Storyflo MCP Server

Curated audio-news: search articles, narrated audio, vertical briefings, topic subscriptions.

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What is the Storyflo MCP server?

Most developer tooling work still happens through a UI a human drives. Storyflo MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. Curated audio-news: search articles, narrated audio, vertical briefings, topic subscriptions.

The short version

Official Model Context Protocol server for Storyflo — curated audio news + daily briefings + the public Declassified library (FBI/CIA/NSA/NASA/DOJ/AARO releases) + market-linked story signals, all exposed as a callable surface for any LLM agent.

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.

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 14 tools. What each one is for:

  • search_articles — search the curated article corpus by query/vertical
  • get_article — fetch the full record + body text + audio URL by slug
  • get_audio_url — resolve the playable audio URL for an article
  • get_trending_topics — what's hot on Storyflo right now
  • get_personas — the host voices (Theo / Mason / Riley / Iris / Brock / Wit)
  • get_vertical_landscape — one-shot per-vertical context for onboarding a listener
  • list_podcasts — the full catalog of audio shows (per-host + Declassified)
  • digest — top-N articles aggregated across verticals for a window
  • get_market_linked_stories — stories matched to Kalshi event contracts (editorial, not advice)
  • get_crypto_market_link — Kraken affiliate markets link-out for crypto-relevant stories
  • search_declassified — substring search across the Declassified case archive
  • get_declassified_case — full Declassified case record by slug

What it needs from you

Configuration is passed through the environment: STORYFLO_TOKEN, STORYFLO_MCP_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Things to watch

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • With 14 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Storyflo.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

How it compares

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Storyflo's toolset — search_articles, get_article, get_audio_url and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Alisammour; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
search_articlessearch the curated article corpus by query/vertical
get_articlefetch the full record + body text + audio URL by slug
get_audio_urlresolve the playable audio URL for an article
get_trending_topicswhat's hot on Storyflo right now
get_personasthe host voices (Theo / Mason / Riley / Iris / Brock / Wit)
get_vertical_landscapeone-shot per-vertical context for onboarding a listener
list_podcaststhe full catalog of audio shows (per-host + Declassified)
digesttop-N articles aggregated across verticals for a window
get_market_linked_storiesstories matched to Kalshi event contracts (editorial, not advice)
get_crypto_market_linkKraken affiliate markets link-out for crypto-relevant stories
search_declassifiedsubstring search across the Declassified case archive
get_declassified_casefull Declassified case record by slug
digest_declassifiedmost-recently-published Declassified cases over a window
subscribe_topicmint/update a personal podcast RSS feed scoped to verticals

How to install the Storyflo MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "storyflo": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "storyflo-mcp"],
      "env": { "STORYFLO_TOKEN": "<optional bearer>" }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
STORYFLO_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
STORYFLO_MCP_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Storyflo to search articles.
  • Use Storyflo to get article.
  • Use Storyflo to get audio url.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Storyflo to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 14 tools (search_articles, get_article, get_audio_url, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Storyflo directly.