# gdelt_news_search

Search global news via the GDELT Project. Returns article titles, URLs, sources, dates, countries, and languages. No API key required.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `gdelt_news_search`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server/gdelt-news-search

## Facts

- Tool: `gdelt_news_search`
- Server: UnClick (`@unclick/mcp-server`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server.md
- Install: `npx -y @unclick/mcp-server`
- Homepage: https://github.com/malamutemayhem/unclick-agent-native-endpoints.git
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 6 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | string | yes | Search query (keywords, phrases, or operators) |
| `maxrecords` | number | no | Max articles to return (default 25, max 250) |
| `sourcelang` | string | no | Filter by source language (e.g. 'english', 'spanish') |
| `enddatetime` | string | no | End datetime YYYYMMDDHHMMSS (UTC) |
| `sourcecountry` | string | no | Filter by source country code (e.g. 'US', 'GB', 'AU') |
| `startdatetime` | string | no | Start datetime YYYYMMDDHHMMSS (UTC) |

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": "gdelt_news_search",
    "arguments": {
      "query": "<query>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why gdelt_news_search is rated Low

This tool queries and retrieves publicly available news data from the GDELT Project. It has no side effects, cannot modify data, execute code, delete information, or initiate financial transactions. The only capability is searching and reading news metadata.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description states 'Search global news' and 'Returns article titles, URLs, sources, dates, countries, and languages.' These are read-only retrieval operations with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations."

## Use case

AI agents call gdelt_news_search to retrieve information from UnClick 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 UnClick:

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

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