# What's New (remote · whatsnew.fyi)

Changelogs for apps, games and operating systems. Ask what shipped since the version you run.

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: −1
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-25

## Components

- remote · `whatsnew.fyi`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/fyi-whatsnew-changelogs/whatsnew.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/fyi-whatsnew-changelogs/whatsnew)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://whatsnew.fyi/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.6.0`

## 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 2026-09-25.

- **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 4 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**: 65/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 892 tokens (~223/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 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 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 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 What's New MCP server?

What's New is a hosted endpoint at https://whatsnew.fyi/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 fyi-whatsnew-changelogs 'https://whatsnew.fyi/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fyi-whatsnew-changelogs": {
      "url": "https://whatsnew.fyi/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "fyi-whatsnew-changelogs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://whatsnew.fyi/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.fyi-whatsnew-changelogs]
url = "https://whatsnew.fyi/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add fyi-whatsnew-changelogs --url 'https://whatsnew.fyi/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  fyi-whatsnew-changelogs:
    url: "https://whatsnew.fyi/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "fyi-whatsnew-changelogs": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://whatsnew.fyi/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add fyi-whatsnew-changelogs -t streamable-http -u 'https://whatsnew.fyi/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fyi-whatsnew-changelogs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://whatsnew.fyi/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.

### 2026-09-25 (score 79, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-23 (score 79, −1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “upgrade_notes” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 166 → 223
- [functional] Server version: 1.4.0 → 1.6.0
- [cosmetic] “upgrade_notes” added an optional parameter “recordMisses”

### 2026-09-19 (score 80, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 489 → 664
- [functional] Server version: 1.3.0 → 1.4.0
- [functional] New tool “upgrade_notes”

### 2026-09-10 (score 80, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-09-09 (score 80, +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.

### 2026-09-06 (score 79, +1)

- [functional] Server version: 1.2.0 → 1.3.0

### 2026-09-04 (score 78, +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.

### 2026-09-02 (score 77, +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.

## MCP tools (4)

### `list_products` (~130 tokens)

List tracked products

The products What's New tracks release notes for, with slugs, categories and platforms. Filter by category and/or a name query.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Limit results to one product category.
- `query` (string): Filter by name, e.g. "terminal" or "jetbrains".
- `sort` (string): "popular" ranks by current audience popularity — outside signals (stars, downloads, players) blended with this site's own readers — and answers "what are the most popular software right now?". Defaul…

Output parameters:

- `products` (array)
- `returned` (integer)
- `total` (integer): Matches before the cap.
- `truncated` (boolean)

### `search_releases` (~61 tokens)

Search products and release notes

Full-catalog search across product names and release history. Returns matching products and releases with permalinks.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Limit results to one product category.
- `query` (string, required): Search products and release notes. At least 2 characters.

Output parameters:

- `category` (string): Limit results to one product category.
- `note` (string): Present when nothing matched.
- `products` (array)
- `query` (string): The query as searched — trimmed and capped.
- `releases` (array)

### `whats_new` (~129 tokens)

What changed in a product

A product's newest releases with notes. Pass since_version (the version you run) to get only what shipped after it, with per-category change counts.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Releases to return, default 10.
- `product` (string, required): Product slug or name, e.g. "next-js" or "Next.js".
- `since_version` (string): The version you run. Returns only the releases above it in the history, matched exactly or as the same version spelled with fewer trailing zeros. A version we do not hold is reported as a miss rather…

Output parameters:

- `changeCounts` (object): Change items across the whole span, even when truncated.
- `newerCount` (integer): Releases above the pinned version, before the limit.
- `notes` (array): How the product or the version was resolved.
- `product` (object)
- `releases` (array)
- `returned` (integer)
- `sinceVersion` (string): The version you passed.
- `sinceVersionFound` (boolean): Whether that version was found in the history. False means the releases below are the latest, not the ones after yours.
- `truncated` (boolean)

### `upgrade_notes` (~325 tokens)

Review a dependency upgrade

Before or after upgrading dependencies — package.json / lockfile / requirements changes, npm update, pip install -U, a Gradle version catalog, go.mod, a workflow's actions — pass each package with the version you run and the version you are moving to. Returns every tracked release in between with the vendor's own breaking-change, deprecation, migration and security sections verbatim, the categorized change list, CVE ids and deterministic signals (major bump, removed/deprecated items, breaking mentions) — including breaking changes shipped in minor or patch versions. Pass repository (from the package's own package.json) for scoped or renamed packages; it makes the match exact. A Maven/Gradle, Go, NuGet or GitHub Actions package goes by its purl (e.g. pkg:maven/com.squareup.okhttp3/okhttp), or by its own coordinate as the name (group:artifact, a module path, owner/repo@ref), and is matched exactly or not at all. A Maven, Go or NuGet package this server does not track is checked against deps.dev after the answer and counted, to decide what to track next; pass recordMisses: false for private packages.

Input parameters:

- `dependencies` (array, required): Up to 20 per call; split a larger upgrade.
- `recordMisses` (boolean): Default true. A Maven, Go or NuGet package this server does not track is checked against deps.dev after the answer and counted per day, with nothing about the caller, to decide what to track next. Pa…

Output parameters:

- `dependencies` (array)
- `notes` (array)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-25: 79
- 2026-09-24: 79
- 2026-09-23: 79
- 2026-09-22: 80
- 2026-09-21: 80
- 2026-09-20: 80
- 2026-09-19: 80
- 2026-09-18: 80
- 2026-09-17: 80
- 2026-09-16: 80
- 2026-09-15: 80
- 2026-09-14: 80
- 2026-09-13: 80
- 2026-09-12: 80
- 2026-09-11: 80
- 2026-09-10: 80
- 2026-09-09: 80
- 2026-09-08: 79
- 2026-09-07: 79
- 2026-09-06: 79
- 2026-09-05: 78
- 2026-09-04: 78
- 2026-09-03: 77
- 2026-09-02: 77
- 2026-09-01: 76
- 2026-08-31: 76
- 2026-08-30: 75
- 2026-08-29: 75
- 2026-08-28: 74
- 2026-08-27: 74

## Common questions

### What is the What's New MCP server?

What's New is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as fyi.whatsnew/changelogs. Changelogs for apps, games and operating systems. Ask what shipped since the version you run. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://whatsnew.fyi/mcp).

### Is the What's New MCP server safe to use?

What's New scores 79 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 What's New MCP server expose?

What's New exposes 4 tools: list_products, search_releases, whats_new, upgrade_notes. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 645 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the What's New MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the What's New MCP server still maintained?

What's New is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 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://whatsnew.fyi/mcp
- Website: https://whatsnew.fyi/mcp/setup
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/fyi-whatsnew-changelogs/whatsnew.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/fyi-whatsnew-changelogs/whatsnew.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/fyi-whatsnew-changelogs/whatsnew