Geography

Data source: GeoNames.org

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/geonames/

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

claude_desktop_config.json

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

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/geonames/" \
  -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_cities", "arguments": {"query": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/geonames/

7 endpoints available:

GET /rest/geonames/search_cities
GET /rest/geonames/get_city
GET /rest/geonames/get_countries
GET /rest/geonames/get_country
GET /rest/geonames/search_timezones
GET /rest/geonames/get_timezone
GET /rest/geonames/report_feedback

Shell

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

Python

import httpx

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

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