Integration

BC Gov News integration

BC Gov News is the Government of British Columbia's public newsroom service. Read the latest news releases, stories, factsheets and updates site-wide or for one ministry, sector, tag or theme, fetch any post with its full HTML text, convert a NEWS-##### reference into a post, and list ministries, their ministers, sectors, tags, themes, newsletters, home page slides and resource links. No credential is needed. Media contact names, phone numbers and emails, minister contact details and slide images are not returned, and the News on Demand email subscription routes (subscribe, update, unsubscribe, confirm) and image download routes are not exposed. The BC Data Catalogue lists this API as Access Only: the content is copyright Province of British Columbia and may be read, but not reproduced or redistributed without the Province's written permission, so quote it briefly and link to the post instead of republishing it.

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Each of these is one operation on one endpoint, available both as a workflow step and as a tool an AI agent can call on its own. Nothing bundles several operations into one action, so what a run did stays readable afterwards.

Most endpoints run on the free plan. A few, mainly the ones that publish on your behalf, need a paid plan.

Post, 3 operations

get_postGet postGETReturns one news post (release, story, factsheet or update) by key, with its headline, summary, full HTML body, ministries, categories and publish date. An unknown key answers HTTP 200 with an empty body.
get_posts_by_keysGet posts by keysGETReturns several news posts at once from a comma-separated list of post keys (from list_post_keys or list_latest_posts). Without postKeys the answer is an empty list.
list_latest_postsList latest postsGETLists the latest news posts, newest first, with full content: site-wide (indexKind=home, indexKey=default) or for one ministry, sector, tag or theme. Page with count and skip.

Ministry, 2 operations

get_ministryGet ministryGETReturns one ministry by key (from list_ministries): name, minister, topic and service links, social media links and top and feature post keys. An unknown key answers HTTP 200 with an empty body.
list_ministriesList ministriesGETLists every BC government ministry on BC Gov News (about 36) with its key, name, minister and top and feature post keys. Use a key with get_ministry, get_minister or list_latest_posts (indexKind=ministries).

Newsletter, 2 operations

get_newsletterGet newsletterGETReturns one newsletter by key (from list_newsletters) with its editions.
list_newslettersList newslettersGETLists the ministry newsletters published through BC Gov News with their editions. The list can be empty when no newsletter is published.

Post key, 2 operations

get_post_key_by_referenceGet post key by referenceGETConverts a public news reference number (for example NEWS-34322, printed on gov.bc.ca news pages) into the post key and kind, for use with get_post.
list_post_keysList post keysGETLists post keys with their kind, newest first, site-wide or for one category. Set count: left out, it returns every post ever indexed (tens of thousands). Pass keys to get_posts_by_keys.

Sector, 2 operations

get_sectorGet sectorGETReturns one news sector by key (from list_sectors) with its social media links and top and feature post keys. An unknown key answers HTTP 200 with an empty body.
list_sectorsList sectorsGETLists the news sectors (for example Economy, Services) with their keys and top and feature post keys. Use a key with get_sector or list_latest_posts (indexKind=sectors).

Slide, 2 operations

get_slideGet slideGETReturns one home page carousel slide by id (a GUID from list_slides). The image is not returned. An unknown key answers HTTP 200 with an empty body.
list_slidesList slidesGETLists the promotional slides shown in the BC Gov News home page carousel: headline, text, button label and link. Slide images are not returned.

Tag, 2 operations

get_tagGet tagGETReturns one news tag by key (from list_tags). An unknown key answers HTTP 200 with an empty body.
list_tagsList tagsGETLists the news tags (for example CleanBC, BC Coroners Service) with their keys. Use a key with get_tag or list_latest_posts (indexKind=tags).

Theme, 2 operations

get_themeGet themeGETReturns one news theme by key (from list_themes). An unknown key answers HTTP 200 with an empty body.
list_themesList themesGETLists the news themes (for example Birth, Adoption, Death, Marriage and Divorce) with their keys. Use a key with get_theme or list_latest_posts (indexKind=themes).

Category item, 1 operation

list_category_itemsList category itemsGETLists the key and display name of every item in one category (ministries, sectors, tags, services, newsletters or emergency), as offered for News on Demand subscriptions. A light way to get category keys.

Home page, 1 operation

get_home_pageGet home pageGETReturns the BC Gov News home page record: the keys of its current top post and feature post (pass them to get_post) and any live webcast links.

Minister, 1 operation

get_ministerGet ministerGETReturns the profile of the minister responsible for a ministry (key from list_ministries): name and title, short summary, biography as HTML and photo link. Contact details are not returned.

Newsletter article, 1 operation

get_newsletter_articleGet newsletter articleGETReturns one article of a newsletter edition: the edition name and the article's HTML body.

Newsletter edition, 1 operation

get_newsletter_editionGet newsletter editionGETReturns one edition of a newsletter (keys from get_newsletter): its name and full HTML body.

Resource link, 1 operation

list_resource_linksList resource linksGETLists the resource links shown on BC Gov News (for example the Office of the Premier page), each with its label and address.

Use BC Gov News from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

Connect BC Gov News in LiveContext, create an API key in Settings, then add the LiveContext MCP server to your client. Its BC Gov News operations become tools the client can call, next to every other integration you connected.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http livecontext https://livecontext.ai/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

[mcp_servers.livecontext]
url = "https://livecontext.ai/mcp"

[mcp_servers.livecontext.http_headers]
"X-API-Key" = "YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor, Claude Desktop and other JSON configs

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "livecontext": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://livecontext.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

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