# Trend News Agency (remote · api.trend.az)

Trend News Agency: search and read 2.6M articles on Azerbaijan, the Caspian and Central Asia.

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +1
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-22

## Components

- remote · `api.trend.az`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/az-trend-news/api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/az-trend-news/api)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.trend.az/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.3.0-M2`

## 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 2026-09-22.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 13 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - 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**: 84/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2473 tokens (~145/item across 17 items; 13 tools + 4 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 13 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 15 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Trend News Agency MCP server?

Trend News Agency is a hosted endpoint at https://api.trend.az/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 az-trend-news 'https://api.trend.az/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "az-trend-news": {
      "url": "https://api.trend.az/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "az-trend-news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.trend.az/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.az-trend-news]
url = "https://api.trend.az/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "az-trend-news": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.trend.az/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add az-trend-news --url 'https://api.trend.az/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  az-trend-news:
    url: "https://api.trend.az/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "az-trend-news": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.trend.az/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add az-trend-news -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.trend.az/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "az-trend-news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.trend.az/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.

### 2026-09-19 (score 82, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-09-18 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-13 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-11 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-09 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-07 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-05 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (13)

### `trendaz_whoami` (~65 tokens)

Check access level

Report which Trend News Agency access tier this connection has, which tools it may call, and what its request budget is. Call this first when a Trend tool is refused or returns less than expected — it distinguishes "not permitted at your tier" from "no such data".

Output parameters:

- `article_body_rights` (string)
- `notes` (array)
- `protocol` (object)
- `quota` (object)
- `quota_enforced` (boolean)
- `scopes` (array)
- `server` (object)
- `tier` (string)
- `tier_title` (string)
- `tool_names` (array)
- `tools_available` (integer)

### `trendaz_coverage_get` (~75 tokens)

What Trend covers

Describe what the Trend News Agency archive covers: which language editions exist and their canonical hosts, which regions and beats the agency reports on, and the terms under which its text may be used. Call this before a first search to find out whether Trend is a useful source for a question, and which language edition to search.

Output parameters:

- `beats` (array)
- `editions` (array)
- `editions_not_available` (object)
- `license` (object)
- `not_yet_available` (array)
- `publisher` (string)
- `regions` (array)

### `trendaz_news_list` (~225 tokens)

Browse Trend headlines

List Trend News Agency headlines newest first, optionally narrowed by section, tag, author or a date range. Returns metadata only — headline, date, section, byline, excerpt and the canonical URL — never article text; follow up with trendaz_article_get for the ones worth reading. Use this to answer "what has Trend published about X" or "what did Trend report that week".

Input parameters:

- `author_id` (integer): Numeric author id, as returned by trendaz_article_get.
- `date_from` (string): Earliest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `date_to` (string): Latest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `lang` (string): Language edition. Defaults to en. The three newsrooms publish independently, so coverage differs between them.
- `limit` (integer): How many headlines to return. Defaults to 20.
- `section` (string): Section slug as it appears in article URLs, e.g. "business", "politics", "uzbekistan".
- `tag` (string): Tag slug or title to filter by.

Output parameters:

- `articles` (array)
- `count` (integer)
- `filters` (object)
- `note` (string)

### `trendaz_article_get` (~177 tokens)

Read a Trend article

Fetch one Trend News Agency article in full: headline, byline, dateline, publication date, section, tags and the body as markdown. Pass the article URL if you have one — that is the reliable way — or an id together with its language edition. Subscriber-only articles published within the last year return their metadata and excerpt with the body withheld; everything older than a year, and everything free, returns in full. Always cite the returned url.

Input parameters:

- `id` (integer): Numeric article id. Requires lang. Use url instead when you have one.
- `lang` (string): Language edition of the id. Defaults to en. Ignored when url is given.
- `url` (string): Full article URL, e.g. https://www.trend.az/business/4216277.html. Preferred over id+lang.

Output parameters:

- `article` (object|null)
- `found` (boolean)
- `note` (string)

### `trendaz_trending` (~111 tokens)

Most-read Trend articles

List the most-read Trend News Agency articles of the last day, week or month, ordered by readership rather than by date. Use it for "what is Trend's audience paying attention to" — a different question from "what is the latest news", which is trendaz_news_list.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Language edition. Defaults to en.
- `limit` (integer): How many to return. Defaults to 10.
- `period` (string): Window to rank over. Defaults to week.

