The Korean Today news search
REMOTE · MCP-KOREANTODAY.SMILESTORY.AI
Search and read recent articles of The Korean Today, with source links and dates.
Available components
Last scanned (10 hours ago)
Scores higher than 57% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 23 Oct 2026.
Category News and Social
Deprecated
This server is marked deprecated in the MCP registry.
The registry records this reason: Merged into the official server com.thekoreantoday/news (https://smilestory.thekoreantoday.com/mcp). The old URL still works and forwards there.
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security74
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability64
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 577 tokens (~115/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability check failed: schema churn in the 10 days we've observed: 3 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 4 additions. See how to fix → Fail
Tool Coverage87
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 60% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 17 Oct 26 −2
- Stability: 0.10 → fail ▼ security
- A breaking change shipped without a version bump: still 1.0.0 ▼ security
- Tool “latest_news” was removed ▼ security
- Tool “list_news_categories” was removed ▼ security
- Tool “search_news” was removed ▼ security
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- The server changed its declared name: koreantoday → koreantoday-news security
- Tool “get_article” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Schema quality: 99 → 115 ▼ functional
- New tool “latest_articles” functional
- New tool “list_languages” functional
- New tool “list_sections” functional
- New tool “search_articles” functional
- “get_article” added an optional parameter “lang” cosmetic
- “get_article” added an optional parameter “url” cosmetic
- “get_article” reworded the description of “id” cosmetic
- “get_article” dropped the optional parameter “max_chars” cosmetic
- “get_article” made “id” optional cosmetic
- Tool “get_article” changed its title: Get one Korean Today article (truncated text) → Get article cosmetic
- 15 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 14 Oct 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 13 Oct 26 69
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 23 Oct 2026 · Probed https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=smilestory.ai | CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 17 Sept 2026 | 16 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 5a092edcab7065b466c2713a471cb849d4b |
| SANs: *.smilestory.ai, smilestory.ai | ||||||
| CN=YE1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 5ddd70dd31f801c85c186a7a04b80afe |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| ai. | present | 3799 | 8 | Verified |
| smilestory.ai. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
| referrer-policy | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
get_article Get article ~145
Full text and metadata of one article by id or URL. With lang, also returns the AI summary in that language and links to other language editions. Members-only articles return metadata only.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | – | – |
| lang | string | – | Language code. Edition codes (own articles): ko, en, fr, zh, ja, vi, th, id, lo, es, pt, ar, de, mn, ru. Any of the 87 AI summary languages (e.g. vi, th, hi, sw, zh-CN, pt-BR) returns Korean articles… |
| url | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
latest_articles Latest articles ~136
Most recent articles, optionally by section and language.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| lang | string | – | Language code. Edition codes (own articles): ko, en, fr, zh, ja, vi, th, id, lo, es, pt, ar, de, mn, ru. Any of the 87 AI summary languages (e.g. vi, th, hi, sw, zh-CN, pt-BR) returns Korean articles… |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| section | string | – | Section slug from list_sections (e.g. society, economy, k-culture, technology). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_languages List languages ~24
Language editions with their own articles, and the 87 languages with AI summaries.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_sections List sections ~17
News sections with slugs and article counts.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_articles Search articles ~167
Full-text search of The Korean Today articles, newest first. Korean keywords work best for the Korean edition; use lang for another edition or to get translated summaries.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| lang | string | – | Language code. Edition codes (own articles): ko, en, fr, zh, ja, vi, th, id, lo, es, pt, ar, de, mn, ru. Any of the 87 AI summary languages (e.g. vi, th, hi, sw, zh-CN, pt-BR) returns Korean articles… |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | yes | Search words |
| section | string | – | Section slug from list_sections (e.g. society, economy, k-culture, technology). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the The Korean Today news search MCP server?
The Korean Today news search is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai
claude mcp add --transport http ai-smilestory-koreantoday 'https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp'
What is the The Korean Today news search MCP server?
The Korean Today news search is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.smilestory/koreantoday. Search and read recent articles of The Korean Today, with source links and dates. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp).
Is the The Korean Today news search MCP server safe to use?
The Korean Today news search scores 68 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the The Korean Today news search MCP server expose?
The Korean Today news search exposes 5 tools: search_articles, latest_articles, get_article, list_sections, list_languages. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 489 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the The Korean Today news search MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to The Korean Today news search without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the The Korean Today news search MCP server still maintained?
The Korean Today news search is marked deprecated in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.