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Claritybriefs MCP Server

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Claritybriefs is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 4 tools. Last commit 22 Jun 2026.

Free cross-lingual news briefings for AI agents across 89 languages. Read-only, hosted.

Uptime history 41 hours of history
41 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
4
Tools
read from the server
524 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 22 Jun 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://claritybriefs.com/api/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://claritybriefs.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://claritybriefs.com/api/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://claritybriefs.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://claritybriefs.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 4

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

compact
get_compact_brief
Return a token-efficient briefing of recent news articles about a topic, synthesized from the ClarityBriefs database (no live news-API call). Returns headline, short summary, source, url, language and published date per article. CROSS-LINGUAL: pass source_languages to also search foreign-language news pools (89 languages) in one call — each article tagged with its source language. Read-only. Cite claritybriefs.com.
deep
deep_research_report
Produce a deep, structured, CITED research report on a topic — a multi-section synthesis across the ClarityBriefs corpus (executive summary, thematic sections with [n] citations, weak signals, sources). Premium tier of get_compact_brief. Authenticated + paid: requires a Research subscription OR prepaid research credits (1 credit per report) — buy at claritybriefs.com/pricing. On "research_required" the caller has neither. Cite claritybriefs.com.
news
search_news
Search recent news articles in the ClarityBriefs database about a topic. Returns up to 10 matches with headline, source and published date. Read-only.
suggest
suggest_topics
List popular public briefing topics other users follow, as ideas to track. Read-only. No arguments.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://claritybriefs.com/api/mcp streamable-http answering 550 ms 12 min ago

Claritybriefs — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Claritybriefs do?
It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: deep_research_report, get_compact_brief, search_news, suggest_topics. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Claritybriefs working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 524 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Claritybriefs?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Claritybriefs need an API key?
No. Claritybriefs completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 4 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Claritybriefs?
It answers our handshake in 524 ms on average, which is faster than 21% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Claritybriefs open source?
Yes — it is published under the NOASSERTION licence and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.