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Historical events, births, and deaths for any date — powered by Wikipedia.

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Data source: Wikipedia (Wikimedia REST API)

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/this-day/
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-this-day": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/this-day/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
Shell
curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/this-day/" \
  -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": "report_feedback", "arguments": {"feedback": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/this-day/

2 endpoints available:

Shell
curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/this-day/report_feedback?feedback=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
Python
import httpx

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

OpenAPI Spec  ·  Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc this-day

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

Install
pip install gnistai

Available Tools (2)

get_on_this_day
Get historical events, births, and deaths that happened on this day.
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
monthanyoptionalMonth (1-12). Defaults to today.
dayanyoptionalDay of month (1-31). Defaults to today.
typeanyoptionalFilter: 'events', 'births', or 'deaths'. Omit for all three.
max_resultsanyoptionalMax entries per category (default: 20, max: 100).
report_feedback
Report a bug, feature request, or general feedback for this data source.
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
feedbackstringrequired
feedback_typestringoptional (default: "general")

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