GDELT MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOG_LEVEL | No | Logging level - debug, info, warn, error | info |
| GDELT_USER_AGENT | No | User agent string | GDELT-MCP-Server/1.0 |
| GDELT_API_TIMEOUT | No | API request timeout in milliseconds | 30000 |
| GDELT_API_BASE_URL | No | GDELT API base URL | https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/doc/doc |
| GDELT_DEFAULT_TIMESPAN | No | Default time period for searches | 1month |
| GDELT_DEFAULT_MAX_RECORDS | No | Default maximum records to return | 50 |
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {} |
| logging | {} |
| completions | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_articlesA | Search GDELT's global news database for articles across 65 languages. Supports keyword/phrase searches, Boolean operators (OR, AND), and searches back 3 months. Default returns 50 most recent articles from the past month. |
| search_imagesA | Search GDELT's Visual Knowledge Graph (VGKG) for news images. Can search by visual content (what's depicted), captions/context, or OCR/metadata. Searches back 3 months of global news imagery. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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