Broke It
REMOTE · BROKEIT.DEV
Read-only search of Broke It's hands-on AI engineering posts and podcast episodes.
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Last scanned (19 hours ago)
Scores higher than 53% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 4 Nov 2026.
Category Education and Research
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 Security77
- 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. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root. View diagnostics → Pass
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability66
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 395 tokens (~56/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage79
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 36% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 7 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
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.
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.
- 4 Nov 26 67
First indexed and scored.
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 4 Nov 2026 · Probed https://brokeit.dev/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=brokeit.dev | CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M01,O=Amazon,C=US | 22 Jun 2026 | 5 Jan 2027 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 510e6c3d88c040aaeef50b6ab1849a8 |
| SANs: brokeit.dev, www.brokeit.dev | ||||||
| CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M01,O=Amazon,C=US (CA) | CN=Amazon Root CA 1,O=Amazon,C=US | 23 Aug 2022 | 23 Aug 2030 | RSA 2048 | SHA256-RSA | 77312380b9d6688a33b1ed9bf9ccda68e0e0f |
| 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 secure
Validation of brokeit.dev. — Secure
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| dev. | present | 60074 | 8 | Verified |
| brokeit.dev. | present | 41272 | 13 | Verified |
| brokeit.dev. | Verified address RRset verified with the apex keys |
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 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://brokeit.dev/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://brokeit.dev/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://brokeit.dev/mcp |
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 →
about_site About this site ~31
Describes Broke It (brokeit.dev): its mission, topics, post count, feeds and podcast shows.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_episode Get an episode ~45
Returns one podcast episode: the stories covered with their source links and summaries, the transcript, and the audio URL.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | string | yes | – |
| show | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_post Get a post ~70
Returns one brokeit.dev post with its metadata and full text, looked up by slug or by URL. Bodies over 100,000 characters are truncated with a note.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | Post URL on this site, with or without trailing slash or .md. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
latest_news Latest news ~71
Lists the newest posts on brokeit.dev plus the newest episode of each podcast show, newest first. Optional topic filters posts by tag (episodes are omitted when a topic is given).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Maximum items (capped at 20). |
| topic | string | – | Only posts carrying this tag. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_episodes List episodes ~45
Lists recent episodes of one podcast show, newest first, with title, duration, story count and audio URL.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| show | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_shows List podcast shows ~29
Lists the podcast shows published on brokeit.dev with language, feed and page URLs and episode counts.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_news Search news ~78
Searches brokeit.dev posts and recent podcast stories. Every query word of 3+ letters must match; title hits score 3, tag hits 2, excerpt and body hits 1 per word.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | yes | – |
| since | string | – | Only results dated on or after this day. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Broke It MCP server?
Broke It is a hosted endpoint at https://brokeit.dev/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 · brokeit.dev
claude mcp add --transport http dev-brokeit-news 'https://brokeit.dev/mcp'
What is the Broke It MCP server?
Broke It is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as dev.brokeit/news. Read-only search of Broke It's hands-on AI engineering posts and podcast episodes. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://brokeit.dev/mcp).
Is the Broke It MCP server safe to use?
Broke It scores 67 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 Broke It MCP server expose?
Broke It exposes 7 tools: about_site, latest_news, search_news, get_post, list_shows, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 369 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Broke It MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Broke It without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Broke It MCP server still maintained?
Broke It is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.