• TRENDS
  • VISUALS
  • CONTEXT
  • DECISIONS

How to track global sentiment shifts with your AI

Connect your agent to GDELT to watch how the emotional tone of news coverage changes for any topic or region.

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Short answer

How can I track news sentiment shifts with my AI?

Your agent uses GDELT to pull news articles and analyze their emotional tone over time. You'll get specific sentiment timelines and charts for any topic or location you choose. This breakdown shows you how to set it up.

The results you get.

What your analysis yields.

The agent turns raw news feeds into actionable emotional trends.

TRENDS

Sentiment timelines

The agent pulls historical tone data for a specific subject. You see exactly when news coverage turned positive or negative.

VISUALS

Tone charts

Your agent generates visual representations of emotional shifts. This makes it easy to spot sudden spikes in public sentiment.

CONTEXT

Article searches

The agent finds the specific news stories driving the sentiment. You can dig into the actual text behind the numbers.

DECISIONS

Human interpretation

The AI identifies the shifts, but you decide what they mean. You interpret the data to make informed decisions.

The workflow

What your AI does when the data arrives.

The agent moves from broad searches to specific emotional analysis.

  1. Find news

    The agent scans the GDELT database for articles matching your specific topic or geographic area.

    search_articles

  2. Map the tone

    The agent calculates how the emotional sentiment of those articles changes over a set period.

    get_timeline_tone

  3. Visualize shifts

    The agent creates a visual breakdown of the emotional trends it found.

    get_tone_chart

  4. Identify drivers

    The agent pulls specific articles to show you what caused a sudden change in tone.

    search_articles

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Use these prompts to begin your analysis.

Starting points

Replace the bracketed text with your specific topic or country.

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Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — GDELT Project capabilities are ready to use.
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  • Search for news articles about [topic] from the last month.

  • Show me a timeline of the emotional tone for news regarding [region].

  • Generate a tone chart for news coverage about [topic] over the last year.

  • Find the specific news articles that caused the sentiment shift in [topic] last week.

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FAQ

How this task behaves.

  • 01

    Can the AI change the news articles it finds?

    No. The agent only reads and analyzes existing news data from GDELT.

  • 02

    Can the AI create its own news reports?

    No. It only analyzes the tone and content of the articles it finds through the tools.

  • 03

    Does the AI decide if a sentiment shift is important?

    No. The AI identifies the mathematical shifts in tone, but you must decide if those shifts matter for your work.

  • 04

    Can I use this to track sentiment on social media?

    No. This connector is limited to news coverage indexed by GDELT.

  • 05

    Can the AI delete articles from the GDELT database?

    No. The tools are read-only for searching and analyzing data.

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