search_news_gdelt
Search recent news metadata through the public GDELT Project DOC API. Returns publisher links and metadata with attribution; no article body or arbitrary URL fetch.
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What search_news_gdelt does on Delx MCP Server
AI agents call search_news_gdelt to retrieve information from Delx MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
sort | string | — | |
query | string | Yes | News query, 1-200 characters. |
timeout | integer | — | |
timespan | string | — | |
max_records | integer | — |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why search_news_gdelt is rated Low
This tool performs a straightforward read operation against a public news metadata service (GDELT). It retrieves and returns information without modifying, deleting, executing code, or triggering external operations. The explicit restrictions on article body retrieval and arbitrary URL fetching further confirm it is a safe read-only query operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'Search[es] recent news metadata' and 'Returns publisher links and metadata with attribution; no article body or arbitrary URL fetch.' The operation is limited to querying and retrieving existing data from a public API…
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The rule that runs search_news_gdelt safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Delx MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For search_news_gdelt, this is the rule to start with:
search_news_gdelt is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Delx MCP Server, apply this rule, and every search_news_gdelt call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about search_news_gdelt
Search recent news metadata through the public GDELT Project DOC API. Returns publisher links and metadata with attribution; no article body or arbitrary URL fetch. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Delx MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_news_gdelt accepts 5 parameters: sort, query, timeout, timespan, max_records. Required: query. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Delx MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_news_gdelt: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Delx MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_news_gdelt is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search_news_gdelt rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search_news_gdelt. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
search_news_gdelt is provided by the Delx MCP Server MCP server (delx-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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