timeline_volume
Pack: gdelt · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gdelt/mcp
Day-by-day article volume as % of total news for a GDELT query. Returns datapoints with timestamp and intensity. Useful for spotting topic spikes and comparing news attention across periods.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | yes | GDELT query string |
timespan | string | no | Lookback window (default “1m”) |
startdatetime | string | no | YYYYMMDDHHMMSS — only with timespan=custom |
enddatetime | string | no | YYYYMMDDHHMMSS — only with timespan=custom |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gdelt/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"timeline_volume","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"gdelt": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gdelt/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.