The Observatory
AI information agency: news from 500+ sources on AI, Ethiopia and Interesting Politics.
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"observatory": {
"url": "https://observatory.mgorsky.net/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://observatory.mgorsky.net/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (5)
🟢search_news(query, group, since, limit)
Search the stories in the Observatory's published issues (daily and weekly, the last year). Returns the matching stories, best first: headline, summary, source, the original's address, and the story's own address on the Observatory's site. The query takes web-search syntax: words, "a phrase", -word, or.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 2,
"description": "What to look for, in English: names, subjects, events."
},
"group": {
"description": "Only this product group: management (AI in Management), se (Agentic Software Engineering), science (AI Science Corner), ethiopia, politics (Interesting Politics).",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"management",
"se",
"science",
"ethiopia",
"politics"
]
},
"since": {
"description": "Only issues from this date on (YYYY-MM-DD).",
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$"
},
"limit": {
"description": "How many stories (default 8).",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢search_book(query, desk, since, limit)
Search the Book: every note the Observatory's desks have written since late September 2026, each a story read, checked and summarized from one or more sources, many of which never reached an issue. Returns the matching notes, best first: headline, summary, type, tags, desk, source, the original's address, the date, and the credibility label when the check gave one. Same query syntax as search_news.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 2,
"description": "What to look for, in English."
},
"desk": {
"description": "Only this desk: ai (the AI desk) or et (the Ethiopia desk).",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"ai",
"et"
]
},
"since": {
"description": "Only notes written from this date on (YYYY-MM-DD).",
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$"
},
"limit": {
"description": "How many notes (default 10).",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 25
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢latest_issues(group, limit)
The Observatory's latest issues, newest first: title, date, the lead story, and the addresses of the issue's page and of its Markdown.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"group": {
"description": "Only this product group: management, se, science, ethiopia, politics.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"management",
"se",
"science",
"ethiopia",
"politics"
]
},
"limit": {
"description": "How many issues (default 10).",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 30
}
},
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢get_issue(id)
One issue in full, as Markdown, with each of its stories' addresses on the Observatory's site and at the source.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991,
"description": "The issue's number, as latest_issues and search_news give it."
}
},
"required": [
"id"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢list_publications
What the Observatory publishes, by product group: each publication, what it covers, its days and hour, and the feeds. Readers subscribe at the address given.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}Community
Evidence