polaris-news-mcp

MCP server for The Polaris Report — verified news intelligence for AI agents.

Install

npm install -g polaris-news-mcp

Get an API Key

Sign up and grab your key at thepolarisreport.com/settings.

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "polaris": {
      "command": "polaris-news-mcp",
      "env": {
        "POLARIS_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Open Settings → MCP Servers → Add Server:

• Name: polaris
• Command: polaris-news-mcp
• Environment: POLARIS_API_KEY=your-api-key

Tools

| Tool | Description | Key Params | |------|-------------|------------| | polaris_search | Search verified news briefs | query, category, depth, limit | | polaris_feed | Latest briefs feed | category, limit, include_sources | | polaris_brief | Full brief by ID | brief_id | | polaris_extract | Extract article content from URLs | urls (comma-separated) | | polaris_entities | Briefs mentioning an entity | name | | polaris_trending | Trending entities | limit | | polaris_compare | Cross-source bias comparison | topic | | polaris_research | Deep research report | query, category, max_sources | | polaris_verify | Fact-check a claim against brief corpus | claim, context |

Environment Variables

| Variable | Required | Description | |----------|----------|-------------| | POLARIS_API_KEY | Yes | Your Polaris API key | | POLARIS_BASE_URL | No | API base URL (default: https://api.thepolarisreport.com) |