news-signals

Live global news signals derived from the GDELT Project across 65+ languages, updated every 2 hours.

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What it can do

  • Get Trending: What's surging in global news right now: topics whose coverage is ≥2 standard deviations above their trailing average (z-score), the biggest week-over-week movers, and surging countries.
  • Get Topic: Live media-coverage statistics for one geopolitical topic (e.g. 'ukraine-war', 'taiwan-strait', 'sanctions'): 90-day daily volume and tone series, z-score, week-over-week change, and a samp
  • Get Country: Live media-coverage statistics for one country by ISO-3166 alpha-2 code (e.g. 'ua', 'cn'): 90-day daily series of coverage volume (share of world news coverage that is about that country)

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Live global news signals derived from the GDELT Project across 65+ languages, updated every 2 hours. A ranked wire of the world's most significant stories, multi-day story timelines, surge detection (z-scores), and coverage volume/tone statistics for geopolitical topics and 196 countries. Free and open: no auth, no API key, data CC BY 4.0 — built for agents doing news monitoring, geopolitical risk assessment, and event research.

How to connect

How to connect news-signals to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://news-signals--geotone.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect news-signals to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://news-signals--geotone.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect news-signals to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://news-signals--geotone.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (8)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

get_trendingWhat's surging in global news right now: topics whose coverage is ≥2 standard deviations above their trailing average (z-score), the biggest week-over-week movers, and surging countries. Derived every 2 hours from GDELT across 65+ languages.
get_topicLive media-coverage statistics for one geopolitical topic (e.g. 'ukraine-war', 'taiwan-strait', 'sanctions'): 90-day daily volume and tone series, z-score, week-over-week change, and a sample of recent articles (headline+link only). Use search_topics to find slugs.
get_countryLive media-coverage statistics for one country by ISO-3166 alpha-2 code (e.g. 'ua', 'cn'): 90-day daily series of coverage volume (share of world news coverage that is about that country) and tone.
get_relationBilateral co-coverage signal for a monitored country pair (e.g. a='cn', b='us'): how much the world's press mentions the two countries together, and in what tone. ~50 strategic pairs are monitored.
search_topicsSearch Geotone's tracked geopolitical topics by keyword (matches name, slug, and description). Returns slugs usable with get_topic, plus each topic's current coverage stats.
get_briefingGeotone's daily global risk briefing for a date (YYYY-MM-DD): an analytical summary of coverage surges, tone shifts, and notable movers, with the statistics behind each claim.
get_wireThe live wire: the world's most significant stories right now, ranked by a published formula (authority-weighted outlet breadth, boosted by consequence themes, coded events, and casualty figures, decayed by recency over 72h). Each story carries one representative link, outlet count, tone, countries, and a chain_id when it belongs to a multi-day story timeline (fetch with get_story_chain). Reclustered every 2 hours.
get_story_chainA story timeline: the threaded developments of one multi-day event chain, oldest first (e.g. attack → casualties confirmed → international reaction). Use the chain_id values returned by get_wire. Each development is a headline + link + outlet count + tone.