News Sentiment API
REMOTE · NEWS-SENTIMENT.API.TRENDSAPI.AI · SCANNED SEP 20
News sentiment score trends for any topic over time. Free key at trendsapi.ai
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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 Security57
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 4 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Unverified
- 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 Usability61
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1811 tokens (~452/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities40
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-03-26; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
How do I install the News Sentiment API MCP server?
News Sentiment API is a hosted endpoint at https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.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 · news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai
claude mcp add --transport http ai-trendsapi-news-sentiment 'https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"ai-trendsapi-news-sentiment": {
"url": "https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"ai-trendsapi-news-sentiment": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"
}
}
} [mcp_servers.ai-trendsapi-news-sentiment] url = "https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"ai-trendsapi-news-sentiment": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add ai-trendsapi-news-sentiment --url 'https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp' --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
ai-trendsapi-news-sentiment:
url: "https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp" {
"McpServers": {
"ai-trendsapi-news-sentiment": {
"Transport": "http",
"Url": "https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"
}
}
} assistant mcp add ai-trendsapi-news-sentiment -t streamable-http -u 'https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"ai-trendsapi-news-sentiment": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"
}
}
} The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.
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 Sept 26 0
- Schema quality: 551 → 452 ▲ functional
- New tool “trends___get_top_posts” functional
- 5 Sept 26 −1
- Tool “trends___get_top_trends” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- “trends___get_top_trends” added an optional parameter “country” cosmetic
- 2 Sept 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- The server changed its declared name: paradox-intelligence-trends-mcp → trendsmcp security
- 31 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 30 Aug 26 0
- Tool “trends___get_top_trends” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- “trends___get_top_trends” reworded the description of “category” cosmetic
- “trends___get_top_trends” reworded the description of “type” cosmetic
- 29 Aug 26 +19
- Authorization: partial → unverified ▼ security
- Injection markers: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Judged manipulation: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Schema quality: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- Schema quality: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- Schema quality: unverified → excellent ▲ functional
- Destructive annotations: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- First check of Tool coverage: 100 functional
- Tool coverage: fail → 100 functional
- New tool “trends___get_growth” functional
- New tool “trends___get_time_series” functional
- New tool “trends___get_top_trends” functional
- 28 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 26 Aug 26 −1
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
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 20 Sept 2026 · Probed https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=api.trendsmcp.ai | CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M04,O=Amazon,C=US | 3 Aug 2026 | 16 Feb 2027 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 81f0cdbd0d47034a584c10fa53adbda |
| SANs: api.trendsmcp.ai, *.api.trendsmcp.ai, api.trendsapi.ai, *.api.trendsapi.ai | ||||||
| CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M04,O=Amazon,C=US (CA) | CN=Amazon Root CA 1,O=Amazon,C=US | 23 Aug 2022 | 23 Aug 2030 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 773124f2a952e3ed18a58bdb85d1bc0ce5f27 |
| CN=Amazon Root CA 1,O=Amazon,C=US (CA) | CN=Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2,O=Starfield Technologies\, Inc.,L=Scottsdale,ST=Arizona,C=US | 25 May 2015 | 31 Dec 2037 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 67f944a2a27cdf3fac2ae2b01f908eeb9c4c6 |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| ai. | present | 3799 | 8 | Verified |
| trendsapi.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 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.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 →
trends___get_growth ~592
Point-to-point growth for a keyword on one or more sources. Each window is a preset string (12M, 3M, YTD, and the other listed periods). Values are on a 0-100 scale, plus absolute volume when available. Prefer this over get_time_series for growth questions. app downloads and app rankings are keyword sources (Android bundle ID). They are not the App Store / Google Play live boards on get_top_trends. If the request is rate limited or the monthly quota is used up, tell the user their plan limit is reached.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| keyword | string | yes | What to look up. The string format is required by source. Standard sources (google search, google images, google news, google shopping, youtube, wikipedia, tiktok, reddit, amazon, news sentiment, new… |
