How to Scrape News for Monitoring with Claude
Scrape news articles for media monitoring using Claude and ToolRouter. AI-powered brand tracking and news extraction.
Tool
Claude scrapes news articles and synthesizes them into a monitoring briefing you can explore interactively. After extraction, ask Claude to identify dominant narratives, compare coverage across outlets, flag articles that mention your brand or competitors, and draft summary notes for your team.
Connect ToolRouter to Claude
1Go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
2Enter the details below and click Add
Name
ToolRouterURL
https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp3Done — works on Claude chat, desktop, and mobile
Steps
Once connected (see setup above), use the Web Scraper tool:
- Ask Claude: "Search for recent news articles about ToolRouter and scrape the full article content"
- Claude uses search_web to find articles, then scrape_page to extract the full text
- Ask: "Summarize the coverage and identify the overall sentiment"
- Claude provides a media monitoring report with sentiment analysis and key themes
Example Prompt
Try this with Claude using the Web Scraper tool
Search for news articles mentioning "our-company" from the past week. Scrape the full content and give me a media monitoring summary with sentiment analysis.
Tips
- Claude can identify sentiment trends across multiple articles
- Ask for a media monitoring report formatted for stakeholder distribution
- Set up regular monitoring by running the same queries weekly