MCP server

Palimpsest — censorship, China economy and model-eval observatory

io.github.beepboop2025/palimpsest

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Rights-aware censorship, China-economic status, and tamper-evident AI evaluation tools.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

7

Token cost

About 2,264 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http palimpsest https://api.seiche.info/palimpsest/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.palimpsest]
url = "https://api.seiche.info/palimpsest/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"palimpsest":{"httpUrl":"https://api.seiche.info/palimpsest/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"palimpsest":{"url":"https://api.seiche.info/palimpsest/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"palimpsest":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.seiche.info/palimpsest/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add palimpsest https://api.seiche.info/palimpsest/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"palimpsest","server_url":"https://api.seiche.info/palimpsest/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"palimpsest","server_url":"https://api.seiche.info/palimpsest/mcp"}

Tools

• get_newsroom ~388 tokens
  Read one evidence-first reporting surface without scraping a page or guessing a filename. Views: 'newsroom' for prioritized deterministic stories, 'wire' for normalized source dossiers, 'economy' for the currently restricted China economic pulse, 'machine-analysis' for the currently restricted Analy
• get_signal ~444 tokens
  Read one named signal. Permitted signals return their bounded latest payload; China-economic signals in the denied lineage closure return explicit restricted/unavailable rights metadata and no values. Call list_signals first to discover valid names. Use this for the AI-model-evaluation side too: 'ev
• gfw_reading ~152 tokens
  Read the Great Firewall's current state at both layers in one call: live network blocking measured inside China via OONI (website, messenger and circumvention-tool reachability) joined with model-layer censorship from the Generative Firewall Index over Chinese LLMs. Takes no arguments. A combined co
• list_signals ~283 tokens
  List every published signal Palimpsest exposes across its three applications: name, one-line description and source URL for each. Censorship and information control — OONI Great Firewall probes, Censored Planet, IODA outages, circumvention demand, takedown and redaction pressure, and the board's own
• query_economic_observations ~626 tokens
  Inspect the native publication-rights status for the China-economic observation surface. The reviewed default-deny policy does not authorize redistribution of current CFETS/ChinaMoney values, so this tool returns policy digest, UTC clocks, per-source decisions and zero published-record status only.
• research_catalog ~173 tokens
  Discover every Palimpsest dataset, including the latest China economic histories, external trade, regional research, information controls and model evaluations. Paginated metadata retains source clocks, rights and access states. Includes the Seiche research_network handoff for funding, institution a
• whats_happening ~198 tokens
  Judge whether anything is happening in Chinese censorship right now, across every signal at once: the board's own cross-signal verdict with the multiplicity paid for (false-discovery control) and coverage confounds flagged as measurement artifacts, never findings. Takes no arguments. Use this instea

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