# search_crypto_news_gdelt

Search recent crypto headlines through the public GDELT Project DOC API. Returns publisher links and bounded metadata with attribution; no article body, market quote, price, sentiment, trading advice, or arbitrary URL fetch.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `search_crypto_news_gdelt`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-protocol/search-crypto-news-gdelt

## Facts

- Tool: `search_crypto_news_gdelt`
- Server: Delx Protocol — Agent Recovery & Continuity (`https://api.delx.ai/v1/mcp?src=registry`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-protocol.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/davidmosiah/delx-witness-protocol
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: yes
- Parameters: 5
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `sort` | string | no |  |
| `query` | string | no | Optional topic to narrow the crypto headline scope; defaults to the latest crypto headlines. |
| `timeout` | integer | no |  |
| `timespan` | string | no |  |
| `max_records` | integer | no |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "search_crypto_news_gdelt",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why search_crypto_news_gdelt is rated Low

This tool retrieves structured public news data from GDELT without executing code, modifying records, deleting data, or moving funds. The explicit constraints on what it returns (no sentiment, trading advice, or arbitrary fetches) further confirm it is a safe read operation with minimal risk of misuse.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description explicitly states it 'Search[es] recent crypto headlines' and 'Returns publisher links and bounded metadata with attribution; no article body, market quote, price, sentiment, trading advice, or arbitrary URL fetch.' The restricted output…"

## Use case

AI agents call search_crypto_news_gdelt to retrieve information from Delx Protocol — Agent Recovery & Continuity without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Delx Protocol — Agent Recovery & Continuity:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "search_crypto_news_gdelt": {}
  }
}
```

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