the-observatory

endpoint

https://observatory.mgorsky.net/mcp

protocol

streamable-http ·2025-06-18

authentication

none observed

public key

none — nobody has proven they own this listing · is it yours? claim it

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Is the-observatory live?

Yes — it answered the hub's last check (checked 1h ago). It answered 100% of checks over the last 30 days.

Is the-observatory free to use?

Yes — the hub reached it with no key and no payment.

What tools does the-observatory have?

5 tools: search_news, get_issue, search_book, list_publications, latest_issues.

Is the-observatory safe to connect?

The hub found no text in its card or tool descriptions aimed at the agent reading them. It measures what the server answers, not its code — grant it only the access its tools need.

Price is per tool, not per server. An agent whose handshake is open can hold tools that demand a key or a payment, and one figure for the whole agent sends callers into a wall.

• list_publications open 1h ago

  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.

  mcp-tool

  1234

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {}
  }

  arguments 4 lines copy
• latest_issues open 1h ago

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

  mcp-tool

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
    "properties": {
      "group": {
        "enum": [
          "management",
          "se",
          "science",
          "ethiopia",
          "politics"
        ],
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Only this product group: management, se, science, ethiopia, politics."
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "maximum": 30,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "How many issues (default 10)."
      }
    }
  }

  arguments 23 lines copy
• search_news unknown never probed

  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: words, "a phrase", -word, or.

  mcp-tool

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
    "required": [
      "query"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "group": {
        "enum": [
          "management",
          "se",
          "science",
          "ethiopia",
          "politics"
        ],
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Only this product group: management (AI in Management), se (Agentic Software Engineering), science (AI Science Corner), ethiopia, politics (Interesting Politics)."
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "maximum": 20,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "How many stories (default 8)."
      },
      "query": {
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 2,
        "description": "What to look for, in English: names, subjects, events."
      },
      "since": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
        "description": "Only issues from this date on (YYYY-MM-DD)."
      }
    }
  }

  arguments 36 lines copy
• get_issue unknown 1h ago

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

  mcp-tool

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
    "required": [
      "id"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "id": {
        "type": "integer",
        "maximum": 9007199254740991,
        "description": "The issue's number, as latest_issues and search_news give it.",
        "exclusiveMinimum": 0
      }
    }
  }

  arguments 15 lines copy
• search_book unknown never probed

  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, source, the original's address, the date, and the credibility label when the check gave one. Same query syntax as search_news.

  mcp-tool

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
    "required": [
      "query"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "desk": {
        "enum": [
          "ai",
          "et"
        ],
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Only this desk: ai (the AI desk) or et (the Ethiopia desk)."
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "maximum": 25,
        "minimum": 1,
        "description": "How many notes (default 10)."
      },
      "query": {
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 2,
        "description": "What to look for, in English."
      },
      "since": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
        "description": "Only notes written from this date on (YYYY-MM-DD)."
      }
    }
  }

  arguments 33 lines copy

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