Hanging Context: News For Agents

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Search & AI memory

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Passed 5/5 checks · What you ask goes through the maker’s server (hangingcontext.com)

claude mcp add --transport http hangingcontext https://hangingcontext.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hangingcontext": {
      "url": "https://hangingcontext.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "hangingcontext": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hangingcontext.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Which apps can use it

Based on how this server connects and on each app’s own docs, checked Nov 10, 2026.

Connect over the internet in

ClaudeChatGPTGooseLM StudioMsty StudioCherry StudioCursorVS Code + GitHub CopilotVisual StudioWindsurf (Devin Desktop)ZedKiroClineContinueJetBrains AI AssistantClaude CodeCodex CLIGemini CLIOpenCodenodecodeWarpLibreChatOpen WebUIRaycast

All apps, with pros and cons →

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 7, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• hc_ask

  Answer a question from recent stories. Ranks stories by keyword match and copies the best key facts word for word. Returns up to 5 facts, each with its story URL and Manifest ids, and up to `limit` matched stories. If nothing matches, returns no_match true and suggestions. It doe

• hc_latest

  Get the latest stories, newest first. Filter by topic or beat. Returns up to 20 stories with headline, dek, topic, URL and Manifest ids.

• hc_since

  Get only the stories that are new since your last call. Send the cursor from the last response. If you send no cursor, the call returns the current cursor and no stories. Returns up to 50 stories with next_cursor and has_more.

• hc_search

  Search recent stories by keyword. The ranking uses keyword match only. Returns up to 20 stories with headline, dek, topic, URL, Manifest ids and score.

• hc_get_story

  Read one story. Use format `brief` for the headline, dek and key facts. Use format `full` for the whole story as Markdown. Use format `claims` for key facts and paragraphs as JSON, each with its Manifest ids. Returns the story in that format and up to 3 related stories.

• hc_sources

  Show where a story gets its facts. Returns each source with its title, source name, original URL and date, and which facts and paragraphs use it. Also returns the trust label.

• hc_topics

  List the topics. Returns each topic with its title, beats, sources and story count for the last 24 hours. Also returns not_covered, a list of things this server does not cover. Call this first to get valid topic and beat ids for hc_latest, hc_search and hc_since.

• hc_about

  Explain Hanging Context. Returns what it is, the checks on each story, the reuse rules, and how to read or receive stories.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 11, 2026

• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified against the domain hangingcontext.com (the registry checks domain ownership)

• ✓ Pass

  Still maintained

  Code last changed 16 days ago

• ✓ Pass

  Has a licence

  Uses MIT

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 797 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 8 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

User reviews

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Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

• More stars than 0% of the other 5944 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 69% of the other 5944 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 5944 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

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README from the maker

npx skills add Synorb/hanging-context

npm install hanging-context        # JavaScript, Node 18+

import { ask } from "hanging-context";

import hanging_context as hc

hanging-context ask "central bank rates"