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Search and analyze global news coverage and US TV transcripts via the GDELT Project APIs.
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The gdelt-mcp-server MCP server exposes 9 tools, focused primarily on general-purpose capabilities. Its published description reads: "Search and analyze global news coverage and US TV transcripts via the GDELT Project APIs". It communicates over Streamable HTTP using the 2025-06-18 protocol revision, and does not require authorization to connect. MCPGrade currently rates gdelt-mcp-server F — a critical issue was found and the server should not be connected as-is. Its most notable findings include "Cross-tool shadowing" and "Cross-tool shadowing". This report is a deterministic, reproducible automated assessment: the same observed surface always yields the same grade under a given algorithm version, and it is refreshed as new scans arrive and free to read — but it is not a substitute for a manual human security review. Always re-check gdelt-mcp-server's advertised tools, transport security, and authorization posture before connecting an autonomous agent or sharing sensitive context with it.
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MCP endpoint
https://gdelt.caseyjhand.com/mcpStreamable HTTP transport. This is the MCP endpoint, not a website — paste it into your MCP client server list rather than a browser.
Captured passively during the read-only scan. Click any value to find servers that match it.
The tools this server advertises via tools/list — names, purposes, and the parameters each accepts, exactly as enumerated read-only.
Search the last 3 months of global news coverage (65+ languages) using the GDELT DOC API. Returns up to 250 articles with URL, title, source domain, language, country, publication date, and social ima
Retrieve a time series showing when news coverage of a topic spiked, or how average tone shifted over time. Use mode "volume" for normalized coverage intensity (% of all global coverage per timestep).
Sorted worst-first. Each finding shows its severity, what it means, its OWASP MCP Top-10 mapping, and a recommended fix — the check id links to the exact methodology row that produced it.
tool: gdelt_search_articles
A tool description tries to alter the model’s use of another tool.
3 months — use gdelt_search_tv for historical TV transcripts back to 2009.RecommendationDescriptions must describe only their own tool.
tool: gdelt_get_coverage_timeline
A tool description tries to alter the model’s use of another tool.
ing a follow-up gdelt_search_articles call. Use mode "tone" for average sentiment scoRecommendationDescriptions must describe only their own tool.
tool: gdelt_get_tone_distribution
A tool description tries to alter the model’s use of another tool.
. Distinct from gdelt_get_coverage_timeline (mode: tone) — this is a snapshot distributionRecommendationDescriptions must describe only their own tool.
tool: gdelt_search_tv
A tool description tries to alter the model’s use of another tool.
ober 2024 — use gdelt_list_tv_stations to verify active date ranges before querying reRecommendationDescriptions must describe only their own tool.
tool: gdelt_get_tv_clips
A tool description tries to alter the model’s use of another tool.
clip. Use after gdelt_search_tv to read the actual transcript content driving aRecommendationDescriptions must describe only their own tool.
tool: (server instructions)
A tool description tries to alter the model’s use of another tool.
ipt analysis. - gdelt_search_articles: full-text news search (last 3 months, 65+ langRecommendationDescriptions must describe only their own tool.
The server accepts tool enumeration (and likely invocation) with no authentication.
RecommendationRequire OAuth 2.1 authorization for any server exposing non-public tools.
tool: gdelt_search_articles
The server advertises open-world / broadly-scoped capabilities.
annotations.openWorldHint = trueRecommendationScope tools to the minimum needed.
tool: gdelt_get_coverage_timeline
The server advertises open-world / broadly-scoped capabilities.
annotations.openWorldHint = trueRecommendationScope tools to the minimum needed.
tool: gdelt_get_tone_distribution
The server advertises open-world / broadly-scoped capabilities.
annotations.openWorldHint = trueRecommendationScope tools to the minimum needed.
tool: gdelt_get_coverage_breakdown
The server advertises open-world / broadly-scoped capabilities.
annotations.openWorldHint = trueRecommendationScope tools to the minimum needed.
tool: gdelt_search_tv
The server advertises open-world / broadly-scoped capabilities.
annotations.openWorldHint = trueRecommendationScope tools to the minimum needed.
tool: gdelt_get_tv_clips
The server advertises open-world / broadly-scoped capabilities.
annotations.openWorldHint = trueRecommendationScope tools to the minimum needed.
tool: gdelt_get_tv_context
The server advertises open-world / broadly-scoped capabilities.
annotations.openWorldHint = trueRecommendationScope tools to the minimum needed.
tool: gdelt_get_tv_trending
The server advertises open-world / broadly-scoped capabilities.
annotations.openWorldHint = trueRecommendationScope tools to the minimum needed.
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Get the tonal distribution of articles matching a query as a histogram (bins approximately -30 to +30). Unlike a single average tone score, the histogram reveals whether coverage is uniformly negative
Break down news coverage volume over time by source language or source country, returning a multi-series time series (one series per language or country). Shows which countries or languages drove earl
Search US television news closed captions (2009–October 2024, 150+ stations) for spoken mentions of a query. Returns a normalized per-station time series showing relative airtime devoted to the topic.
Retrieve the top matching TV news clips (up to 3,000) for a query from the Internet Archive's Television News Archive. Each clip includes show name, station, air timestamp, a 15-second transcript exce
Get the top co-occurring words and phrases from TV news clips matching a query — the vocabulary framing a topic on television. Returns the most frequent non-stopword terms from matching clips, with re
Retrieve trending topics, keywords, and phrases currently dominating US television news across national networks. No query required — returns the top memes of the present news cycle. Updated every 15
List all television stations available for TV search with their market, network, monitoring start date, and monitoring end date. Stations with an end date within the last 24 hours are flagged as activ