# NewsMCP (remote · mcp.newsmcp.com)

Live world news deduplicated into story events, with corroboration counts and source links.

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +10
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-21

## Components

- remote · `mcp.newsmcp.com`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-newsmcp-newsmcp/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-newsmcp-newsmcp/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.newsmcp.com/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 2026-09-21.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - 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.
  - 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**: 72/100
  - 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 6546 tokens (~1091/item across 6 items; 5 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 63/100
  - Stability observed for 19 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **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 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 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 NewsMCP MCP server?

NewsMCP is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.newsmcp.com/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 com-newsmcp-newsmcp 'https://mcp.newsmcp.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-newsmcp-newsmcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.newsmcp.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-newsmcp-newsmcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.newsmcp.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-newsmcp-newsmcp]
url = "https://mcp.newsmcp.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-newsmcp-newsmcp --url 'https://mcp.newsmcp.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-newsmcp-newsmcp:
    url: "https://mcp.newsmcp.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-newsmcp-newsmcp": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.newsmcp.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-newsmcp-newsmcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.newsmcp.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-newsmcp-newsmcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.newsmcp.com/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.

### 2026-09-21 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-19 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-18 (score 80, +7)

- [security improvement] Authorization: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: 40% → 100%
- [functional improvement] Tool “check_coverage” now declares an output schema
- [functional improvement] Tool “get_story” now declares an output schema
- [functional improvement] Tool “news” now declares an output schema

### 2026-09-16 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-14 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-12 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-10 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-07 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (5)

### `news` (~2283 tokens)

Search already-synthesized news events — pre-built story digests — or fetch one by id.

Each story comes with a generated headline, one-liner, abstract, key actors, and
industry/event-type labels. Use it for a quick digest of what happened, for
deal/incident-type or industry filtering, and for corroboration ranking. Nothing is
required: a bare call returns the most-corroborated stories of the last 24 hours.
Limits — keyless: 7-day `from_` lookback, 20 calls/hour, 20 stories per call, over-limit
narrowed with a notice. With a key: per-plan ceilings (free tier today 14 days, 50
calls/hour, 50 stories), over-limit rejected rather than narrowed. Call `check_limits`
for the live numbers; it is free and never spends the budget it reports on.

Filters combine with AND; `event_type`, `content_type`, and `sector` each accept
several comma-separated values combined with OR.

Input parameters:

- `api_key`: Optional NewsMCP API key for this call; forwarded upstream as x-api-key. Keyless: 7-day `from_` lookback, 20 calls/hour (shared per network address), 20 stories per call — over-limit requests are nar…
- `content_type`: The FORM the reporting takes, independent of what it is about. Comma-separated for OR. One of: news_report, press_release, service_info, human_interest, explainer, commentary, analysis, opinion, inte…
- `event_id`: Superseded by the `get_story` tool, which does this with two arguments instead of nineteen and can return every source link. Kept for compatibility. Fetch ONE story directly by the `event_id` of an e…
- `event_type`: What KIND of event the story is, independent of industry. Exact `family.leaf` value; a bare family (`deals`) is invalid and unknown values are rejected naming them. Comma-separated for OR (`deals.mer…
- `from_`: Inclusive lower bound on when the story BEGAN (its first_seen) — NOT the publish date of any one article, so a story still running today but started last week falls outside the default window. ISO 86…
- `limit` (integer): Stories per page, 1–50, default 20, but capped for the caller: keyless 20 (softly, with a notice), and per-plan with a key (50 on the free tier today, over it is a validation error naming the maximum…
- `min_newsrooms`: Minimum outlets that reported INDEPENDENTLY, mirrors excluded — the strongest is-this-real signal. Reach for this over min_sources whenever the user wants to exclude a story that one outlet ran and e…
- `q`: Optional search terms, matched case-insensitively against the story's headline, one-liner, abstract, and named actors (no article body text, no stemming). Space-separated words are ANDed, so ALWAYS q…
- `response_format` (string): Output shape in content[0].text. Default `markdown` (readable digest). `text` = plain lines. `json` = full API payload. Match what the user asks for.
- `sector`: Industry the story belongs to. Comma-separated for OR (`software_it_services,semiconductors` = "tech and chips"). One of: government_public_sector, media_entertainment, financial_services, healthcare…
- `sort`: What "best" means for this call. **Omit it** unless the user asked for a specific ordering: the API then picks `relevance` when `q` or `subject` is set and `newsrooms` when neither is, which is almos…
- `subject`: A single company, person, place, or organisation to centre the search on — plain name, no quoting. Quoted for you, which is the difference between a phrase and a bag of words: `Bank of America` unquo…
- `verbosity` (string): Controls ONLY the source-link list; headline, summary, actors, and labels are always present. `compact`: no links. `standard` (default): up to 3. `full`: every link, uncapped — use it for "show me ev…

Output parameters:

- `events` (array): Present for a search call (event_id unset).
- `keyless_notices` (array): Present when a keyless caller's request was narrowed.
- `total` (integer): Total matching stories; present for a search call.

### `get_story` (~238 tokens)

Expand one story: full summary, classification, actors, and source links.

Use this after any search, when the user wants more than the digest line for
a particular story. It is the only tool that can return a story's complete
source list.

