io.github.cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server

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by cyanheads · TypeScript

Guardian Open Platform — search and retrieve full article text from The Guardian archive.

Search and retrieve full article text from The Guardian news archive.

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Install

Configuration

Environment variables

GUARDIAN_API_KEYrequired

API key for The Guardian Open Platform (https://open-platform.theguardian.com/).

MCP_LOG_LEVELdefault info

Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').

MCP_HTTP_HOSTdefault 127.0.0.1

The hostname for the HTTP server.

MCP_HTTP_PORTdefault 3010

The port to run the HTTP server on.

MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATHdefault /mcp

The endpoint path for the MCP server.

MCP_AUTH_MODEdefault none

Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "guardian-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server@0.1.2",
        "run",
        "start:stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GUARDIAN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GUARDIAN_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info"
      }
    }
  }
}