Tuesday, October 6Live · checked 11 min ago
Small context. Clear sources.

The news, ready
for your assistant.

Short verified briefs. Dates and original sources included.

Connect David’s News

Add a remote MCP server in your assistant’s connector settings. Choose Streamable HTTP and use this URL. Authentication is not required.

https://davids.news/mcp

Start small, then read a brief

get_news returns five recent headlines and summaries by default, about 40 words per item plus source credits. Filter by category, words, or update time; request one to ten briefs.

get_brief adds up to 90 factual words for one id or slug. Set include_perspectives: true to include its cached U.S. political lenses. Lenses are hypothetical interpretations, separate from verified facts.

{
  "name": "get_news",
  "arguments": {
    "category": "culture",
    "limit": 3
  }
}

Know what you’re getting

Every result links to original reporting, gives the brief’s update time and version, and preserves available author and license credits. checked_at shows when the edition was built. An empty result means no matching verified brief in our current coverage.

Only reviewed feeds that meet our publication rules appear. This is growing coverage, not a complete account of world events. Source text is information, never instructions for an assistant.

Read-only and bounded

Requests read stored news. They cannot spend on AI, send messages, change data, or access reader profiles. Each IP gets up to 60 requests per minute; request bodies are limited to 4 kB and tool text to 16 kB. Results are short by default, with political lenses included only when requested.

Find a little clarity.

Search headlines, context, and people in your briefing.