mcp server
Mukoko News
Pan-African news & analytics for Zimbabwe and 15 African countries: briefings and trends.
Description as published by the maintainer. Source
- version 1.2.0
- active
- analytics
active — Registry entry last updated 2026-06-30. Dashed tags are derived by ZBS Index from the published description, not stated by the maintainer.
What this server can do
16 functions, named and described by the server itself. Parameter names are shown because they say more about what a function does than its name usually does.
compare_locations(limit, topic, locations)- Compare news coverage between 2–4 African countries or regions side by side. Required: locations.
detect_surge(limit, location)- Detect sudden spikes in news coverage — compares last 24h against 7-day baseline. Surfaces unusual increases like crime up 5× in Bulawayo or a football surge in Ghana.
drain_enrichment_backlog- Drain the ENTIRE un-enriched article backlog, not just one batch. RESTRICTED to platform-team accounts (WorkOS bearer issued inside the platform-team org). Fire-and-forget: asks the pipeline worker to enrich un-enriched articles in batches (oldest first) until the backlog is clear, running independently of the automatic 10-minute sweep. Returns immediately; use trigger_enrichment for a single targeted batch instead.
find_stories(q, tag, limit, country, category)- Search articles by keyword, tag, category, or country. Results carry short excerpts, word counts, and app links only — call get_article with a result's id to read the full article body inline.
get_article(id)- Read a single article by ID or slug. Returns the full article body inline as markdown (truncated at ~8000 characters with a link to continue in the app) plus source metadata and the Mukoko app URL. Use this after a list tool (get_briefing, find_stories, …) to read an article without leaving the conversation. Required: id.
get_briefing(focus, limit)- Answer "What's happening in [place/topic]?" — top story, recent articles, and trending topics in one call. Accepts country codes (ZW, KE), region names (East Africa, Southern Africa), category topics (politics, business), or omit focus for a pan-African overview. Returns short excerpts with word counts and app links only — call get_article with an article id to read a full article body inline.
get_content_analytics(period, location)- Open data breakdown of news coverage by category, country, and keyword for a given period.
get_location_news(limit, category, location)- News from a specific place in Africa. Accepts country codes, country names, region names, or city names. Required: location.
get_my_feed(limit)- Personalised news feed based on the authenticated user's article likes and saves. Requires Authorization: Bearer <WorkOS access token>.
get_source_view(limit, topic, source)- See how a specific news source is covering a topic. Required: source.
get_stats- Platform statistics: total articles, active sources, and today's output.
get_trending_analytics(limit, period, location)- Open analytics: trending topics, categories, keywords, and sources for any location or period. Part of Mukoko's open data policy.
list_categories- List all news categories with article counts.
list_sources(country)- List active news sources. Optionally filter by country code.
track_story(limit, since, topic, country)- Follow the development of a news story over time. Returns articles in chronological order showing how a story evolved. Use since to control the lookback window. Required: topic.
trigger_enrichment(limit, article_ids, reset_attempts)- Manually run the AI enrichment agent over existing articles (classification, keywords, entities, quality scoring). RESTRICTED to platform-team accounts — requires a WorkOS bearer token issued inside the platform-team org. By default enriches the most recent un-enriched articles; pass article_ids to target specific ones, or reset_attempts to re-run articles that previously hit the failure cap.
Last successful function declaration observed on . Source: https://news.mukoko.dev/mcp. We list what the server declared; we do not call any of these functions.
Endpoint status observed on . Source: https://news.mukoko.dev/mcp.
Signals
These are separate measurements of different things. They are deliberately not combined into one score, because a popularity number that mixes website traffic with saves and stars cannot be checked or acted on.
| Signal | Value | What it measures | Window | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest published version | 1.2.0 | Latest version string the maintainer published to the registry. | as of fetch | Model Context Protocol | |
| Registry record last updated | 2026-06-30 | When the registry record was last updated by its maintainer. | point in time | Model Context Protocol | |
| First listed in the MCP Registry | 2026-06-30 | Date this server was first published to the official MCP Registry. Not a usage or quality measure. | point in time | Model Context Protocol | |
| mcp tools declared | 16 tools | Number of functions the server itself declared when asked to list them. This is what the server offers an agent, not a measure of how well any of them work. | as of probe | news.mukoko.dev | |
| mcp endpoint status | ok | The server listed 16 functions when asked. | as of probe | news.mukoko.dev |
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