# TechSnif (remote · mcp.techsnif.com)

Agent-first tech news: ranked story clusters, coverage and discussion links, trends, and events.

- Trust score: 62/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-20

## Components

- remote · `mcp.techsnif.com`: 62/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-techsnif-mcp/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-techsnif-mcp/mcp)
- npm · `@techsnif/mcp-server`: 66/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-techsnif-mcp/techsnif-mcp-server.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-techsnif-mcp/techsnif-mcp-server)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.techsnif.com`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `3.3.1`

## 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 2026-08-20.

- **Endpoint Security**: 51/100
  - 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 check failed: the endpoint is reachable over plaintext HTTP.
  - 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**: 86/100
  - 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 1746 tokens (~109/item across 16 items; 13 tools + 3 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 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.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-techsnif-mcp https://mcp.techsnif.com/
```

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Other

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

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.

### 2026-08-20 (score 62, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-19 (score 61, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Server version: 3.3.0 → 3.3.1
- [functional] New tool “list_entities”
- [cosmetic] “get_top_stories” added an optional parameter “entity”

### 2026-08-18 (score 61)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (13)

### `get_top_stories` (~386 tokens)

Top stories

Get tech story clusters from across the web. Each story aggregates coverage from multiple outlets (TechCrunch, The Verge, NYT, TechSnif, etc.) and includes links to social discussion (tweets, Reddit threads, LinkedIn posts). Sort by rank (prominence) or newest (most recently seen). Optionally filter by headline tier (1=standard, 2=major, 3=top story), publisher name, discussion platform, topic, or a "since" timestamp, and paginate with offset. Use get_story when you need full details or article body text.

Input parameters:

- `entity` (string): Filter by entity slug: only stories mentioning this company, person, or product (e.g. "openai"). Use list_entities to discover slugs.
- `has_discussion` (boolean): Only return stories that have social discussion links
- `limit` (number): Number of stories to return (default 20, max 80)
- `offset` (number): Number of stories to skip (pagination)
- `platform` (string): Filter to stories discussed on this platform (e.g. "x", "bluesky", "threads", "linkedin", "forums", "mastodon")
- `publisher` (string): Filter by lead publisher name (e.g. "TechCrunch", "The Verge", "TechSnif")
- `since` (string): ISO 8601 date, only stories seen since this time (e.g. "2026-07-01")
- `sort` (string): Sort order: "rank" (prominence, default) or "newest" (most recently seen)
- `tier` (number): Filter by headline tier: 1=standard, 2=major, 3=top story
- `topic` (string): Filter by topic slug (e.g. "ai", "security")

### `get_story` (~199 tokens)

Story detail

Get full details of a story cluster by slug, including all coverage links from every outlet (TechCrunch, NYT, TechSnif, etc.), direct URLs to social discussion posts (exact tweets, Reddit threads, LinkedIn posts, Bluesky posts), and the full TechSnif article text if available. Use this to answer "show me the tweets about this story" or "what outlets covered this". Filter discussion by platform, coverage by publisher, or use brief mode to skip the article body.

Input parameters:

- `brief` (boolean): Show metadata and links only, skip the full TechSnif article body
- `platform` (string): Filter discussion links to this platform only (e.g. "x", "bluesky", "threads")
- `publisher` (string): Filter coverage links by publisher name (e.g. "TechCrunch"). Does not affect the lead article or discussion links.
- `slug` (string, required): The story cluster slug

### `search_stories` (~167 tokens)

Search stories

Full-text search over story cluster headlines and excerpts, ranked by relevance. Returns matching story clusters with coverage links, discussion link counts, and TechSnif article references when available. Use get_story for full detail and article body text. Optionally filter by publisher and paginate with offset.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max results to return (default 10, max 50)
- `offset` (number): Number of results to skip (pagination)
- `platform` (string): Narrow displayed discussion links to this platform (e.g. "x", "bluesky")
