GDELT Global Events MCP Server

Geopolitical event detection, tone timeseries, actor trends from GDELT 2.0.

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What is the GDELT Global Events MCP server?

Most developer tooling work still happens through a UI a human drives. GDELT Global Events MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. Geopolitical event detection, tone timeseries, actor trends from GDELT 2.0.

The short version

Hosted MCP server over the GDELT 2.0 global-news event database. Search worldwide news by topic, build sentiment-tone timeseries (-10 to +10) for any query, identify trending actors (people, orgs, places) by country, and compare press treatment of two narratives. For news intelligence, geopolitical research, and crisis monitoring LLMs.

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 4 tools. What each one is for:

  • gdelt_search_events — query, country?, domain?, limit?
  • gdelt_tone_timeseries — query, hours? or days?, interval?
  • gdelt_trending_actors — country, hours?, limit?
  • gdelt_compare — query_a, query_b — Team+

Getting it running

Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.

How it compares

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. GDELT Global Events's toolset — gdelt_search_events, gdelt_tone_timeseries, gdelt_trending_actors and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by guptaprakhariitr; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Things to watch

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
gdelt_search_eventsquery, country?, domain?, limit?
gdelt_tone_timeseriesquery, hours? or days?, interval?
gdelt_trending_actorscountry, hours?, limit?
gdelt_comparequery_a, query_b — Team+

How to install the GDELT Global Events MCP server

Or wire it into your MCP client:

```jsonc
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gdelt-events": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@insnapsprakhar/gdelt-events-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Example prompts to try

  • Use GDELT Global Events to gdelt search events.
  • Use GDELT Global Events to gdelt tone timeseries.
  • Use GDELT Global Events to gdelt trending actors.

Frequently asked questions

It connects GDELT Global Events to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 4 tools (gdelt_search_events, gdelt_tone_timeseries, gdelt_trending_actors, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with GDELT Global Events directly.