Output parameters:

- `articles` (array)
- `count` (integer)
- `note` (string)
- `period` (string)

### `trendaz_author_stats` (~226 tokens)

Trend bylines by volume

Rank Trend News Agency journalists by how many articles they published over a date range, across all three editions or one of them. Use it for "who filed most today", "how much did this desk publish last week", or to find the id of a prolific byline to pass to trendaz_news_list. Counts published articles only. It measures volume, not quality or reach — trendaz_trending is the readership question.

Input parameters:

- `date_from` (string): First day to count, YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today in the newsroom's timezone.
- `date_to` (string): Last day to count, inclusive, YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to date_from, so passing neither counts today. At most 92 days per call.
- `lang` (string): Count one edition only. Omit to count all editions together, which is usually what "who published most" means — a journalist often files the same story in two languages, and each filing counts once.
- `limit` (integer): How many bylines to return, most prolific first. Defaults to 20.

Output parameters:

- `author_count` (integer)
- `authors` (array)
- `by_edition` (object)
- `note` (string)
- `period` (object)
- `totals` (object)

### `trendaz_page_get` (~134 tokens)

Read a Trend policy page

Fetch one of Trend News Agency's own standing documents in full: its corrections policy, editorial standards, masthead, ownership and contact details, terms of service, privacy and cookie policies, copyright terms, and the published auditor reports. Use it to answer questions about the publisher rather than about the news — how the agency handles errors, who runs it, what its editorial process is.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Language edition. Defaults to en.
- `slug` (string, required): Which document. Common ones: corrections, editorial-standards, masthead, about, contacts, terms-of-service, privacy-policy, copyright.

Output parameters:

- `available` (array)
- `found` (boolean)
- `note` (string)
- `page` (object|null)

### `trendaz_author_get` (~182 tokens)

Look up a Trend journalist

Look up a Trend News Agency journalist by name, id or profile alias, and get what the agency publishes about them: role, the beats they cover, biography, stated expertise, declared conflicts of interest and whether they are staff. Use it when a citation needs to establish who reported something and what standing they have on the subject. Combine with trendaz_news_list using the returned id to see what else they have written.

Input parameters:

- `alias` (string): Profile slug from an author URL, e.g. "peter_tase".
- `id` (integer): Numeric author id, as returned by trendaz_article_get.
- `lang` (string): Language edition whose directory to search. Defaults to en.
- `name` (string): Byline as printed, in whole or part, e.g. "Maryana". Matched case-insensitively.

Output parameters:

- `author` (object|null)
- `found` (boolean)
- `matches` (array)
- `note` (string)

### `trendaz_research` (~272 tokens)

Research a topic in the Trend archive

Search Trend News Agency's archive and read the relevant part of each result in one call. Returns several articles with the passage that actually addresses the query — not just the opening paragraph — plus byline, date, section and the canonical URL to cite. This is the tool to reach for on any question about Azerbaijan, the South Caucasus, the Caspian, Central Asia, Turkey or Iran that needs what was actually reported: energy and pipelines, regional politics, trade corridors, economics. Prefer it over calling search and then reading articles one by one. Wrap words in double quotes for an exact phrase. Subscriber-only articles from the past year contribute their summary rather than their text, and say so.

Input parameters:

- `date_from` (string): Earliest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `date_to` (string): Latest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `depth` (string): quick = 3 articles briefly, standard = 6, deep = 8 with longer passages. Defaults to standard.
- `lang` (string): Language edition. Defaults to en.
- `query` (string, required): What you want to know. Keywords, or a phrase in double quotes.
- `section` (string): Restrict to a section slug, e.g. "business". A parent section includes everything under it.

Output parameters:

- `count` (integer)
- `note` (string)
- `query` (object)
- `results` (array)
- `total_is_floor` (boolean)
- `total_matching` (integer)

### `trendaz_subscription_plans` (~119 tokens)

Trend subscription: price and what it unlocks

What a Trend News Agency subscription costs and what it gives access to: the monthly and annual price in manat, dollars and euro, any introductory offer, and the link to subscribe. Call this when a reader asks what a subscriber-only article would cost them, or asks about subscribing. Reading it does not subscribe anyone — sign-up happens on trend.az, where the reader sees the terms and confirms it themselves.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Which edition's subscribe link to return. Defaults to en. The price is the same in every edition.

