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Documentation Index

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Overview

The MCP server exposes compact code resources for interpretation. Public v2 queries should use the typed parameters exposed by gdelt_cloud_tool_get; this page is supporting reference, not a separate tool contract.

Public v2 Event Families

FamilyUse
conflictGDELT Cloud generated Conflict Events: political violence, protests, riots, strategic developments, fatalities, and conflict geo.
cameoplusGDELT Cloud generated CAMEO+ Events: political, economic, corporate, technology, infrastructure, health, information, and environment domains.

Public CAMEO+ Domains

DomainDescription
POLITICALCAMEO-style diplomatic, cooperative, verbal conflict, and non-violent coercive political events.
ECONOMICMacroeconomic, monetary, fiscal, trade, market stress, currency, and sovereign debt events.
CORPORATEM&A, bankruptcy, production capacity, capital allocation, legal/regulatory, leadership, and supply-chain shocks.
TECHNOLOGYAI, cyber, strategic technology controls, space, military technology, and critical tech infrastructure.
INFRASTRUCTUREEnergy, transport, supply chain, communications, sabotage, and water infrastructure.
HEALTHDisease outbreaks, public health emergencies, vaccines/treatments, policy actions, and health-system crises.
INFORMATIONDisinformation, information control, major leaks, and narrative warfare.
ENVIRONMENTGeophysical hazards, meteorological hazards, climate events, pollution, and environmental policy.

Conflict Categories

Public v2 category and subcategory values are returned by the API and should be inspected from live results. The most common Conflict categories include:
  • Battles
  • Explosions/Remote violence
  • Violence against civilians
  • Protests
  • Riots
  • Strategic developments
Use category="Protests" for protest monitoring. Use has_fatalities=true rather than fatality min/max filters.

Goldstein Scale

metrics.goldstein_scale is public and important:
  • present for all Conflict Events
  • present for CAMEO+ POLITICAL Events where meaningful
  • null for non-political CAMEO+ domains
Interpretation:
RangeMeaning
+5 to +10Cooperative or conciliatory action.
-4 to +4Neutral, mixed, or low-intensity action.
-5 to -10Conflictual, coercive, violent, or severe action.

Geography

Use plain English country names in public calls. ISO-3 and legacy FIPS are accepted as aliases. Public outputs normalize to country names. admin1 values must be discovered one country at a time with list_admin1; do not assume a global admin1 catalog is returned.

Resources

The server also exposes compact resources:
  • gdelt://codes/cameo-country
  • gdelt://codes/cameo-event
  • gdelt://codes/goldstein-scale
Use them for interpretation, but rely on gdelt_cloud_tool_get for the current callable schema.