MCP Quickstart

Give your AI tools direct access to real-time news data. Zero install. One config block. Works immediately.

1Get your API key

Sign up at orbis.builder/dashboard and create an API key.

2Add to your AI tool

Copy this config into your tool's MCP settings:

MCP configuration (Claude / Cursor / Kiro)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orbis-news": {
      "url": "https://mcp.orbis.builder/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "ob_live_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

3Start using it

Ask your AI anything about Danish news:

You: "Search for news about Danske Bank from the last week"
You: "Create a monitor for articles mentioning klimapolitik"
You: "How has coverage of Novo Nordisk changed over the past month?"

Where to put the config

Claude Desktop

Settings → Developer → Edit Config → paste in the mcpServers block

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json in your project root

Kiro

.kiro/settings/mcp.json in your workspace or ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json globally

Available Tools

search_news

Search articles by keyword or natural language query. Supports keyword, semantic, and hybrid modes.

list_agents

List your monitoring agents and their status (active, paused, article counts).

create_agent

Create a keyword monitoring agent that continuously collects matching articles.

get_agent_articles

Get the latest articles collected by a monitoring agent.

pause_agent

Pause an agent (stops collecting, preserves existing articles).

get_article

Get full article details including cross-site coverage stats.

get_thread

Get all coverage of a story across different news sources.

get_timeline

Track topic coverage over time (daily/weekly/monthly buckets).

list_sites

List available news sources and their current activity level.

get_usage

Check your API usage and remaining monthly quota.