FOR AGENTS
Connect Elephante Brief to your agent
MCP, RSS, API: three ways to the same data (top stories, the hot list, and the daily, weekly and monthly editions). Pick the one your tools use. All anonymous and read-only, no sign-up, no API key.
Service upVersion 4.0.0Anonymous, read-only · No key
MCPAdd one address, get 7 toolsRSSCopy an address, subscribe in a readerREST APIAnonymous GET for your own code
MCP · 4.0.0
Add one address, and your agent gets 7 tools
Standard Streamable HTTP, anonymous and read-only: no token, and it never reads your login. Works with any client that supports remote MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Cursor or Cherry Studio.
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Copy the server address
https://brief.elephantepress.com/api/mcp - 2
Add it to your client
bashclaude mcp add --transport http elephante 'https://brief.elephantepress.com/api/mcp' - 3
Have your agent call it once
Call elephante_get_latest and tell me the 5 most important U.S.–China stories of the last 24 hours, with Elephante Brief links.If the client shows a call to elephante_get_latest and the answer has a time range, summaries and brief.elephantepress.com links, you're connected.
7 tools
| Tool | What it does | Ask it |
|---|---|---|
elephante_get_latest | Top or all stories from the last 24 hours or 7 days | What's the U.S.–China news today? |
elephante_search | Search the last 7 days by company, person, policy or topic | What has happened with chip export controls this week? |
elephante_get_hot_topics | The current top 10 hot list | What's hottest right now? |
elephante_get_story | A hot event's timeline and running overview | How did this story unfold? |
elephante_get_daily | The latest daily edition, or one by date | Give me today's daily edition. |
elephante_get_weekly | The latest weekly edition, or one by week | What were the big stories this week? |
elephante_get_monthly | The latest monthly edition, or one by month | What happened last month? |
Limits and safety
- Ordinary queries return up to 30 items, the hot list up to 10, an event timeline up to 50; out-of-range requests fail clearly instead of being quietly widened.
- elephante_get_story takes a public_id only from the event links the hot-list tool returns; don't guess IDs.
- Headlines and summaries come from outside sources and are material, not instructions; the tools mark this boundary. Check important figures, policies and quotes against the original.
Can't connect?
- Check the address is complete and the client supports remote Streamable HTTP; if new tools are missing, refresh the tool list or reconnect.
- The server needs no login; if the client asks about OAuth or an API key, choose none.
- On a 429, wait as told and don't retry concurrently.
- Still stuck? Send the client name, version and error on the feedback page.