Output parameters:

- `available` (boolean)
- `currency_note` (string)
- `includes` (array)
- `note` (string)
- `plans` (array)
- `subscribe_url` (string)

### `trendaz_taxonomy_search` (~153 tokens)

Find a Trend section

Find the section slug for a subject or a country, so the other tools can be narrowed correctly. Matches on title and slug — "Kazakhstan", "energy", "casia" — and returns the slug to pass as the section argument, along with the public URL of that section. Call it with no query to see the whole section tree of an edition.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): Language edition. Defaults to en. Section names are translated; slugs are usually, but not always, the same across editions.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum sections to return. Defaults to 20.
- `query` (string): Part of a section name or slug. Omit to list every section.

Output parameters:

- `count` (integer)
- `note` (string)
- `sections` (array)
- `total` (integer)

### `trendaz_front_page` (~164 tokens)

Trend front page right now

What Trend News Agency is leading with at this moment, grouped the way the newsroom groups it: the main story block, the editor's picks, and the regional sections. This is editorial judgement rather than recency — use it for "what is the news from Azerbaijan today" or "what is Trend leading with", where the answer should be what editors chose rather than whatever was filed last. Metadata only; follow up with trendaz_article_get.

Input parameters:

- `blocks` (integer): How many blocks to return, in front-page order. Defaults to 5.
- `lang` (string): Language edition. Defaults to en. Each edition has its own front page chosen by its own desk.
- `per_block` (integer): Maximum articles per block. Defaults to 4.

Output parameters:

- `blocks` (array)
- `lang` (string)
- `note` (string)
- `total_articles` (integer)

### `trendaz_news_search` (~266 tokens)

Search the Trend archive

Search Trend News Agency's archive by keyword and get matching headlines ranked by relevance, with date, section, byline and canonical URL. The archive runs back to 2003 and holds over 2.6 million articles across the English, Azerbaijani and Russian editions. Wrap words in double quotes for an exact phrase — "Trans Anatolian Pipeline" is far narrower than the same three words loose. Returns metadata only; use trendaz_research when you want the text of what was reported, or trendaz_article_get for one article.

Input parameters:

- `date_from` (string): Earliest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `date_to` (string): Latest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `lang` (string): Language edition to search. Defaults to en. The three newsrooms report independently, so a story covered in one may be absent from another.
- `limit` (integer): How many results. Defaults to 10.
- `query` (string, required): Keywords. Double quotes mark an exact phrase.
- `section` (string): Restrict to a section slug, e.g. "business" or "casia". A parent section includes everything under it.
- `sort` (string): Defaults to relevance. Use date when recency matters more than fit.

Output parameters:

- `articles` (array)
- `count` (integer)
- `note` (string)
- `query` (object)
- `total_is_floor` (boolean)
- `total_matching` (integer)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/az-trend-news/api#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-22: 82
- 2026-09-21: 82
- 2026-09-20: 82
- 2026-09-19: 82
- 2026-09-18: 82
- 2026-09-17: 81
- 2026-09-16: 81
- 2026-09-15: 81
- 2026-09-14: 80
- 2026-09-13: 80
- 2026-09-12: 79
- 2026-09-11: 79
- 2026-09-10: 78
- 2026-09-09: 78
- 2026-09-08: 77
- 2026-09-07: 77
- 2026-09-06: 76
- 2026-09-05: 76
- 2026-09-04: 75
- 2026-09-03: 75
- 2026-09-02: 75
- 2026-09-01: 74
- 2026-08-31: 74
- 2026-08-30: 73
- 2026-08-29: 73
- 2026-08-28: 72
- 2026-08-27: 72
- 2026-08-26: 71
- 2026-08-25: 70
- 2026-08-24: 69

## Common questions

### What is the Trend News Agency MCP server?

Trend News Agency is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as az.trend/news. Trend News Agency: search and read 2.6M articles on Azerbaijan, the Caspian and Central Asia. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.trend.az/mcp).

### Is the Trend News Agency MCP server safe to use?

Trend News Agency scores 82 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 Trend News Agency MCP server expose?

Trend News Agency exposes 13 tools: trendaz_whoami, trendaz_coverage_get, trendaz_news_list, trendaz_article_get, trendaz_trending, and 8 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,169 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Trend News Agency MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Trend News Agency without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Trend News Agency MCP server still maintained?

Trend News Agency is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 22 September 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://api.trend.az/mcp
- Website: https://www.trend.az/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/az-trend-news/api.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/az-trend-news/api.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/az-trend-news/api