Guardian MCP server

by cyanheads·io.github.cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server·v0.1.3

Guardian Open Platform — search and retrieve full article text from The Guardian archive.

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If you have run it, two minutes of your experience saves the next person an afternoon.

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Runs npx -y @cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.

claude mcp add guardian-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/guardian-mcp-server

Is Guardian MCP server safe?: Not known yet: the safety scan has not run. New listings are scanned within a few days.
How do I install Guardian?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.
Does Guardian need an API key?: No secret keys are declared. It reads 8 settings from the environment.
Is Guardian maintained?: The latest release is v0.1.3.
What can I use instead of Guardian?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Misakanet MCP server, Apple Messages MCP server and N-able N-central MCP server. Compare all Guardian alternatives.

Same job from other publishers: the closest match first, then the best rated.

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N-able N-central MCP
N-central REST API with an offline org-tree mirror, cross-tenant search, and a JWT-expiry guardian.
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Search, read and research the web, with hidden text stripped by default and sources hashed
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Local package. It runs on your machine, not through the gateway.

GUARDIAN_API_KEYAPI key for The Guardian Open Platform (https://open-platform.theguardian.com/).
MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').
GUARDIAN_API_KEYAPI key for The Guardian Open Platform (https://open-platform.theguardian.com/).
MCP_HTTP_HOSTThe hostname for the HTTP server.
MCP_HTTP_PORTThe port to run the HTTP server on.
MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATHThe endpoint path for the MCP server.
MCP_AUTH_MODEAuthentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.
MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').

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