Content Tools
asha.news
Provides access to news archives, search, and digests from Asha News.
ENDPOINT 1
https://asha.news/api/v1/mcp
MCP server metadata
- Name
- Asha News
- Version
- 1.0.0
Public, no-key Asha News tools. Reads need no credentials. Cite source URLs and Asha article/story URLs when present. Report stale/fallback data plainly. asha_subscribe_newsletter is double opt-in — only submit an address its owner just gave you.
Known tools 25
asha_searchUnified search across Asha News articles, active story clusters, and published generated briefs.
Inferred read-onlyasha_palestinePalestine desk timeline (evidence-classed events) with a freshness indicator, plus the desk section map (Now / The Record / Israel Exposed wings with canonical page URLs).
Inferred read-onlypalestine_check_claimCheck one claim about Palestine against the desk's claim library and evidence archive.
Inferred read-onlypalestine_genocide_caseThe full genocide-case record from the Asha News Palestine desk: what each court, UN body, rights organization, and study found — precisely characterized (provisional measures are not merits rulings; warrants are charges, not convictions) — plus attributed casualty figures, a case timeline, and an FAQ.
Inferred read-onlypalestine_search_archiveSearch the Palestine evidence archive: 140,000+ upstream media records, the Killed in Gaza victims memorial, and the curated claim library.
Inferred read-onlypalestine_evidence_searchSearch the Palestine evidence graph: reviewer-approved records with dates, places, assigned categories, and the source that documented each one.
Inferred read-onlypalestine_evidence_healthOperational state of the Palestine evidence pipeline: which sources are collecting and when they last succeeded, how deep the review queue is, how many records are actually published, and how reachable the external media pointers were at their last check.
Inferred read-onlypalestine_evidence_taxonomyThe controlled vocabulary behind the Palestine evidence graph: incident_type (what happened), theme (what was hit), affected_group (who), and legal_category (what a named body says it amounts to).
Inferred read-onlyasha_breakingBreaking news: active alerts plus breaking-flagged articles with age and expiry.
Inferred read-onlyasha_daily_briefServer-rendered daily brief: categorized sections with publish time + age per item, Palestine desk leading.
Potential side effectsasha_share_payloadReady-to-post social share payloads for an article (x, bluesky, threads, mastodon, telegram, whatsapp, facebook, linkedin): text within platform limits, hashtags, image, and intent URL.
Potential side effectsconflict_stateLive Middle East Conflict Monitor snapshot: official alerts, geolocated OSINT events, active story clusters, EN/AR theater brief, and per-tier freshness (degraded flag).
Inferred read-onlyconflict_eventsGeolocated Conflict Monitor events (strike, explosion, intercept, movement, statement, thermal_confirmation) with severity, verification status, and EN/AR summaries.
Inferred read-onlyasha_editorial_guidelinesAsha News editorial voice contract: evidence-first, openly pro-Palestine, citations preserved.
Inferred read-onlyasha_subscribe_newsletterStart a DOUBLE OPT-IN newsletter signup for an email address.
Potential side effectsCONNECT WITH APPROVAL
Client installation
Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.
Codex
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.asha-news]
url = "https://asha.news/api/v1/mcp"
enabled = true
Claude Code
.mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"asha-news": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://asha.news/api/v1/mcp"
}
}
}
Claude Desktop
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
Name: asha-news
Remote MCP URL: https://asha.news/api/v1/mcp
Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.
Cursor
.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"asha-news": {
"url": "https://asha.news/api/v1/mcp"
}
}
}
Visual Studio Code
.vscode/mcp.json
Add to Visual Studio Code{
"servers": {
"asha-news": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://asha.news/api/v1/mcp"
}
}
}
Generic MCP
Client-specific MCP configuration
{
"name": "asha-news",
"transport": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://asha.news/api/v1/mcp"
}
MCP Inspector
Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.
TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE
Trust Data Available
BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for asha.news was fetched 2026-07-28T02:12:46.405Z and is being refreshed.
This domain appears to have previously been parked, so its current status is new or unverified.
Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.