VI Update

com.viupdate/newsVersion 1.2.3

Search and read VI Update and Good Day (U.S. Virgin Islands news) and The Straight Record.

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Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http news https://mcp.viupdate.com/mcp

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Name: news
Remote MCP server URL: https://mcp.viupdate.com/mcp

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "news": {
      "url": "https://mcp.viupdate.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

code --add-mcp '{"name":"news","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.viupdate.com/mcp"}'

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Tools

8 tools

Tools of VI Update
	Description		Read-only	Idempotent	Open world
`about`What this server holds: how many published items each publication has, the date range each covers, when the VI Update and Good Day data were last refreshed, how each publication is credited, and what is not included; also every published Paper by id, with its date, version, DOI and license. Use for questions about scope, or before reading an empty search as a gap in coverage.	What this server holds: how many published items each publication has, the date range each covers, when the VI Update and Good Day data were last refreshed, how each publication is credited, and what is not included; also every published Paper by id, with its date, version, DOI and license. Use for questions about scope, or before reading an empty search as a gap in coverage.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`claims_of_the_week`The Claim of the Week fact check from Straight Record Sunday editions, newest first: the claim as quoted, who said it and when, the verdict and the analysis, with the edition date, URL and citeAs line. Use for what The Straight Record has fact-checked. Verdicts are the edition's assessment as of its date.	The Claim of the Week fact check from Straight Record Sunday editions, newest first: the claim as quoted, who said it and when, the verdict and the analysis, with the edition date, URL and citeAs line. Use for what The Straight Record has fact-checked. Verdicts are the edition's assessment as of its date.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`fetch`The full text of one published item, by the id search or a list returns (such as "viupdate:<slug>", "goodday:036", "straightrecord:042" or "paper:<slug>") or by its public URL. Use for reading an article or edition before quoting or summarizing it. Returns up to 40,000 characters at a time inside a fence labeled as untrusted data; a longer item continues from next_offset. Metadata carries the date, the credit, the citeAs line and, for a VI Update article with a video, the Facebook link. A Paper is also found by its PDF link or its DOI. A Paper with a text edition (Markdown published beside the PDF) comes back as that text, served only when it matches the SHA-256 its listing gives, with the PDF as the version of record. Any other Paper comes back as its listing: the summary, the PDF and DOI links, the data behind it, its license and its citeAs line; this server does not read PDFs.	The full text of one published item, by the id search or a list returns (such as "viupdate:<slug>", "goodday:036", "straightrecord:042" or "paper:<slug>") or by its public URL. Use for reading an article or edition before quoting or summarizing it. Returns up to 40,000 characters at a time inside a fence labeled as untrusted data; a longer item continues from next_offset. Metadata carries the date, the credit, the citeAs line and, for a VI Update article with a video, the Facebook link. A Paper is also found by its PDF link or its DOI. A Paper with a text edition (Markdown published beside the PDF) comes back as that text, served only when it matches the SHA-256 its listing gives, with the PDF as the version of record. Any other Paper comes back as its listing: the summary, the PDF and DOI links, the data behind it, its license and its citeAs line; this server does not read PDFs.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`get_good_day_edition`One Good Day, This Week edition in full and in structure, by its number (such as "036" or "36"), or the newest when no number is given. Use for the week's stories with their sources, the tracked weekly items (WAPA, government, federal, infrastructure), By the Numbers and Also This Week. Good Day is an automated news digest and analysis, operated by Brian Louden, and each edition says so in its byline.	One Good Day, This Week edition in full and in structure, by its number (such as "036" or "36"), or the newest when no number is given. Use for the week's stories with their sources, the tracked weekly items (WAPA, government, federal, infrastructure), By the Numbers and Also This Week. Good Day is an automated news digest and analysis, operated by Brian Louden, and each edition says so in its byline.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`get_straight_record_edition`One Straight Record edition in full, by its id (such as "042", "42" or "P001", or the edition URL), or the newest when no id is given. Use for reading every story's The Gap, Left Said, Right Said and The Record (or The Record So Far), with sources, verbatim quotes and their attributions, per-story anchor URLs, Consensus Watch, and on Sundays the Claim of the Week and Democracy Watch. Facts are as of the edition date.	One Straight Record edition in full, by its id (such as "042", "42" or "P001", or the edition URL), or the newest when no id is given. Use for reading every story's The Gap, Left Said, Right Said and The Record (or The Record So Far), with sources, verbatim quotes and their attributions, per-story anchor URLs, Consensus Watch, and on Sundays the Claim of the Week and Democracy Watch. Facts are as of the edition date.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`latest`The newest published items: by default the newest VI Update articles, the newest Good Day, This Week edition and the newest Straight Record edition; or the newest items of one publication. Use for "what is new" or for current coverage. Each item has an id for fetch, its date, headlines or an excerpt, a URL and a citeAs line.	The newest published items: by default the newest VI Update articles, the newest Good Day, This Week edition and the newest Straight Record edition; or the newest items of one publication. Use for "what is new" or for current coverage. Each item has an id for fetch, its date, headlines or an excerpt, a URL and a citeAs line.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`list_items`Published items of one publication, newest first, optionally between two dates, with paging. Use for browsing what a publication ran in a week, month or year. VI Update articles are dated by the date the article shows; Good Day and Straight Record editions by their publication date.	Published items of one publication, newest first, optionally between two dates, with paging. Use for browsing what a publication ran in a week, month or year. VI Update articles are dated by the date the article shows; Good Day and Straight Record editions by their publication date.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`search`Keyword search across published VI Update articles, Good Day, This Week editions, The Straight Record editions and VI Update's Papers (long-form reports from the public record), or one of them. Use for finding coverage of a person, place, agency or event. Each result has an id for fetch, a title, a URL with a story anchor where there is one, a snippet, a match tier (exact phrase, all words, some words) with the reason, and its own citeAs line; a Paper also carries its summary, its PDF link and its DOI where it has one. Papers are matched on their title and summary. Results are ranked by tier, then by whether the headline carries the match; across publications they take turns within a tier. Paging uses offset and next_offset. Facts are as of each item's date.	Keyword search across published VI Update articles, Good Day, This Week editions, The Straight Record editions and VI Update's Papers (long-form reports from the public record), or one of them. Use for finding coverage of a person, place, agency or event. Each result has an id for fetch, a title, a URL with a story anchor where there is one, a snippet, a match tier (exact phrase, all words, some words) with the reason, and its own citeAs line; a Paper also carries its summary, its PDF link and its DOI where it has one. Papers are matched on their title and summary. Results are ranked by tier, then by whether the headline carries the match; across publications they take turns within a tier. Paging uses offset and next_offset. Facts are as of each item's date.	No	Yes	Yes	No

Details

Registry status: Active
Published: Nov 14, 2026
Updated: Nov 14, 2026
Website: https://viupdate.com/for-machines/⁠ (opens in a new tab)
Repository: Not given
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