The Observatory
Server Details
AI information agency: news from 500+ sources on AI, Ethiopia and Interesting Politics.
- Status
- Healthy
- Last Tested
- Transport
- Streamable HTTP · MCP 2025-11-25
- URL
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Available Tools
5 toolsget_issueRead an issueRead-onlyInspect
One issue in full, as Markdown, with each of its stories' addresses on the Observatory's site and at the source.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | Yes | The issue's number, as latest_issues and search_news give it. |
latest_issuesLatest issuesRead-onlyInspect
The Observatory's latest issues, newest first: title, date, the lead story, and the addresses of the issue's page and of its Markdown.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| group | No | Only this product group: management, se, science, ethiopia, politics. | |
| limit | No | How many issues (default 10). |
list_publicationsThe publicationsRead-onlyInspect
What the Observatory publishes, by product group: each publication, what it covers, its days and hour, and the feeds. Readers subscribe at the address given.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No parameters | |||
search_bookSearch the BookRead-onlyInspect
Search the Book: every note the Observatory's desks have written since late September 2026, each a story read, checked and summarized from one or more sources, many of which never reached an issue. Returns the matching notes, best first: headline, summary, type, tags, desk, source, the original's address, the date, and the credibility label when the check gave one. Same query syntax as search_news.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| desk | No | Only this desk: ai (the AI desk) or et (the Ethiopia desk). | |
| limit | No | How many notes (default 10). | |
| query | Yes | What to look for, in English. | |
| since | No | Only notes written from this date on (YYYY-MM-DD). |
search_newsSearch the newsRead-onlyInspect
Search the stories in the Observatory's published issues (daily and weekly, the last year). Returns the matching stories, best first: headline, summary, source, the original's address, and the story's own address on the Observatory's site. The query takes web-search syntax: words, "a phrase", -word, or.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| group | No | Only this product group: management (AI in Management), se (Agentic Software Engineering), science (AI Science Corner), ethiopia, politics (Interesting Politics). | |
| limit | No | How many stories (default 8). | |
| query | Yes | What to look for, in English: names, subjects, events. | |
| since | No | Only issues from this date on (YYYY-MM-DD). |
Tool Schema Changelog
Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.
5 tool updates
- First observed
get_issue - First observed
latest_issues - First observed
list_publications - First observed
search_book - First observed
search_news
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