Input parameters:

- `api_key`: Optional NewsMCP API key for this call; forwarded upstream as x-api-key. Only one request may be in flight at a time, so never call in parallel.
- `event_id` (string, required): The `event_id` of a story from an earlier result (e.g. `evt_...`). A story folded into a more complete one answers 404 naming its replacement id — fetch that instead.
- `include_sources` (boolean): False (default) returns a sample of source links; True returns every one. A large story can carry several hundred, so leave this off unless the user asked for the full list. This is the only place th…
- `response_format` (string): markdown (default), text, or json. Pass the format the user asked for rather than reformatting afterwards.

Output parameters:

- `abstract` (string|null)
- `content_type` (string|null)
- `entities` (array): Key actors named in the story.
- `event_id` (string): Stable id, e.g. evt_...
- `event_type` (string|null): family.leaf taxonomy value, e.g. deals.merger_acquisition.
- `first_seen` (string|null): ISO 8601 UTC.
- `headline` (string|null)
- `language_count` (integer|null)
- `last_seen` (string|null): ISO 8601 UTC.
- `newsrooms` (integer|null): Independent newsrooms — the corroboration signal.
- `one_liner` (string|null)
- `reports` (integer|null)
- `sector` (string|null)
- `size` (integer|null): Article count.
- `source_count` (integer|null): Publisher domains, mirrors included.
- `sources` (array): Source article URLs — a sample or the full list per verbosity.

### `check_coverage` (~289 tokens)

Judge how widely and how independently a claim has been reported.

Answers "is this real?" rather than returning a list. Reports the number of
INDEPENDENT newsrooms — outlets that reported it themselves — separately
from the number of domains that carried it, which includes syndication. A
story on 200 domains from 3 newsrooms is one story reprinted, not 200
confirmations.

Because upstream clustering splits a story across languages, this totals the
likely variants of the same story and presents that total as an upper bound,
listing what was combined so the caller can check it is really one story.

Input parameters:

- `api_key`: Optional NewsMCP API key for this call; forwarded upstream as x-api-key. Only one request may be in flight at a time, so never call in parallel.
- `claim` (string, required): The claim or headline to check, phrased in the words a headline would use. Matched literally against headlines and summaries, not by meaning, so "atomic arsenal" will not find stories about nuclear w…
- `days_back` (integer): How far back to look, in days. Defaults to 14. Clamped down to whatever the caller's plan allows, with a note saying so.
- `response_format` (string): markdown (default), text, or json. Pass the format the user asked for rather than reformatting afterwards.

Output parameters:

- `anchor_newsrooms` (integer): Independent newsrooms for the best-corroborated matching story.
- `combined_newsrooms_upper_bound` (integer): Sum across clustered variants of the same story — an upper bound, not a confirmed count.
- `matched` (boolean): Whether any story matched the claim text in the window.
- `notes` (array): Query-normalization and plan-clamping notes to relay verbatim.
- `total_matching_stories` (integer)
- `variants` (array): Anchor story first, then its likely variants.

### `check_limits` (~224 tokens)

Report what this caller may do right now — and never spend any of it to find out.

Answers the questions the `news` tool descriptions cannot: how many searches are left
this hour, how far back this plan reaches, the largest `limit` it allows, how many
searches may run at once, and how long to wait if the budget is spent. These ceilings
are per-plan and change without a release, so trust this over any number written into a
description.

Checking is free: the endpoint is exempt from every metering stage, so calling it does
not consume an hourly call, a concurrency slot, or a credit.

Reach for it before planning a batch of calls, and after any plan-limit or rate-limit
error instead of guessing the ceiling that was hit.

Input parameters:

- `api_key`: Optional NewsMCP API key. Report the ceilings for this key's plan; omit to report the keyless ceilings.
- `response_format` (string): `text` (default) for a readable summary, `json` for the raw payload.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `check_health` (~62 tokens)

Check whether the NewsMCP REST API is reachable and healthy.

Does not require an API token. Use when diagnosing connectivity, not for searching news.
For allowances and remaining budget use `check_limits` instead.

Returns:
    str: Health status reported by the API.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-21: 82
- 2026-09-20: 81
- 2026-09-19: 81
- 2026-09-18: 80
- 2026-09-17: 73
- 2026-09-16: 73
- 2026-09-15: 72
- 2026-09-14: 72
- 2026-09-13: 71
- 2026-09-12: 71
- 2026-09-11: 70
- 2026-09-10: 70
- 2026-09-09: 69
- 2026-09-08: 69
- 2026-09-07: 69
- 2026-09-06: 68
- 2026-09-05: 68
- 2026-09-04: 67
- 2026-09-03: 67
- 2026-09-02: 66

## Common questions

### What is the NewsMCP MCP server?

NewsMCP is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.newsmcp/newsmcp. Live world news deduplicated into story events, with corroboration counts and source links. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.newsmcp.com/mcp).

### Is the NewsMCP MCP server safe to use?

NewsMCP 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 NewsMCP MCP server expose?

NewsMCP exposes 5 tools: news, get_story, check_coverage, check_limits, check_health. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 3,096 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the NewsMCP MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the NewsMCP MCP server still maintained?

NewsMCP is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 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://mcp.newsmcp.com/mcp
- Website: https://newsmcp.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-newsmcp-newsmcp/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-newsmcp-newsmcp/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-newsmcp-newsmcp/mcp