Guardian MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 147 installs a week from npm. Last commit 18 Oct 2026.
Guardian Open Platform: search and retrieve full article text from The Guardian archive.
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Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add guardian-mcp-server -e 'GUARDIAN_API_KEY=<GUARDIAN_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"guardian-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"GUARDIAN_API_KEY": "<GUARDIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.guardian-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server"]
env = { GUARDIAN_API_KEY = "<GUARDIAN_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"guardian-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"GUARDIAN_API_KEY": "<GUARDIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"guardian-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"GUARDIAN_API_KEY": "<GUARDIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<GUARDIAN_API_KEY> (API key for The Guardian Open Platform (https://open-platform.theguardian.com/)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE (Selects the HTTP transport), MCP_HTTP_HOST (The hostname for the HTTP server), MCP_HTTP_PORT (The port to run the HTTP server on), MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH (The endpoint path for the MCP server), MCP_AUTH_MODE (Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'), MCP_LOG_LEVEL (Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')).
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