Government

Data source: GDACS, GDELT

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/crisis-intelligence/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-crisis-intelligence": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/crisis-intelligence/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/crisis-intelligence/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "search_crises", "arguments": {"query": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/crisis-intelligence/

4 endpoints available:

GET /rest/crisis-intelligence/search_crises
GET /rest/crisis-intelligence/get_active_crises
GET /rest/crisis-intelligence/list_crisis_sources
GET /rest/crisis-intelligence/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/crisis-intelligence/search_crises?query=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/crisis-intelligence/search_crises",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc crisis-intelligence

CLI documentation will be available when the GnistAI SDK is published.

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (4)

search_crises

Search for crises combining GDACS disaster alerts, USGS earthquakes, NOAA weather alerts, and GDELT news.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Search term — crisis type, country, or topic (e.g. 'earthquake Turkey', 'flood Bangladesh').
`from_date`	`string`	optional	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to 90 days ago. (default: "")
`to_date`	`string`	optional	End date (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today. (default: "")
`event_types`	`string`	optional	Comma-separated: EQ (earthquake), TC (tropical cyclone), FL (flood), VO (volcano), DR (drought), WF (wildfire). (default: "")
`alert_levels`	`string`	optional	Comma-separated: Green, Orange, Red. (default: "")
`country`	`any`	optional	Filter by country name.
`news_timespan`	`string`	optional	GDELT news lookback: 24h, 7d, 1m. (default: "7d")
`max_events`	`integer`	optional	Max disaster events. (default: 25)
`max_articles`	`integer`	optional	Max news articles. (default: 10)
`min_magnitude`	`number`	optional	Minimum earthquake magnitude for USGS data. (default: 4.5)
`max_earthquakes`	`integer`	optional	Max USGS earthquake results. (default: 10)
`max_weather_alerts`	`integer`	optional	Max NOAA weather alerts. (default: 10)
`max_flood_warnings`	`integer`	optional	Max NVE flood warnings (Norway). (default: 10)
`max_smhi_warnings`	`integer`	optional	Max SMHI weather warnings (Sweden). (default: 10)
`max_dmi_warnings`	`integer`	optional	Max DMI weather warnings (Denmark). (default: 10)
`max_fmi_warnings`	`integer`	optional	Max FMI weather warnings (Finland). (default: 10)

get_active_crises

Get currently active disaster events worldwide from GDACS.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`event_types`	`string`	optional	Comma-separated: EQ, TC, FL, VO, DR, WF. Empty = all types. (default: "")
`alert_levels`	`string`	optional	Comma-separated: Green, Orange, Red. Default: Orange,Red. (default: "")
`country`	`any`	optional	Filter by country name.
`limit`	`integer`	optional	Max events to return. (default: 50)