ACLED

live GeopoliticsEvents

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data — political violence, protests, strategic developments. Requires API key + registered email.

2 tools
0ms auth
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🔑 Authentication

BYO only. ACLED requires manual API-access activation on each registered account (email [email protected] after registering). Once activated, supply myACLED email + password via query params; the pack exchanges them for a 24h access token cached in memory.

Config with credentials 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-acled": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote@latest",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/acled/mcp?_email=you%40example.com&_password=your_password"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Tools

search_events

Filter ACLED events by country, region, event type, actor, ISO code, date range, fatalities.

Parameters
Name Type Description
country opt string Country name(s), pipe-separated for OR
region opt string ACLED region
event_type opt string Battles | Protests | Riots | etc.
sub_event_type opt string ACLED sub-event type
actor opt string Match actor1 (substring)
iso opt number ISO 3166-1 numeric code
event_date_from opt string YYYY-MM-DD
event_date_to opt string YYYY-MM-DD
year opt number Calendar year
fatalities_min opt number Minimum fatalities
limit opt number 1-5000 (default 100)
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event_counts_by_country

Aggregate event and fatality counts by country over a date range.

Parameters
Name Type Description
event_date_from opt string YYYY-MM-DD
event_date_to opt string YYYY-MM-DD
region opt string Optional region
event_type opt string Optional event-type
limit opt number Cap underlying events (default 5000)
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/acled/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/acled/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_events","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_events", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("armed conflict location & event data — political violence, protests, strategic developments");