The Korean Today news search
Search and read recent articles of The Korean Today, with source links and dates.
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"koreantoday": {
"url": "https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (4)
🟢search_news(query, category, after, before, limit, ...)
Search Korean Today articles by keyword, with optional category and date range. Returns title, date, short excerpt and source url. Matches title and body text, so relevance varies.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "Search keywords (Korean, English, or other languages). Matches title and body, so results may not contain the word in the title."
},
"category": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
},
{
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60
}
],
"description": "Category id (e.g. 35) or exact name (e.g. 'K-Culture'). Use list_news_categories first."
},
"after": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}(T\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2})?$",
"description": "Only articles published after this ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD)"
},
"before": {
"$ref": "#/properties/after",
"description": "Only articles published before this ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20,
"default": 10
},
"exclude_promo": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": true,
"description": "Exclude the site's own promotional categories (WIA: 15, 17)"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢get_article(id, max_chars)
Get one article by id as plain text, truncated (default 3000 chars, max 8000) with a link to read the full article at the source.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 99999999,
"description": "Article id from search_news or latest_news"
},
"max_chars": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 200,
"maximum": 8000,
"default": 3000
}
},
"required": [
"id"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢latest_news(category, limit, exclude_promo)
List the most recent Korean Today articles, optionally within one category.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"category": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
},
{
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60
}
],
"description": "Category id or exact name"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20,
"default": 10
},
"exclude_promo": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": true
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢list_news_categories
List Korean Today categories (id, name, article count, parent) ordered by count. Also reports which category ids are treated as the site's own promotional ones.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}Community
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