Media

Data source: GDELT 2.0 API, Hacker News (Algolia)

MCP MCP Protocol

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

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

claude_desktop_config.json

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

Shell

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

API REST API

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

7 endpoints available:

GET /rest/news-intelligence/search_news
GET /rest/news-intelligence/get_trending_stories
GET /rest/news-intelligence/get_news_sentiment
GET /rest/news-intelligence/get_news_coverage
GET /rest/news-intelligence/get_news_geography
GET /rest/news-intelligence/list_news_intelligence_sources
GET /rest/news-intelligence/report_feedback

Shell

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

Python

import httpx

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

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc news-intelligence

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

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (7)

search_news

Search news across GDELT (global media, 150+ countries) and Hacker News (tech community) in parallel.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Search query for news articles.
`timespan`	`string`	optional	GDELT time window (e.g. '24h', '7d', '3m'). (default: "24h")
`max_results`	`integer`	optional	Max articles to return. (default: 25)
`source_country`	`any`	optional	Filter GDELT by source country code.
`source_lang`	`any`	optional	Filter GDELT by source language code.

get_trending_stories

Get trending tech and startup stories from Hacker News.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`hours_ago`	`integer`	optional	Lookback window in hours. (default: 24)
`min_points`	`integer`	optional	Minimum points threshold. (default: 10)
`max_results`	`integer`	optional	Max stories to return. (default: 25)

get_news_sentiment

Get media sentiment timeline for a topic from global news sources (GDELT).

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Topic to analyze sentiment for.
`timespan`	`string`	optional	Time window (e.g. '24h', '7d', '3m'). (default: "7d")
`smooth`	`integer`	optional	Smoothing factor for timeline. (default: 0)

get_news_coverage

Get media coverage volume timeline for a topic from global news sources (GDELT).

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Topic to measure coverage for.
`timespan`	`string`	optional	Time window (e.g. '24h', '7d', '3m'). (default: "7d")
`smooth`	`integer`	optional	Smoothing factor for timeline. (default: 0)