The Observatory

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How to connect

Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-observatory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://observatory.mgorsky.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}

5 tools

• search_news

  Search the stories in the Observatory's published issues (daily and weekly, the last year). Returns the matching stories, best first: headline, summary, source, the original's address, and the story's own address on the Observatory's site. The query takes web-search syntax…

• search_book

  Search the Book: every note the Observatory's desks have written since late September 2026, each a story read, checked and summarized from one or more sources, many of which never reached an issue. Returns the matching notes, best first: headline, summary, type, tags, desk…

• latest_issues

  The Observatory's latest issues, newest first: title, date, the lead story, and the addresses of the issue's page and of its Markdown.

• get_issue

  One issue in full, as Markdown, with each of its stories' addresses on the Observatory's site and at the source.

• list_publications

  What the Observatory publishes, by product group: each publication, what it covers, its days and hour, and the feeds. Readers subscribe at the address given.

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