| percent_growth | array | – | Growth windows. Default if omitted: ['12M']. Each item must be a preset string: '7D', '1W', '14D', '2W', '30D', '1M', '2M', '3M', '6M', '9M', '12M', '1Y', '18M', '24M', '2Y', '36M', '3Y', '48M', '4Y'… |
| source | string | yes | One source, or comma-separated sources (e.g. 'amazon, tiktok, youtube'). Valid: 'google search', 'google images', 'google news', 'google shopping', 'youtube', 'wikipedia', 'tiktok', 'reddit', 'amazon… |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
trends___get_time_series ~391
Full historical series for one keyword and one source (0-100 values, plus volume when available). Use for charting or custom math. Not for live 'what's trending now' boards (use get_top_trends). For most growth questions, use get_growth. If the request is rate limited or the monthly quota is used up, tell the user their plan limit is reached.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| keyword | string | yes | What to look up. The string format is required by source. Standard sources (google search, google images, google news, google shopping, youtube, wikipedia, tiktok, reddit, amazon, news sentiment, new… |
| source | string | yes | Exactly one source per request. Valid: 'google search', 'google images', 'google news', 'google shopping', 'youtube', 'wikipedia', 'tiktok', 'reddit', 'amazon', 'news sentiment', 'news volume', 'npm'… |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
trends___get_top_posts ~156
Live top posts for one hashtag on one social source. Fetched live on every call; nothing is stored. Use when the user already has a hashtag and wants the posts winning on it. For ranking hashtags themselves, use get_top_trends. If the request is rate limited or the monthly quota is used up, tell the user their plan limit is reached.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| keyword | string | yes | The hashtag, with or without '#'. Spaces are removed. Example: 'bookstagram' or '#fitness'. |
| limit | integer | – | Max posts to return. Default 20, min 1, max 20. |
| source | string | yes | Exactly one source per request. Valid: 'tiktok', 'instagram'. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
trends___get_top_trends ~672
Live top-trending board for exactly one feed type. No keyword. For 'Amazon Best Sellers by Category', 'Google Trends by Category', 'Top Websites', 'Substack by Category', and 'TikTok Trending Hashtags by Category', always pass category. Default sort is current rank. Use sort='rank_change' for climbers vs a prior snapshot (window 1d, 3d, 7d, 14d, or 30d). If the requested board is not in the database yet (for example a country that is not collected on the schedule), the handler fetches that one board live. App Store Top Free, App Store Top Paid, and Google Play are live store boards, not keyword lookups. For an app's history use get_growth or get_time_series with source app downloads or app rankings and an Android bundle ID. Do not use get_time_series for live boards. If the request is rate limited or the monthly quota is used up, tell the user their plan limit is reached.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| category | string | – | Pass this whenever type is 'Amazon Best Sellers by Category', 'Google Trends by Category', 'Top Websites', 'Substack by Category', or 'TikTok Trending Hashtags by Category'. Use the official name. Wi… |
| country | string | – | Optional ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (US, GB, JP). Aliases like 'USA' or 'United States' resolve to US. Omit for the default US board. Only for Google Trends, Google Trends by Category, YouTube Trending,… |
| limit | integer | – | Max rows to return. Default 25, min 1, max 200. |
| offset | integer | – | Rows to skip for pagination. Default 0. |
| sort | string | – | How to rank the board. 'rank' (default): current leaders. 'rank_change': biggest climbers vs a prior snapshot. Mover rows include rank, keyword, prev_rank, and rank_change. |
| type | string | yes | Exactly one live feed. Valid: 'Amazon Best Sellers Top Rated', 'Amazon Best Sellers by Category', 'App Store Top Free', 'App Store Top Paid', 'GitHub', 'Google News Top News', 'Google Play', 'Google… |
| window | string | – | Lookback used only when sort is 'rank_change'. One of '1d', '3d', '7d', '14d', '30d'. Default '30d'. Short windows only work on daily feeds; weekly and monthly feeds return a note pointing to a longe… |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the News Sentiment API MCP server?
News Sentiment API is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.trendsapi/news-sentiment. News sentiment score trends for any topic over time. Free key at trendsapi.ai. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://news-sentiment.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp).
Is the News Sentiment API MCP server safe to use?
News Sentiment API scores 73 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 News Sentiment API MCP server expose?
News Sentiment API exposes 4 tools: trends___get_growth, trends___get_time_series, trends___get_top_posts, trends___get_top_trends. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,811 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the News Sentiment API MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to News Sentiment API without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the News Sentiment API MCP server still maintained?
News Sentiment API is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.