The Guardian MCP
The Guardian MCP Server allows AI agents to search and retrieve articles, sections, tags, and editions from The Guardian newspaper via the Guardian Open Platform. It provides tools to search the archive, fetch full article content by ID, list content sections, browse content tags, and list geographic editions.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Search The Guardian newspaper archive for articles by keyword, section, tag, or date range.
- Fetch a single Guardian article by its content ID to get full body text and tags.
- List The Guardian's content sections such as Politics, World, Sport, and Culture.
- Browse The Guardian's content tags including topics, series, and contributors.
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian 0.2.0
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
"description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
}
]
}Tools
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"the-guardian-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"the-guardian-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"the-guardian-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"the-guardian-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
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