ACCESS Support Announcements MCP Server

MCP server for ACCESS support announcements, service updates, maintenance notices, and community communications. Supports both searching public announcements and creating/managing announcements for authenticated users.

Usage Examples

Searching Announcements

"Recent ACCESS announcements"
"Search for GPU announcements"
"Find announcements about machine learning"

Creating Announcements

"Help me create a new announcement"
"I want to post an announcement about our workshop"

Managing Your Announcements

"Show my announcements"
"Update my draft announcement"
"Delete my announcement"

Tools

search_announcements

Search and filter ACCESS support announcements (public, read-only).

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
query	string	Full-text search across title, body, and summary
tags	string	Filter by topics (e.g., "gpu", "machine-learning", "training")
date	enum	Time period: today, this_week (last 7 days), this_month (last 30 days), past (last year)
limit	number	Max results (default: 25)

Returns: { total, items: [{ uuid, title, summary, body, published_date, tags, affiliation, affinity_group }] }

Examples:

// Full-text search
search_announcements({ query: "GPU computing" })

// GPU announcements from the past month
search_announcements({ tags: "gpu", date: "this_month" })

// Combined search
search_announcements({ query: "workshop", tags: "training", limit: 10 })

get_announcement_context

Get user context and available options before creating an announcement. Call this first when creating announcements.

Returns:

• tags: Available tags for announcements
• affinity_groups: Groups the user coordinates (empty if not a coordinator)
• is_coordinator: Boolean - whether user can associate announcements with affinity groups
• affiliations: Available affiliation options ("ACCESS Collaboration", "Community")
• where_to_share_options: Available sharing options (for coordinators)

create_announcement

Create a new ACCESS announcement (saved as draft for staff review).

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
title	string	Yes	Clear, specific headline (under 100 characters)
body	string	Yes	Full content. HTML supported (<p>, <a>, <strong>, <em>, <ul>, <li>)
summary	string	Yes	Brief teaser (1-2 sentences) for listings
tags	array	No	Tag names to categorize the announcement
affiliation	string	No	"ACCESS Collaboration" or "Community" (default)
affinity_group	string	No	Group name/UUID (coordinators only)
external_link	object	No	{ uri: "https://...", title: "Link text" }
where_to_share	array	No	Where to publish: "Announcements page", "Bi-Weekly Digest" (all users), "Affinity Group page", "Email to Affinity Group" (coordinators only)

Returns: { success, uuid, title, edit_url }

update_announcement

Update an existing announcement you own.

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
uuid	string	Yes	Announcement UUID (from get_my_announcements)
title	string	No	New title
body	string	No	New body content
summary	string	No	New summary
tags	array	No	New tags
affinity_group	string	No	New affinity group
external_link	object	No	New external link
where_to_share	array	No	Where to publish (see create_announcement for options)

Returns: { success, uuid, title, edit_url }

delete_announcement

Permanently delete an announcement you own. Requires explicit user confirmation.

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
uuid	string	Yes	Announcement UUID
confirmed	boolean	Yes	Must be true - only set after showing the user the title/status and getting explicit confirmation

Important: For bulk deletes, each announcement must be confirmed individually. General consent ("delete them all") is not sufficient.

Returns: { success, uuid }

get_my_announcements

List all announcements created by the authenticated user.

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
limit	number	Max results (default: 50)

Returns: { total, items: [{ uuid, nid, title, status, created, published_date, summary, edit_url }] }

Installation

npm install -g @access-mcp/announcements

Configuration

For read-only access (searching public announcements):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "access-announcements": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@access-mcp/announcements"]
    }
  }
}

For full access (creating/managing announcements), authentication is required:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "access-announcements": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@access-mcp/announcements"],
      "env": {
        "DRUPAL_API_URL": "https://support.access-ci.org",
        "DRUPAL_USERNAME": "your-username",
        "DRUPAL_PASSWORD": "your-password",
        "ACTING_USER_UID": "12345"
      }
    }
  }
}

Resources

• accessci://announcements - Recent announcements (10 most recent)

Prompts

• create_announcement_guide - Step-by-step guide for creating announcements
• manage_announcements_guide - Guide for viewing, updating, and deleting announcements

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