# The Korean Today news search (remote · mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai)

Search and read recent articles of The Korean Today, with source links and dates.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Change this week: −2
- Registry status: deprecated
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-23

> **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."

## Components

- remote · `mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-smilestory-koreantoday/mcp-koreantoday.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-smilestory-koreantoday/mcp-koreantoday)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-23.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 64/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 577 tokens (~115/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability check failed: schema churn in the 10 days we've observed: 3 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 4 additions.
- **Tool Coverage**: 87/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 60% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### 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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http ai-smilestory-koreantoday 'https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-smilestory-koreantoday": {
      "url": "https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-smilestory-koreantoday": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ai-smilestory-koreantoday]
url = "https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-smilestory-koreantoday": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-smilestory-koreantoday --url 'https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-smilestory-koreantoday:
    url: "https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-smilestory-koreantoday": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ai-smilestory-koreantoday -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-smilestory-koreantoday": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-17 (score 68, −2)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.10 → fail
- [security regression] A breaking change shipped without a version bump: still 1.0.0
- [security regression] Tool “latest_news” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “list_news_categories” was removed
- [security regression] 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
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 99 → 115
- [functional] New tool “latest_articles”
- [functional] New tool “list_languages”
- [functional] New tool “list_sections”
- [functional] New tool “search_articles”
- [cosmetic] “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

### 2026-10-15 (score 70, +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.

### 2026-10-14 (score 69, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-13 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search_articles` (~167 tokens)

Search articles

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.

Input parameters:

- `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, required): Search words
- `section` (string): Section slug from list_sections (e.g. society, economy, k-culture, technology).

### `latest_articles` (~136 tokens)

Latest articles

Most recent articles, optionally by section and language.

Input parameters:

- `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).

### `get_article` (~145 tokens)

Get article

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.

Input parameters:

- `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)

### `list_sections` (~17 tokens)

List sections

News sections with slugs and article counts.

### `list_languages` (~24 tokens)

List languages

Language editions with their own articles, and the 87 languages with AI summaries.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-smilestory-koreantoday/mcp-koreantoday#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-23: 68
- 2026-10-22: 68
- 2026-10-21: 68
- 2026-10-20: 68
- 2026-10-19: 68
- 2026-10-18: 68
- 2026-10-17: 68
- 2026-10-16: 70
- 2026-10-15: 70
- 2026-10-14: 69
- 2026-10-13: 69

## Common questions

### 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.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp-koreantoday.smilestory.ai/mcp
- Website: https://thekoreantoday.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-smilestory-koreantoday/mcp-koreantoday.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-smilestory-koreantoday/mcp-koreantoday.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-smilestory-koreantoday/mcp-koreantoday