AntiSMI

MCP server

A Russian-language news archive since 1999: 3,000,000+ articles from about 40 sources, semantic search, daily digests and trending topics. The server speaks the Model Context Protocol (Streamable HTTP) and connects to Claude, Cursor and other agents.

Articles are in Russian; queries can be in any language.

Endpoint

https://mcp.antismi.media/mcp

Authentication: header Authorization: Bearer <your API key>.

How to get a key

  1. Sign in with Google, GitHub, Telegram or e-mail.
  2. Open Settings → Account → “API & MCP access” and click “Show”.
  3. Paste the key into your agent configuration (example below).

Plans and limits

PlanRequests per dayResults per searchTools
Free (trial)5010search, digest, categories
Premium30050all
Mediaunlimited100all

The daily counter is shared between the REST API and MCP and resets at 00:00 UTC. When exceeded, tools return an error describing the limit.

Plans

Tools

  • search_news — semantic search over the archive for an arbitrary period (up to 1 year per call)
  • get_daily_digest — clustered digest of a day by category
  • get_categories — list of categories
  • get_trending_topics — topics of the day by key notions (Premium and above)
  • get_database_stats — archive size and coverage (Premium and above)

Configuration example

Claude Desktop, Cursor and compatible clients (mcpServers format):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "russian-news-archive": {
      "url": "https://mcp.antismi.media/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}