Guardian Mcp Server
Search The Guardian archive and pull full article text into agent sessions when you need trustworthy English-language sources for niche research or content angles.
Overview
Guardian MCP Server is a MCP server for the Idea phase that searches and retrieves full Guardian archive articles via the Guardian Open Platform.
What is this MCP server?
- Guardian Open Platform search plus full-text article retrieval via MCP tools
- Requires GUARDIAN_API_KEY from open-platform.theguardian.com
- stdio and streamable-http (localhost:3010); @cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server v0.1.1
- Bun runtime hint with MCP_LOG_LEVEL tuning
- Useful for citeable summaries, FAQ research, and launch-phase messaging grounded in journalism
- Server version 0.1.1
- Required environment variable GUARDIAN_API_KEY
- npm package @cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server
Community signal: 1 GitHub stars.
What problem does it solve?
Your agent invents or vague-cites news when you need real Guardian articles and full text for research or content outlines.
Who is it for?
Builders researching topics in politics, tech, culture, or UK/global news who want one high-trust publisher inside the agent.
Skip if: Users who need paywalled wires, non-English corpora only, or worldwide multi-source dashboards without a Guardian key.
What do I get? / Deliverables
Once connected with GUARDIAN_API_KEY, your agent returns searchable Guardian hits and full article bodies you can quote, summarize, or trace into product copy.
- Guardian search results inside agent workflows
- Full article text for summarization and citation
- Research briefs grounded in a major news archive
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Journey fit
Guardian Open Platform answers ‘what have serious journalists already written about this?’—a classic idea-phase input before you validate positioning or write copy. Research subphase covers competitor and topic discovery from publications, not implementation of your own CMS or blog.
How it compares
Single-publisher Open Platform MCP bridge, not GDELT-scale global media or a generic web-scrape skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is Guardian MCP Server for?
It is for developers with a Guardian Open Platform API key who want search and full-article retrieval from The Guardian inside MCP-enabled coding agents.
When should I use Guardian MCP Server?
Use it during idea, validate, or grow content research when you need citable Guardian reporting on a topic, competitor context, or narrative framing.
How do I add Guardian MCP Server to my agent?
Obtain GUARDIAN_API_KEY, add @cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server to MCP config (stdio or http://localhost:3010/mcp), set the key in environment variables, and restart the client.