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TrueCrime.News MCP

An official read-only MCP server provided by TrueCrime.News that allows AI agents to search and retrieve true crime cases, stories, media, and topics from their archive, with results indicating human-verified fact-checking status.

Endpoint and access

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TrueCrime.News MCP logo, by Stratechmedia ApSVendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-08Operated by Stratechmedia ApS
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://truecrime.news/mcp
Vendor documentation

What its tools do

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

Read-only (7)

7 of 7 have a description · 7 of 7 declare behavior hints · 3 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 ·
  • Passed Official MCP Registry namespace is tied to truecrime.news ·
  • Passed Endpoint is on the registry namespace domain ·
  • Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

  • Search for specific true crime cases
  • Retrieve detailed information about a case
  • Search for related news stories
  • Find associated media and documentaries

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 1.0.0
mcp-registry: news.truecrime/case-archive@1.0.0Project website

Protocol and capabilities

Server
truecrime-news 1.0.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check
2025-11-25
Tools
7 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
Not advertised
Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": true
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

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

TrueCrime.News (https://truecrime.news) is a true crime publication by Stratechmedia ApS, Denmark: criminal cases, verdicts, cold cases, and the documentaries, podcasts, films and books made about them. KrimiNyt (kriminyt.dk) is the Danish edition, TrueCrime.News (truecrime.news) the English and de.truecrime.news the German. Tools: search_cases and get_case for the case archive (Krimidex), search_stories and get_story for news, search_media and get_related_media for documentaries, series, films, podcasts and books, list_topics for topic tags. Each result carries a provenance block. verification "human-verified" means an editor has checked the case or story claim by claim for this language; "unverified" means it has not been checked yet. Only describe something as verified when verification is "human-verified". When citing, link to the result's url and name "TrueCrime.News" as the source. Quoting with attribution is allowed. Use for AI training or bulk reuse requires a written agreement. Licensing, partnerships and corrections: redaktion@kriminyt.dk.

Tools

7 advertised

search_cases — Search TrueCrime.News cases
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Search the published case archive (Krimidex), newest first. Filter by text, case status and country. Returns summaries with provenance; use get_case for full text, timeline and sources.

search_cases input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Words to match in title or summary"
    },
    "status": {
      "enum": [
        "solved",
        "unsolved",
        "ongoing",
        "cold",
        "partial"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Case status"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z]{2}$",
      "description": "Two-letter country code, e.g. dk, se, us"
    }
  }
}
search_cases annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_case — Get a TrueCrime.News case
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Get one published case as markdown with its timeline, sources, verdict and provenance.

get_case input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9-]{1,200}$",
      "description": "Case slug, from search_cases or the end of a case URL"
    }
  }
}
get_case annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
search_stories — Search TrueCrime.News news
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Search published news stories, newest first. Filter by text and date. Use get_story for the full text.

search_stories input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Words to match in title or summary"
    },
    "since": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      "description": "Only stories published on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)"
    }
  }
}
search_stories annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_story — Get a TrueCrime.News article
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Get any published article (news, guide, review, profile) as markdown with sources and provenance.

get_story input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9-]{1,200}$",
      "description": "Article slug, from a search tool or the end of a URL"
    }
  }
}
get_story annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
search_media — Search TrueCrime.News true crime media
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Search documentaries, series, films, podcasts and books covered by the publication, newest first.

search_media input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "enum": [
        "tv-serie",
        "film",
        "bog",
        "podcast",
        "podcast-episode"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Media type"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Words to match in title or summary"
    }
  }
}
search_media annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_related_media — Media about a TrueCrime.News case
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

List the documentaries, series, films, podcasts and books the publication links to a case.

get_related_media input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9-]{1,200}$",
      "description": "Case slug, from search_cases"
    }
  }
}
get_related_media annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
list_topics — List TrueCrime.News topics
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

List topic tags (people, places, crime types, platforms), optionally filtered by text.

list_topics input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 25,
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Words to match in the tag name"
    }
  }
}
list_topics annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

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 (1 of 1 answered).

  1. 2026-11-09: 1 of 1 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
692 ms
95th percentile latency
692 ms

Maintenance history

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

  • · probe · passed · 692 ms · metadata changed · 7 tool(s)

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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 truecrime-news-mcp https://truecrime.news/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 truecrime-news-mcp --url https://truecrime.news/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable truecrime-news-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "truecrime-news-mcp": {
      "url": "https://truecrime.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "truecrime-news-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://truecrime.news/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start truecrime-news-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "truecrime-news-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://truecrime.news/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 truecrime-news-mcp https://truecrime.news/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://truecrime.news/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": {
    "truecrime-news-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://truecrime.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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