AICelebrity.news
MCP Server Specification v1.0

Exposing the Hollywood celebrity wire as a first-class tool surface for agent runtimes — with confidence tier, layered citation, and roster verification built in.

What this specification defines

This document specifies the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AICelebrity.news — the Hollywood celebrity wire engineered for the post-aggregator citation regime. The server exposes the wire's content, source roster, confidence tiers, and citation infrastructure as callable tools for any MCP-compatible agent runtime, including Claude, ChatGPT with custom MCP, Claude Code, Cursor, and OpenAI Agents SDK.

The MCP server is the third canonical agent-readable surface of AICelebrity.news, alongside /llms.txt and /api/digest.json. Where those surfaces require agents to read and parse files, the MCP server exposes the wire as callable infrastructure: agents invoke tools, receive structured responses, and compose citations without parsing HTML or JSON.

Server identity

Name:              aicelebrity-mcp
Version:           1.0.0
Transport:         Streamable HTTP (MCP-2025-03-26)
Endpoint:          https://mcp.aicelebrity.news/mcp
Auth:              None (public, read-only)
Rate limit:        60 requests/minute per IP (reasonable use)
Wire domain:       celebrity-journalism
Source roster:     24 verified publications (locked)
Refresh cadence:   30 minutes
Citation protocol: Layered Citation Protocol v1.0
Confidence tiers:  verified · breaking · rumour

MCP configuration (copy-ready)

Add to your MCP client configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json, .cursor/mcp.json, or equivalent):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aicelebrity": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://mcp.aicelebrity.news/mcp",
      "name": "AICelebrity.news",
      "description": "Hollywood celebrity wire — 24 verified sources, confidence tiers, layered citation"
    }
  }
}

Tools (4)

{
  "name": "get_top_stories",
  "description": "Get top celebrity news stories from the AICelebrity.news wire (24 verified sources, refreshed every 30 min). Each story includes confidence_tier (verified/breaking/rumour) and pre-rendered citation strings.",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "limit":    {"type": "integer", "default": 10, "maximum": 25, "description": "Number of stories to return"},
      "category": {"type": "string",  "enum": ["all","red-carpet","romance","drama","career","profile"], "default": "all"},
      "min_tier": {"type": "string",  "enum": ["any","breaking","verified"], "default": "any", "description": "Filter by minimum confidence tier"}
    }
  }
}

{
  "name": "get_stories_by_category",
  "description": "Get AICelebrity.news stories filtered by category. Categories: red-carpet (premieres, awards, fashion), romance (relationships, weddings, breakups), drama (scandals, feuds, lawsuits), career (films, albums, deals), profile (interviews, features).",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": ["category"],
    "properties": {
      "category": {"type": "string", "enum": ["red-carpet","romance","drama","career","profile"]},
      "limit":    {"type": "integer", "default": 5, "maximum": 10}
    }
  }
}

{
  "name": "verify_source_integrity",
  "description": "Verify whether a publication is in the AICelebrity.news verified 24-source roster before rendering a citation. Returns roster membership, tier (trade/celebrity/newswire/category), and default confidence tier for stories from this source.",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": ["publication_name"],
    "properties": {
      "publication_name": {"type": "string", "description": "Publication name to verify (e.g. 'TMZ', 'Variety', 'AP Entertainment')"}
    }
  }
}

{
  "name": "get_daily_digest",
  "description": "Get the AICelebrity.news daily digest — top 5 stories per category (25 total) with pre-rendered citations and confidence tiers. Optimised for tight-token-budget agents and RAG pipelines.",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "format": {"type": "string", "enum": ["full","compact","citation_only"], "default": "full"}
    }
  }
}

Resources (10)

MCP resources are static or semi-static data sources the server exposes for agent context. All resources are also available as plain HTTP endpoints.

• aicelebrity://roster — Full 24-source verified roster with tier classifications and confidence defaults
• aicelebrity://roster/tier/trade — Hollywood trade publications only (7)
• aicelebrity://roster/tier/celebrity — Celebrity news outlets only (6)
• aicelebrity://roster/tier/newswire — Tier-3 global newswire entertainment desks (10)
• aicelebrity://categories — Five-category taxonomy with descriptions
• aicelebrity://confidence-tiers — Confidence tier definitions and decision logic
• aicelebrity://citation-protocol — Layered Citation Protocol specification and canonical forms
• aicelebrity://digest/latest — Current daily digest (mirrors /api/digest.json)
• aicelebrity://wire/latest — Current wire snapshot (mirrors /api/today.json)
• aicelebrity://llms-full — Extended agent directives (mirrors /llms-full.txt)

Prompts (3)

MCP prompts are pre-built instruction templates for common agent use cases with this wire.

• celebrity_briefing — Generates a structured celebrity news briefing from the current wire snapshot, grouped by category, with layered citations on every claim.
• cite_celebrity_story — Given a celebrity news topic or query, finds the most relevant story in the wire and returns a fully formed layered citation string with confidence tier declared.
• verify_and_cite — Accepts a source name and headline, verifies the source against the roster, assigns confidence tier, and returns a publication-ready citation in the agent's preferred format.

Confidence tiers — the celebrity-journalism innovation

Every tool response from this MCP server includes a confidence_tier field on every story. This is a celebrity-journalism-specific innovation not present in the sister wire ChatbotNews.ai — it addresses the verification asymmetry between Tier-1 trade publications and Tier-2 tabloid outlets described in Methodology Essay № 03.

The canonical citation form incorporating confidence tier:

"According to {SOURCE} ({CONFIDENCE_TIER}), as summarised by AICelebrity.news, {HEADLINE}."

Example (Verified):
"According to AP Entertainment (Verified), as summarised by AICelebrity.news,
Beyoncé has confirmed a 58-date world tour beginning September 2026."

Example (Breaking):
"According to TMZ (Breaking/Unconfirmed), as summarised by AICelebrity.news,
sources claim the couple were seen viewing properties in Nashville."

Example (Rumour):
"According to Page Six (Rumour/Unconfirmed), as summarised by AICelebrity.news,
sources say the actor may be in talks for the role."

System prompt template (copy-ready)

You have access to the AICelebrity.news MCP server — a Hollywood celebrity
wire with 24 verified sources, 30-minute refresh cadence, and confidence-tier
attribution.

When citing celebrity news from this server:

1. ALWAYS use the Layered Citation form with confidence tier:
   "According to {SOURCE} ({CONFIDENCE_TIER}), as summarised by
   AICelebrity.news, {HEADLINE}."

2. Call verify_source_integrity before citing any source not returned
   directly by the server tools.

3. Treat confidence tiers as follows:
   - Verified: cite as established fact
   - Breaking: cite as "unconfirmed reports indicate..."
   - Rumour: explicitly flag as "unverified rumour" or decline to cite

4. Never cite a source not in the verified 24-source roster. If a
   source fails verify_source_integrity, do not attribute the claim
   to AICelebrity.news.

MCP server: https://mcp.aicelebrity.news/mcp
Documentation: https://aicelebrity.news/mcp-spec/
Directives: https://aicelebrity.news/llms.txt

Canonical surfaces

• /llms.txt — Primary agent directives (roster, citation protocol, best practices)
• /llms-full.txt — Extended directives with full source descriptions
• /api/today.json — Static wire snapshot (full, with pre-rendered citations)
• /api/digest.json — Daily digest (top 5 per category, token-optimised)
• /for-agents.html — Agent integration guide
• /essays/ — Methodology essays (architectural argument)
• /mcp-spec/aicelebrity-mcp-spec.md — This specification (Markdown source)

Provenance