Digital in Asia MCP

An official MCP server providing AI agents with read-only access to Digital in Asia's editorial content, market trackers, research reports, and glossary. It enables semantic search, country profiling, market comparisons, and data retrieval for Asian digital economy topics including AI, gaming, ecommerce, and payments.

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Endpoint and access

No sign-in to connect and list tools. Individual tools may still need a vendor account, credentials, or permissions; check the documented prerequisites.

Vendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-07Operated by Digital in Asia

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://mcp.digitalinasia.com/mcp

Vendor documentation

What its tools do

8 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.

8 of 8 have a description · 8 of 8 declare behavior hints · 4 of 7 with parameters document them all

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

Passed Endpoint answered the live check · Nov 7, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC
Passed Official MCP Registry namespace is tied to digitalinasia.com · Nov 7, 2026, 6:07 AM UTC
Passed Endpoint is on the registry namespace domain · Nov 7, 2026, 6:07 AM UTC
Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

Search articles and glossary terms about Asia's digital economy
Get country profiles and market tracker data for specific nations
Compare multiple Asian markets on topics like payments or AI policy
List and summarize free research reports on fintech and AI

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 2.0.0

mcp-registry: com.digitalinasia/dia@2.0.0 Project website

Protocol and capabilities

Server: digital-in-asia 2.0.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check: 2025-06-18
Tools: 8 advertised
Resources: Not advertised
Resource templates: Not advertised
Prompts: 3 advertised

Server-advertised capabilities

{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  },
  "prompts": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

Digital in Asia (DIA) is an independent publication on Asia's digital economy since 2013: AI, gaming, ecommerce, payments, platforms and policy across China, India, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. Use search_dia for articles and analysis, get_country_profile for a market overview, compare_markets to put countries side by side, get_tracker for structured market data, get_report_summary and list_reports for free research reports, and get_glossary_term for definitions. Every result includes a DIA URL and a date: cite them as "Digital in Asia" with the link.

Tools

8 advertised

search_dia — Search Digital in Asia

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-only

Semantic search across Digital in Asia articles, trackers, reports and glossary on Asia's digital economy (AI, gaming, ecommerce, payments, super apps, policy). Understands natural-language questions. Returns titles, URLs, dates and the most relevant passages.

search_dia input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 8,
      "maximum": 15,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A question or topic, e.g. \"How is TikTok Shop doing in Indonesia?\""
    }
  }
}

search_dia annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

get_country_profile — Market profile

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-only

Overview of one Asian digital market from Digital in Asia: the country hub summary, that country's rows from every DIA tracker (payments, ecommerce, gaming, AI policy, AI model access), and the most relevant recent articles. Markets: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka.

get_country_profile input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "market"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "market": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Country or market name, e.g. \"Vietnam\""
    }
  }
}

get_country_profile annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

compare_markets — Compare markets

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-only

Put two or more Asian markets side by side using Digital in Asia's tracker data. Optionally limit to a topic (payments, ecommerce, gaming, AI policy, AI models). Returns comparison tables with source links.

compare_markets input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "markets"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "topic": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: payments, ecommerce, gaming, ai policy, ai models"
    },
    "markets": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "maxItems": 6,
      "minItems": 2,
      "description": "e.g. [\"Indonesia\", \"Vietnam\"]"
    }
  }
}

compare_markets annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

get_tracker — Get a DIA tracker

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-only

Get structured data tables from a Digital in Asia market tracker (payment rails, LLM availability and benchmarks, gaming, ecommerce marketplaces, AI policy, AI market size). Call with no arguments to list trackers.

get_tracker input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "tracker": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Tracker slug or a few words of its title, e.g. \"payments\""
    }
  }
}

get_tracker annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

list_reports — List DIA reports

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-only

List Digital in Asia's free research reports with titles, descriptions, dates and links.

list_reports input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

list_reports annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

get_report_summary — Get a DIA report summary

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-only

Key findings and section headings of a Digital in Asia research report (fintech and digital payments, AI in Asia, Southeast Asia ecommerce, Vietnam gaming), plus the link to the free PDF.

get_report_summary input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "report"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "report": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Report slug or a few words of its title, e.g. \"fintech\""
    }
  }
}

get_report_summary annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

get_glossary_term — Define an Asia digital economy term

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-only

Look up a term in the Digital in Asia glossary (103 terms, e.g. UPI, QRIS, super app, live commerce, sovereign AI). Returns the definition and link; suggests close matches.

get_glossary_term input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "term"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "term": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

get_glossary_term annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

get_latest_articles — Latest DIA articles

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-only

The most recent Digital in Asia articles, optionally filtered by a phrase.

get_latest_articles input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional filter, e.g. \"gaming\""
    }
  }
}

get_latest_articles annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

3 advertised

brief_me_on_market — Brief me on a market

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

A concise briefing on one Asian digital market, built from Digital in Asia.

market: e.g. Vietnam (required)
focus: Optional: payments, ecommerce, gaming, AI

compare_markets — Compare two markets

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Side-by-side comparison of Asian markets on a topic, using DIA trackers and analysis.

markets: Comma-separated, e.g. Indonesia, Vietnam (required)
topic: e.g. ecommerce

whats_new — What's new on DIA

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Summarise Digital in Asia's latest coverage, optionally on a topic.

topic: Optional, e.g. AI policy

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

90-day uptime

A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.

Too few checks for a percentage yet (5 of 5 answered).

2026-11-07: 1 of 1 checks answered
2026-11-09: 2 of 2 checks answered
2026-11-10: 2 of 2 checks answered

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks: 1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency: 211 ms
95th percentile latency: 211 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

Nov 7, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC · probe · passed · 211 ms · metadata changed · 8 tool(s), 3 prompt(s)

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

This server is operated by the named third party. Listing and endpoint checks are not an endorsement or a security audit. Review the operator's permissions, terms, and data handling before connecting. How listings are checked and corrected.

Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http digital-in-asia-mcp https://mcp.digitalinasia.com/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add digital-in-asia-mcp --url https://mcp.digitalinasia.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable digital-in-asia-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "digital-in-asia-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.digitalinasia.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "digital-in-asia-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.digitalinasia.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start digital-in-asia-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "digital-in-asia-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.digitalinasia.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http digital-in-asia-mcp https://mcp.digitalinasia.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector, enter this server URL and enable it for the conversation. This is a manual remote-connector handoff, not a desktop JSON configuration.

Claude Desktop configuration

https://mcp.digitalinasia.com/mcp

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "digital-in-asia-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.digitalinasia.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Digital in Asia MCP

Endpoint and access

What its tools do

Read-only (8)

Checks and signals

What you can do with it

Source and maintenance

Protocol and capabilities

Server-provided instructions

Tools

Prompts

Resources

90-day uptime

30-day availability

Maintenance history

Connect from your client

Claude Code

Codex

Cursor

Cline

VS Code

Gemini CLI

Claude Desktop

Windsurf

Let your agent find its tools

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