- `publisher` (string): Filter by lead publisher name (e.g. "TechCrunch", "TechSnif")
- `query` (string, required): Search query, matches story headlines and excerpts (min 2 characters)

### `get_tech_events` (~52 tokens)

Tech events

Get upcoming tech industry events (conferences, summits, expos) with dates, locations, and URLs.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Number of events to return (default 10, max 50)

### `get_articles` (~139 tokens)

TechSnif articles

List TechSnif editorial articles (original coverage written by TechSnif). Filter by category (AI, Startups, Venture, Robotics) or tag, and paginate with offset. Use get_article for the full body text.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Filter by category (e.g. "AI", "Startups", "Venture", "Robotics")
- `limit` (number): Number of articles to return (default 10, max 50)
- `offset` (number): Number of articles to skip (pagination)
- `tag` (string): Filter by tag (e.g. "Security", "Fintech", "Open Source")

### `get_article` (~52 tokens)

Article detail

Get a full TechSnif editorial article by slug, including the complete body text.

Input parameters:

- `brief` (boolean): Show metadata and excerpt only, skip the full body
- `slug` (string, required): The article slug

### `search_articles` (~104 tokens)

Search articles

Full-text search over TechSnif editorial article titles and excerpts, ranked by relevance. Returns article summaries with category, tags, and publish dates. Use get_article for the full body text, and paginate with offset.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max results to return (default 20, max 50)
- `offset` (number): Number of results to skip (pagination)
- `query` (string, required): Search query, matches article titles and excerpts (min 2 characters)

### `get_trending_articles` (~61 tokens)

Trending articles

Get trending TechSnif editorial articles from the last 48 hours, ranked by coverage heat and recency. Use get_article for the full body text.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Number of articles to return (default 5, max 20)

### `get_story_timeline` (~71 tokens)

Story timeline

Get the ranking history of a story cluster by slug: a time series of snapshots with rank, headline tier, commentary count, and coverage count at each point. Use this to see how a story rose, peaked, or faded across the news cycle.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): The story cluster slug

### `get_changes` (~113 tokens)

Story changes

Get story cluster changes since a timestamp: newly appeared clusters and updates to existing ones, each with a change type, a change time, and a story summary. Poll this to stay in sync with the TechSnif feed without refetching everything; pass the returned nextCursor as the next "since" value.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max changes to return (default 50, max 100)
- `since` (string): ISO 8601 timestamp to read changes from (defaults to 24 hours ago)

### `get_trending_stories` (~94 tokens)

Trending stories

Get story clusters gaining momentum right now, ranked by velocity: how quickly coverage and discussion grew within a recent window. Each story includes its velocity score plus commentary and coverage deltas. Use get_story for full detail.

Input parameters:

- `hours` (number): Look-back window in hours (default 24, max 48)
- `limit` (number): Number of stories to return (default 20, max 50)

### `get_leaderboard` (~133 tokens)

Coverage leaderboard

Get TechSnif source or author leaderboards: which publications and journalists drive the most tech story coverage. Rank by story count over a 7-day, 30-day, or all-time window, optionally filtered by topic.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Number of entries to return (default 50, max 100)
- `tab` (string): Rank "sources" (publications) or "authors" (journalists)
- `topic` (string): Filter by topic slug (e.g. "ai", "security")
- `window` (string): Time window for rankings (default 30d)

### `list_entities` (~102 tokens)

Entities

List the companies, people, and products TechSnif tracks across story clusters, with story counts. Only entities linked to at least one story are returned, most-covered first. Pass a returned slug as the entity param of get_top_stories to pull every story about that entity.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Number of entities to return (default 100, max 500)
- `type` (string): Filter by entity type: company, person, or product

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-20: 62
- 2026-08-19: 61
- 2026-08-18: 61

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.techsnif.com/
- Website: https://techsnif.com/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-techsnif-mcp/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-techsnif-mcp/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-techsnif-mcp/mcp