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com.mambabuilt/mcp-journalist-media-list-builder

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Journalists who recently wrote about your topics, from news bylines, with author page and proof.

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Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

NPM package @mambalabsdev/mcp-journalist-media-list-builder
Claude Code 
claude mcp add mcp-journalist-media-list-builder -e 'APIFY_TOKEN=<your apify_token>' -- npx -y @mambalabsdev/mcp-journalist-media-list-builder@1.0.0
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp-journalist-media-list-builder": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@mambalabsdev/mcp-journalist-media-list-builder@1.0.0"
            ],
            "env": {
                "APIFY_TOKEN": "<your apify_token>"
            }
        }
    }
}

Environment variables

  • APIFY_TOKEN required secret Apify API token from https://console.apify.com/account/integrations

Documentation

From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.

Contents
  1. Journalist and Media List Builder MCP Server
  2. What's Inside
  3. What it does
  4. Quick start
  5. Prerequisites
  6. Example prompts
  7. Tool
  8. Inputs
  9. Pricing
  10. Your keys
  11. Full actor documentation
  12. License

Journalist and Media List Builder MCP Server

An MCP server for the Mamba Labs Journalist and Media List Builder actor on Apify. Give it the beats or topics you want press for. It finds recent news articles on each one, reads the byline on each article page, and returns one row per journalist and outlet: name, outlet, author page, how many matching articles they wrote, their latest one, and the article links as proof.

What's Inside

What it does

The articles come from the Mamba Labs News and Media Mention Monitor, which the actor runs on your Apify account. Press release wires are left out by default, and agency, desk, and staff bylines are never returned. When no journalist is found, one free summary row gives the article, page, and byline counts. All of the work runs on Apify. This package is a thin client that starts the actor run, waits for it, and hands back the dataset rows.

Quick start

You need Node.js 18 or newer and an Apify account with an API token.

Add this to your Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json), Cursor, or any MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mamba-journalist-media-list-builder": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mambalabsdev/mcp-journalist-media-list-builder"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart the client. The find_journalists tool appears.

Prerequisites

Example prompts

  • "Which journalists wrote about sales automation in the last month?"
  • "Build me a media list of reporters covering fintech funding at TechCrunch and Finextra."
  • "Find reporters who wrote at least twice about revenue operations, with their author pages."

Tool

find_journalists. One tool. Example arguments:

{
  "topics": ["\"sales automation\""],
  "since_days": "30",
  "min_articles": "1"
}

Inputs

Every buyer facing input of the actor, unchanged. Omitted inputs take the actor's own defaults. Numbers and yes or no values are sent as strings.

InputTypeDescription
topicsarray1 to 20 topics or beats. Required
since_daysstringDays back, 1 to 90. Default 30
countrystringGoogle News country edition. Default US
languagestringLanguage code. Default en
outlets_includearrayOnly these outlet domains
outlets_excludearrayNever these outlet domains
include_press_releasesstringfalse (default) or true
min_articlesstringLeast matching articles per journalist, 1 to 20. Default 1
max_articles_per_topicstringNewest articles read per topic, 1 to 100. Default 30
max_journalistsstringMost journalist rows, 1 to 500. Default 50
max_charge_usdstringOptional cap on the whole run, the news run included

Pricing

Pay per event on Apify, billed to your Apify account. Prices in USD.

EventFree planBronzeSilverGold
journalist-row, per journalist and outlet$0.008$0.0076$0.0072$0.0068
apify-actor-start, per run start$0.0025$0.0025$0.0025$0.0025
News run article-row, per article read$0.0023$0.002185$0.00207$0.001955
News run apify-actor-start, per run$0.0015$0.0015$0.0015$0.0015

About half of news article pages name a journalist, so expect roughly 3 to 4 articles per journalist row. A summary row is free.

Your keys

The actor needs no key and holds none. Proxy traffic adds nothing to your price: Mamba Labs pays the platform costs of the run.

Full actor documentation

apify.com/mambalabs/journalist-media-list-builder

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

Frequently asked questions

What is com.mambabuilt/mcp-journalist-media-list-builder?

Journalists who recently wrote about your topics, from news bylines, with author page and proof.

How do I install com.mambabuilt/mcp-journalist-media-list-builder?

It runs on your machine. In Claude Code: claude mcp add mcp-journalist-media-list-builder -e 'APIFY_TOKEN=<your apify_token>' -- npx -y @mambalabsdev/mcp-journalist-media-list-builder@1.0.0. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.

Does com.mambabuilt/mcp-journalist-media-list-builder need an API key?

Yes. It expects APIFY_TOKEN, which you set in its configuration.

Is com.mambabuilt/mcp-journalist-media-list-builder open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.

Who maintains com.mambabuilt/mcp-journalist-media-list-builder?

It is published by mambalabsdev. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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