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Hanging Context: News For Agents

MCP serverVerified domain · hangingcontext.comRemote● LiveFree to try

Fresh context for agents. Ask, search or follow stories. Each fact cites a Synorb Manifest.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to hangingcontext.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http hanging-context-news-for-agents https://hangingcontext.com/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • hc_ask — Answer a question from recent stories. Ranks stories by keyword match and copies the best key facts word for word. Returns up to 5 facts, ea
  • hc_latest — Get the latest stories, newest first. Filter by topic or beat. Returns up to 20 stories with headline, dek, topic, URL and Manifest ids.
  • hc_since — Get only the stories that are new since your last call. Send the cursor from the last response. If you send no cursor, the call returns the
  • hc_search — Search recent stories by keyword. The ranking uses keyword match only. Returns up to 20 stories with headline, dek, topic, URL, Manifest ids
  • hc_get_story — Read one story. Use format `brief` for the headline, dek and key facts. Use format `full` for the whole story as Markdown. Use format `claim
  • hc_sources — Show where a story gets its facts. Returns each source with its title, source name, original URL and date, and which facts and paragraphs us
  • hc_topics — List the topics. Returns each topic with its title, beats, sources and story count for the last 24 hours. Also returns not_covered, a list o
  • hc_about — Explain Hanging Context. Returns what it is, the checks on each story, the reuse rules, and how to read or receive stories.

KitScout test notes

Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.

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