ACLED

liveDefenseGovernment

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data — political violence, protests, strategic developments. Requires API key + registered email.

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🔑Authentication

BYO only. ACLED requires manual API-access activation on each registered account (email [email protected] after registering). Once activated, supply myACLED email + password via query params; the pack exchanges them for a 24h access token cached in memory.

Config with credentials

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-acled": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/acled/mcp?_email=you%40example.com&_password=your_password"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Tools

search_events

Filter ACLED events by country, region, event type, actor, ISO code, date range, fatalities.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription

countryoptstringCountry name(s), pipe-separated for OR

regionoptstringACLED region

event_typeoptstringBattles | Protests | Riots | etc.

sub_event_typeoptstringACLED sub-event type

actoroptstringMatch actor1 (substring)

isooptnumberISO 3166-1 numeric code

event_date_fromoptstringYYYY-MM-DD

event_date_tooptstringYYYY-MM-DD

yearoptnumberCalendar year

fatalities_minoptnumberMinimum fatalities

limitoptnumber1-5000 (default 100)

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Response

event_counts_by_country

Aggregate event and fatality counts by country over a date range.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription

event_date_fromoptstringYYYY-MM-DD

event_date_tooptstringYYYY-MM-DD

regionoptstringOptional region

event_typeoptstringOptional event-type

limitoptnumberCap underlying events (default 5000)

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Response

Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/acled/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Call a tool

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/acled/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_events","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_events", {});

ask_pipeworx

// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("armed conflict location & event data — political violence, protests, strategic developments");

Related packs

Other Pipeworx packs in the same categories (Defense, Government):

MCP Config

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-acled": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/acled/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}