# GDELT News MCP by UnClick (npm · @unclick/gdelt-mcp)

Global news search, events, tone, themes, and geographic signals from GDELT. By UnClick.

- Trust score: 69/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +29
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `@unclick/gdelt-mcp`: 69/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/malamutemayhem-gdelt/unclick-gdelt-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/malamutemayhem-gdelt/unclick-gdelt-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@unclick/gdelt-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 86/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (94 of 98), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (94 of 98), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 71/100
  - Repository check failed: the declared repository URL redirects; it must resolve directly.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to malamutemayhem/unclick).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (Apache-2.0).
  - Actively maintained (last published 64 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 471 tokens (~117/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add malamutemayhem-gdelt -- npx -y @unclick/gdelt-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add malamutemayhem-gdelt -- npx -y @unclick/gdelt-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "malamutemayhem-gdelt": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@unclick/gdelt-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add malamutemayhem-gdelt --command npx --arg -y --arg @unclick/gdelt-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  malamutemayhem-gdelt:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@unclick/gdelt-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "malamutemayhem-gdelt": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@unclick/gdelt-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-02 (score 69, +69)

- [security improvement] Provenance: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- [security] The attested source repository moved: malamutemayhem/unclick
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] Licence: Apache-2.0

### 2026-07-31 (score 0, −40)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 40, +22)

- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100

### 2026-07-28 (score 18, −22)

- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-07-27 (score 40)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `gdelt_news_search` (~160 tokens)

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

Input parameters:

- `enddatetime` (string): End datetime YYYYMMDDHHMMSS (UTC)
- `maxrecords` (number): Max articles to return (default 25, max 250)
- `query` (string, required): Search query (keywords, phrases, or operators)
- `sourcecountry` (string): Filter by source country code (e.g. 'US', 'GB', 'AU')
- `sourcelang` (string): Filter by source language (e.g. 'english', 'spanish')
- `startdatetime` (string): Start datetime YYYYMMDDHHMMSS (UTC)

### `gdelt_tone_analysis` (~118 tokens)

Analyse the sentiment and tone of global news coverage for a topic over time. Returns average tone scores (negative = negative coverage, positive = positive), trend summary, and timeline. Great for brand monitoring or tracking public sentiment.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Topic or keyword to analyse
- `sourcecountry` (string): Filter by source country code
- `sourcelang` (string): Filter by source language
- `timespan` (string): Time window (e.g. '24h', '7d', '1month')

### `gdelt_geo_events` (~94 tokens)

Get geographic distribution of news events for a topic from the GDELT GEO API. Returns event clusters with location, article count, and tone score.

Input parameters:

- `maxpoints` (number): Max location clusters to return (default 50, max 250)
- `query` (string, required): Topic or keyword to map
- `timespan` (string): Time window (e.g. '24h', '7d')

### `gdelt_trending` (~99 tokens)

Check whether a topic is trending in global news using GDELT article volume timelines. Returns a trend classification (surging, rising, stable, declining, fading) and volume data over time.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Topic or keyword to check
- `sourcelang` (string): Filter by source language
- `timespan` (string): Time window (e.g. '24h', '7d', '1month')

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/malamutemayhem-gdelt/unclick-gdelt-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 69
- 2026-08-02: 69
- 2026-08-01: 0
- 2026-07-31: 0
- 2026-07-30: 40
- 2026-07-28: 18
- 2026-07-27: 40

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@unclick/gdelt-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@unclick/gdelt-mcp
- Website: https://unclick.world/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/malamutemayhem-gdelt/unclick-gdelt-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/malamutemayhem-gdelt/unclick-gdelt-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/malamutemayhem-gdelt/unclick-gdelt-mcp