach reporting (Krebs, BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, Ars Technica) | $0.005 |
| GET /court/opinions?q=&type= | New US federal court opinions (Supreme Court, 2nd, 9th and Federal Circuits) | $0.01 |
| GET /bills/latest?q=&type= | New congressional bills and statute compilations (GovInfo) | $0.01 |
| GET /enforcement/latest?q=&agency= | SEC and FTC enforcement actions and press releases | $0.01 |
| GET /recalls/latest?q=&src= | Product safety recalls and FDA regulatory actions (CPSC, FDA) | $0.005 |
| GET /crypto/latest?q=&src= | Crypto and blockchain news (CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Ethereum Foundation) | $0.005 |
| GET /space/latest?q=&src= | NASA news releases: missions, launches, discoveries | $0.005 |
| GET /sports/latest?q=&src= | Sports headlines and results (BBC Sport, ESPN) | $0.005 |
| GET /jobs/latest?q=&src= | Remote tech job postings (We Work Remotely, Hacker News jobs) | $0.005 |
| GET /releases/latest?q=&project= | New releases of major open-source projects (Node, Python, Kubernetes, Rust, Go, React, PyTorch, Deno, Bun) | $0.005 |
| GET /markets/latest?q=&src= | Market and equities news (Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha) | $0.005 |
| GET /world/latest?q=&src= | International news from non-US desks (Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, France 24, BBC World) | $0.005 |
| GET /tech/latest?q=&src= | Technology industry news (TechCrunch, The Verge, Ars Technica) | $0.005 |
| GET /econ/latest?q=&src= | US economic data releases (BLS, BEA, Federal Reserve H.15 rates) | $0.01 |
| GET /science/latest?q=&src= | Peer-reviewed science news and journal contents (Nature, Science, Phys.org) | $0.005 |
| GET /preprints/latest?q=&src= | Biology and medicine preprints (bioRxiv, medRxiv) | $0.005 |
| GET /publichealth/latest?q=&src= | Public health announcements and outbreak news (WHO, CDC) | $0.005 |
| GET /fda/latest?q=&src= | FDA press releases: drug and device approvals, safety actions | $0.005 |
| GET /doj/latest?q=&src= | US Department of Justice announcements: indictments, settlements, antitrust | $0.005 |
| GET /eu/latest?q=&src= | European Commission press releases and policy announcements | $0.005 |
| GET /uk/latest?q=&src= | UK government news and communications (GOV.UK) | $0.005 |
| GET /defense/latest?q=&src= | US Department of Defense news releases and contract awards | $0.005 |
| GET /whitehouse/actions?q=&src= | Presidential actions: executive orders, proclamations, memoranda | $0.005 |
| GET /energy/latest?q=&src= | Energy market news and analysis (EIA, US DOE, OilPrice, Utility Dive) | $0.005 |
| GET /supplychain/latest?q=&src= | Freight, logistics and supply chain news (FreightWaves, Supply Chain Dive) | $0.005 |
| GET /launches/latest?q=&src= | New product and project launches (Product Hunt, Lobsters, DEV) | $0.005 |
| GET /gaming/latest?q=&src= | Video game industry news and releases (GameSpot, IGN) | $0.005 |
| GET /film/latest?q=&src= | Film and television industry news (Variety, Deadline) | $0.005 |
| GET /music/latest?q=&src= | Music industry news and releases (Pitchfork, Rolling Stone) | $0.005 |
| Endpoint | What it returns | Price |
|---|---|---|
| GET /news/preview?q= | Free preview of the news wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /edgar/preview | Free preview of the edgar wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /cve/preview | Free preview of the cve wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /reg/preview | Free preview of the reg wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /weather/preview | Free preview of the weather wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /quake/preview | Free preview of the quake wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /arxiv/preview | Free preview of the arxiv wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /fed/preview | Free preview of the fed wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /hn/preview | Free preview of the hn wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /status/preview | Free preview of the status wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /ailab/preview | Free preview of the ailab wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /security/preview | Free preview of the sec-news wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /court/preview | Free preview of the court wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /bills/preview | Free preview of the bills wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /enforcement/preview | Free preview of the enforce wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /recalls/preview | Free preview of the recall wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /crypto/preview | Free preview of the crypto wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /space/preview | Free preview of the space wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /sports/preview | Free preview of the sport wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /jobs/preview | Free preview of the jobs wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /releases/preview | Free preview of the releases wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /markets/preview | Free preview of the markets wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /world/preview | Free preview of the world wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /tech/preview | Free preview of the tech wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /econ/preview | Free preview of the econ wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /science/preview | Free preview of the science wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /preprints/preview | Free preview of the preprints wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /publichealth/preview | Free preview of the pubhealth wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /fda/preview | Free preview of the fda wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /doj/preview | Free preview of the doj wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /eu/preview | Free preview of the eu wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /uk/preview | Free preview of the uk wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /defense/preview | Free preview of the defense wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /whitehouse/preview | Free preview of the whitehouse wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /energy/preview | Free preview of the energy wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /supplychain/preview | Free preview of the supplychain wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /launches/preview | Free preview of the launches wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /gaming/preview | Free preview of the gaming wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /film/preview | Free preview of the film wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /music/preview | Free preview of the music wire, top 3 results | free |
| GET /health | Service freshness, item counts, last refresh | free |
| GET /sources | Every source we poll, with categories | free |
| GET /openapi.json | Full OpenAPI 3 specification | free |
| GET /.well-known/x402 | x402 discovery document | free |
| GET /llms.txt | Machine-readable guide for AI agents | free |
| Parameter | Meaning |
|---|---|
| q | Search terms. Omit to get the latest items instead of a search. |
| since | Freshness window: 30m, 2h, 24h, 3d. Defaults vary by wire. |
| limit | Maximum results, 1 to 50. Defaults to 10. |
| category / form / src / type ... | Per-wire filter. Each wire names its own, listed in the tables above. |