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GDELT MCP Server

An MCP server that enables agents to search and analyze global news coverage and US TV transcripts using the GDELT Project's real-time APIs. It supports STDIO or Streamable HTTP connections and provides tools for searching articles, retrieving coverage timelines, analyzing tone distribution, breaking down coverage by language or country, finding themes, and searching TV clips with transcripts.

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GDELT MCP Server logo, by cyanheadsCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by cyanheads
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What you can do with it

  • Search global news coverage from the last 3 months across 65+ languages
  • Retrieve time series of coverage volume or average tone for specific queries
  • Analyze tone distribution to determine if coverage is negative, bimodal, or neutral
  • Search US television news closed captions from 2009 through October 2024

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.7.0
mcp-registry: io.github.cyanheads/gdelt-mcp-server@0.7.0Source repository
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Packages and installation

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@cyanheads/gdelt-mcp-server 0.7.0

npmnpx
@cyanheads/gdelt-mcp-server package definition
{
  "version": "0.7.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@cyanheads/gdelt-mcp-server",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "GDELT_BASE_URL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2",
      "description": "Override the base URL for the GDELT DOC and TV APIs."
    },
    {
      "name": "GDELT_REQUEST_DELAY_MS",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "5300",
      "description": "Minimum milliseconds between GDELT requests, enforcing the 1 req/5s rate limit."
    },
    {
      "name": "GDELT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "60000",
      "description": "Deadline in milliseconds for a single GDELT request; the whole call, retries included, is bounded at twice this value."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "info",
      "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gdelt-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/gdelt-mcp-server@0.7.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GDELT_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_GDELT_BASE_URL>",
        "GDELT_REQUEST_DELAY_MS": "<YOUR_GDELT_REQUEST_DELAY_MS>",
        "GDELT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_GDELT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gdelt-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/gdelt-mcp-server@0.7.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GDELT_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_GDELT_BASE_URL>",
        "GDELT_REQUEST_DELAY_MS": "<YOUR_GDELT_REQUEST_DELAY_MS>",
        "GDELT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_GDELT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "gdelt-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/gdelt-mcp-server@0.7.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GDELT_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_GDELT_BASE_URL>",
        "GDELT_REQUEST_DELAY_MS": "<YOUR_GDELT_REQUEST_DELAY_MS>",
        "GDELT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_GDELT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gdelt-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/gdelt-mcp-server@0.7.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GDELT_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_GDELT_BASE_URL>",
        "GDELT_REQUEST_DELAY_MS": "<YOUR_GDELT_REQUEST_DELAY_MS>",
        "GDELT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_GDELT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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