Guardian Open Platform — search and retrieve full article text from The Guardian archive.
Guardian Open Platform — search and retrieve full article text from The Guardian archive.
A free Guardian Open Platform API key is required. Register at https://open-platform.theguardian.com/access — the non-commercial developer tier is free. Set it as
GUARDIAN_API_KEYin your MCP client config or.envfile. The server will not start without it. > > Rate limits (free tier): 5,000 requests/day, 12 calls/second. The server
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| guardian_search | Full-text search across The Guardian's archive (1999–present) with optional section, tag, contributor, and date filters. Returns articles with full body text (HTML stripped, truncated at 2,000 words). |
| guardian_get_article | Fetch a single Guardian article by its ID (path slug) with full body text and all metadata. Use after guardian_search to retrieve the complete untruncated text. |
| guardian_browse | Browse The Guardian's content by section or tag, or discover available sections and tags. Four modes: section_latest, tag_latest, list_sections, list_tags. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"guardian-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "bunx",
"args": ["@cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server@latest"],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "stdio",
"MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
"GUARDIAN_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
A free Guardian Open Platform API key is required. Register at https://open-platform.theguardian.com/access — the non-commercial developer tier is free. Set it as
GUARDIAN_API_KEYin your MCP client config or.envfile. The server will not start without it. > > Rate limits (free tier): 5,000 requests/day, 12 calls/second. The server
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MCP_LOG_LEVEL | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| GUARDIAN_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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