Is an API key required to use Orwell Observatory?
No, Orwell Observatory is fully open and does not require any API key.
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Orwell Observatory MCP Server
@nicoletterankin
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About Orwell Observatory MCP Server
15 anti-Orwellian defense tools for AI agents. Analyze doublespeak, track surveillance funding, assess whistleblower risks, verify media provenance, search threat registries, map country risk, and more. Fully open, no API key required. CC-BY-4.0.
#anti-surveillance#doublespeak#propaganda-detection#human-rights#press-freedom#whistleblower#civic-tech#cloudflare-workers#open-data#security
Orwell Observatory MCP Server config
Add this server to your MCP-compatible client using the configuration below.
{
"mcpServers": {
"orwell-observatory": {
"url": "https://orwell-mcp.nicoletterankin.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Orwell Observatory MCP Server tools
15Search the Living Threat Registry — 500+ entries across 60 countries tracking real-time authoritarian threats. Search by keyword or filter by country (ISO code) or threat type.
Analyze text for doublespeak, euphemisms, and manipulative language. Returns a score (0-100), flagged phrases with plain-language translations, and category breakdowns across 8 types of deceptive language.
Get a comprehensive risk profile for any country — threat level, freedom scores, surveillance infrastructure, recent incidents, and trend analysis. Covers 50 countries with Freedom House data.
Look up the threat taxonomy — 8 threat categories, 131 indicators, 55 historical parallels. Search by keyword or get the full taxonomy.
Composite risk assessment for whistleblowers in a specific country and sector. Returns protection laws, available attorneys, OPSEC courses, and threat models. Covers 50 countries, 120 attorneys, 100 courses.
Verify media authenticity. Submit a URL for deepfake probability analysis, or check a content hash against 300+ verification records. Includes 80 trust anchors and 40 manipulation indicators.
Search journalism funding models, grant applications, and grantees. 10 funding models, 200 applications, 60 grantees ($6.86M funded). Filter by country or search by keyword.
Get domestic practices audit scores — 40 audit questions applied to 10 countries. Compare countries side-by-side on democratic health metrics.
Look up surveillance and control mechanisms — 21 mechanisms across 7 types, counter-measures, vendors, and legal frameworks.
Track surveillance industry finances — 50 entities, 75 contracts ($8.26B), 50 relationships, 30 financial flows. Search vendors, governments, investors, and contractors.
Research psychological compliance mechanisms — 7 mechanisms, 25 behavioral indicators, 18 interventions, 30 bibliography entries on how populations are psychologically conditioned to accept authoritarianism.
Search the global archive of at-risk documents — 50 documents preserved with integrity hashes. Verify document authenticity by hash. Monitors 30 sources for deletion events.
Get doublespeak public exposure highlights — 100 daily highlights, 10 awards, 20 analyses tracking the worst propaganda and spin in real time.
Search intergenerational memory testimonies — 50+ first-hand accounts of life under authoritarian regimes, organized into 10 collections and 8 themes. Includes education modules.
Search the Courage Recognition Program — 12 award categories, 250 nominations, 60 awardees from 20+ countries, 30 oral histories. Honors individuals who resist authoritarianism.
Overview
What is Orwell Observatory?
Orwell Observatory is a set of 15 open-source tools for AI agents that analyze doublespeak, track surveillance funding, assess whistleblower risks, verify media provenance, search threat registries, and map country risk. It is fully open, requires no API key, and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
How to use Orwell Observatory?
Orwell Observatory is available for AI agents via the Model Context Protocol. No API key or authentication is required—simply invoke the relevant tool to access its anti-Orwellian analysis functions.
Key features of Orwell Observatory
- Analyze doublespeak in political and corporate language
- Track government and corporate surveillance funding
- Assess risks for whistleblowers and dissidents
- Verify provenance of media content
- Search threat registries for known surveillance tools
- Map country-level risk of surveillance and repression
Use cases of Orwell Observatory
- Fact-check public speeches for doubletalk and evasion
- Investigate funding flows behind surveillance programs
- Evaluate safety of exposing misconduct based on whistleblower risk
- Authenticate images, videos, and documents from untrusted sources
- Cross-reference organizations against global threat registries
Frequently asked questions
What license is Orwell Observatory released under?
It is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) license.
How many tools does Orwell Observatory include?
It provides 15 distinct anti-Orwellian defense tools for AI agents.
What kinds of analysis can Orwell Observatory perform?
It can analyze doublespeak, track surveillance funding, assess whistleblower risks, verify media provenance, search threat registries, and map country risk, among other functions.
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