Hanging Context: News For Agents
RemoteAbout Hanging Context: News For Agents
Hanging Context provides AI agents with cited news and context from the last 24 hours. It can be used through an MCP client, JavaScript or Python libraries, a CLI, or an agent skill, with each fact linked to its source.
Key features
- 01Search fresh news and context
- 02Citations linked to source material
- 03JavaScript and Python clients
- 04CLI for asks, stories, and topics
Use cases
- 01Get cited context for an agent response
- 02Check the latest news by topic
- 03Ask a question about recent developments
MCP support
It exposes news and context lookup to MCP clients at https://hangingcontext.com/mcp over Streamable HTTP, without authentication.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://hangingcontext.com/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http com-hangingcontext https://hangingcontext.com/mcp{"mcpServers":{"com-hangingcontext":{"type":"http","url":"https://hangingcontext.com/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"com-hangingcontext":{"type":"http","url":"https://hangingcontext.com/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"com-hangingcontext":{"type":"http","url":"https://hangingcontext.com/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"com-hangingcontext":{"serverUrl":"https://hangingcontext.com/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
8| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| days | integer | No | How many days back to search. From 1 to 30. |
| limit | integer | No | Maximum number of results. From 1 to 100. |
| topic | any | No | Topic id. Call hc_topics for the list. Leave empty for all topics. |
| question | string | Yes | Your question in plain words. |
Details
From the project READMEHanging Context agent skill
Fresh, cited context from the last 24 hours for AI agents. Every fact links to its source. Free, no key.
Install
npx skills add Synorb/hanging-context
Or connect any MCP client to https://hangingcontext.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no authentication).
SDK and CLI
Small read-only clients for JavaScript and Python. No key, no dependencies.
npm install hanging-context # JavaScript, Node 18+
pip install hanging-context # Python 3.9+
import { ask } from "hanging-context";
const answer = await ask("What did central banks say this week?");
import hanging_context as hc
answer = hc.ask("What did central banks say this week?")
hanging-context ask "central bank rates"
hanging-context latest --topic artificial-intelligence
hanging-context story 2026-10-16 robot-world-models-week --md
Each client has ask, latest, story and topics. See js/README.md and python/README.md.
What is here
js/: the npm packagehanging-context.python/: the PyPI packagehanging-context.skills/hanging-context/SKILL.md: when to use Hanging Context and how to call it.plugin.jsonandmcp.json: an Agent Plugin that bundles the skill and the MCP server.AGENTS.md: rules for agents that edit this repository.
Links
- Site: https://hangingcontext.com/
- For agents: https://hangingcontext.com/llms.txt
- Reuse terms: https://hangingcontext.com/terms/reuse/
Hanging Context is built by Synorb.
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