BedrockNews
REMOTE · API.BEDROCKNEWS.COM
GRIN-scored news for agents: discover by verdict, pull full analysis, traverse extraction graphs.
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Last scanned (16 hours ago)
Scores higher than 95% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 6 Nov 2026.
Category News and Social
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 Security80
- 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. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present. View diagnostics → Pass
- 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 Usability88
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 1011 tokens (~101/item across 10 items; 6 tools + 4 resources), lean.Pass
- 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 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Checks we ran (13)
- TLS certificate
- Authorization
- HTTPS
- HSTS header
- DNSSEC
- Transport
- Schema quality
- Stability
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Destructive annotations
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
Does not apply to this hosted endpoint (2)
- Supply Chain SecurityScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
- Provenance & TransparencyScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
The score does not measure everything. What the score does not measure →
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.
- 6 Nov 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 28 Sept 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 25 Sept 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 22 Sept 26 0
- Server version: 1.0.0 → 1.1.0 functional
- Tool “get_article” changed its title: Read a story cosmetic
- Tool “get_extraction_graph” changed its title: Extraction graph cosmetic
- Tool “get_related” changed its title: Related stories cosmetic
- Tool “get_site_info” changed its title: About BedrockNews cosmetic
- Tool “list_categories” changed its title: Categories cosmetic
- Tool “list_stories” changed its title: Find stories cosmetic
- 29 Aug 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 26 Aug 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 20 Aug 26 0
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- 11 Aug 26 0
- 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 6 Nov 2026 · Probed https://api.bedrocknews.com/api/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=api.bedrocknews.com | CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M04,O=Amazon,C=US | 18 Oct 2026 | 3 May 2027 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | abfa0ad8bbc20f777d1a3d91f9cf640 |
| SANs: api.bedrocknews.com | ||||||
| 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 api.bedrocknews.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Trust anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | DS published | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| bedrocknews.com. | No DS | 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 |
|---|---|
| strict-transport-security | max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload |
| 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://api.bedrocknews.com/api/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://api.bedrocknews.com/api/mcp | HTTPS enforced |
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 Read a story ~132
Fetch one BedrockNews story by id. Returns the transformed article plus its full structured analysis (GRIN scores, extraction graph, key stats, trajectory, what-to-watch). Pass fields:'grin' to get just the analysis payload without the heavy body text. Story ids contain slashes (e.g. 'ledger/2026/apr/06/iran-war-math-doesnt-work') — pass them verbatim.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| fields | string | – | Optional projection: 'grin' for the analysis-only view |
| id | string | yes | The story id, verbatim (ids contain slashes) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_extraction_graph Extraction graph ~93
Return a story's extraction map as a real graph — nodes + edges data, not a picture. This is the load-bearing artifact for agents: re-render it in any style, or analyze who extracts value from whom. 'Not found' can mean the story has no graph (culture/research modes, or older transforms).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | The story id, verbatim (ids contain slashes) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_related Related stories ~66
Related BedrockNews stories for a given article — same section, ranked by editorial-mode match, plumb, source affinity, and recency.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | The source story id |
| limit | number | – | Max related stories (default 4, max 12) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_site_info About BedrockNews ~64
BedrockNews metadata: what the site is, how the GRIN/CLAIMS/NOVEL frameworks work, terms of use + attribution, and every machine-readable surface. Also returns the full capability map (every tool, prompt, and resource) — call this first.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_categories Categories ~45
The BedrockNews category taxonomy: ids (valid values for list_stories' category filter), display names, and which editorial framework each category runs (grin | culture | auto).
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_stories Find stories ~288
Discover BedrockNews stories with GRIN-aware filters. Filter by verdict ('extractive' | 'mixed' | 'generative'), plumb range (0-100 analytical-clarity score), editorialMode ('grin' news/politics | 'culture' | 'research' | 'ledger'), category (see list_categories), date window (since/before, ISO 8601), or a title search (substring match on titles, not full text). Sorted newest first; paginated via cursor. Returns compact story briefs — use get_article for full analysis.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| before | string | – | Only stories published before this ISO 8601 date |
| category | string | – | Category id filter (e.g. 'politics', 'research') |
| cursor | string | – | Opaque pagination cursor from a previous call |
| editorialMode | string | – | Filter to one editorial framework |
| limit | number | – | Max results (default 15, max 50) |
| plumbMax | number | – | Maximum plumb (0-100) |
| plumbMin | number | – | Minimum plumb (0-100) |
| query | string | – | Optional title search (substring match) |
| since | string | – | Only stories published at/after this ISO 8601 date |
| verdict | string | – | GRIN verdict filter, derived from grinScores.extractive |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the BedrockNews MCP server?
BedrockNews is a hosted endpoint at https://api.bedrocknews.com/api/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 · api.bedrocknews.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-bedrocknews-news 'https://api.bedrocknews.com/api/mcp'
What is the BedrockNews MCP server?
BedrockNews is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.bedrocknews/news. GRIN-scored news for agents: discover by verdict, pull full analysis, traverse extraction graphs. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.bedrocknews.com/api/mcp).
Is the BedrockNews MCP server safe to use?
BedrockNews scores 88 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 BedrockNews MCP server expose?
BedrockNews exposes 6 tools: list_stories, get_article, get_extraction_graph, get_related, list_categories, get_site_info. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 688 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the BedrockNews MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to BedrockNews without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the BedrockNews MCP server still maintained?
BedrockNews is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 6 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What did VerifyMCP test on the BedrockNews MCP server?
VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on BedrockNews, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.