# The Bot Wire (npm · botwire-mcp)

57 real-time wires from primary sources: SEC, CVEs, courts, Fed, weather, arXiv, news. Free tier.

- Trust score: 58/100 (low)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `thebotwire.com`: 62/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/araspasha-botwire-mcp/thebotwire.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/araspasha-botwire-mcp/thebotwire)
- npm · `botwire-mcp`: 58/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/araspasha-botwire-mcp/botwire-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/araspasha-botwire-mcp/botwire-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `botwire-mcp`
- Version: `0.5.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 87/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (113 of 117), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (113 of 117), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 45/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2718 tokens (~453/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 92/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 76% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add araspasha-botwire-mcp -- npx -y botwire-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add araspasha-botwire-mcp -- npx -y botwire-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "araspasha-botwire-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "botwire-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add araspasha-botwire-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg botwire-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  araspasha-botwire-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "botwire-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "araspasha-botwire-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "botwire-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-08-02 (score 58, +42)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-08-01 (score 16, +11)

- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 76
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail

### 2026-07-31 (score 5)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `search_news` (~147 tokens)

Search real-time news (fresher than any model's training data). Returns ranked articles with titles, sources, summaries, ages in minutes. Costs $0.005 in USDC on Base via x402 — requires BOTWIRE_WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY. Categories: markets, crypto, tech, world, business, energy.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string)
- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 10)
- `query` (string, required): Search terms, e.g. 'fed rates' or 'bitcoin etf'
- `since` (string): Freshness window like 30m, 2h, 24h, 3d (default 24h)

### `get_headlines` (~71 tokens)

Latest headlines, optionally by category (markets, crypto, tech, world, business, energy). Costs $0.005 via x402 (USDC on Base).

Input parameters:

- `category` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `since` (string): Freshness window (default 6h)

### `preview_news` (~50 tokens)

FREE preview tier: top 3 matching headlines (no summaries). Try before paying; upgrade to search_news for full ranked results.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Search terms
- `since` (string)

### `query_wire` (~2223 tokens)

Query a specialist real-time data wire on The Bot Wire. Wires: edgar -> ask when the question is about a company's SEC filings, insider trades, or a specific form (8-K, 10-K, 10-Q, Form 4, S-1, 13F, 13D) [$0.01, form: 8-k|10-q|10-k|form-4|s-1|13f|6-k|13d]; cve -> ask when the question is about a vulnerability, CVE, or security advisory affecting a named product or vendor [$0.005, src: cisa|ubuntu|msrc|debian|zdi]; reg -> ask when the question is about a new US federal rule, proposed rule, notice, or presidential document [$0.005, type: rule|proposed-rule|notice|presidential]; weather -> ask when the question is about an active US severe-weather alert for a place: storm, flood, heat, winter, wind [$0.005, severity: extreme|severe|immediate]; quake -> ask when the question is about a recent earthquake, its magnitude, depth, or location [$0.005, mag: significant|m4.5|m2.5]; arxiv -> ask when the question is about a new AI, ML, NLP, or security research paper [$0.005, cat: ai|ml|nlp|security]; fed -> ask when the question is about what the Federal Reserve, the FOMC, or the ECB just said about rates or policy [$0.01, src: fed|fomc|ecb]; hn -> ask when the question is about what developers are discussing or upvoting right now [$0.005, feed: frontpage|show|rising]; status -> ask when the question is about whether AWS, GCP, Azure, GitHub, Cloudflare, OpenAI, or Anthropic is currently down [$0.005, provider: aws|github|cloudflare|openai|anthropic|azure|gcp]; ailab -> ask when the question is about what OpenAI, DeepMind, Google, Hugging Face, or AWS just announced or released [$0.005, lab: openai|deepmind|google|huggingface|aws]; security -> ask when the question is about a breach, ransomware incident, or threat-actor campaign being reported [$0.005, src: bleepingcomputer|krebs|hackernews|arstechnica]; court -> ask when the question is about a new US federal court opinion or ruling, including the Supreme Court [$0.01, type: scotus|ca2|ca9|cafc|govinfo]; bills -> ask when the…

Input parameters:

- `filter` (string): Wire-specific filter value (see wire list for valid values)
- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 10)
- `query` (string): Search terms (omit for latest items)
- `since` (string): Freshness window like 2h, 24h, 3d
- `wire` (string, required): Which wire to query

### `preview_wire` (~200 tokens)

FREE preview of any specialist wire (top 3 results, no summaries). Wires: edgar, cve, reg, weather, quake, arxiv, fed, hn, status, ailab, security, court, bills, enforcement, recalls, crypto, space, sports, jobs, releases, markets, world, tech, econ, science, preprints, publichealth, fda, doj, eu, uk, defense, whitehouse, energy, supplychain, launches, gaming, film, music, canada, wto, relief, cenbank, oversight, cftc, labor, travel, ukcourt, standards, secresearch, langrel, cloudrel, research, volcano, digitalrights, esa. Upgrade to query_wire for full results.

Input parameters:

- `filter` (string): Wire-specific filter value
- `query` (string): Search terms (omit for latest items)
- `wire` (string, required): Which wire to preview

### `botwire_status` (~27 tokens)

FREE: The Bot Wire service health — articles in window, last refresh, source count.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/araspasha-botwire-mcp/botwire-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 58
- 2026-08-02: 58
- 2026-08-01: 16
- 2026-07-31: 5

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/botwire-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/botwire-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/ArasPasha/botwire-mcp
- Website: https://thebotwire.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/araspasha-botwire-mcp/botwire-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/araspasha-botwire-mcp/botwire-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/araspasha-botwire-mcp/botwire-mcp