APITube News
REMOTE · MCP.APITUBE.IO
Real-time news search across 500,000+ sources in 60+ languages with sentiment and entities.
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Last scanned (23 hours ago)
Scores higher than 95% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 16 Oct 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 Security83
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, but the challenge carries no valid RFC 9728 metadata, so a client cannot discover where to get a token. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- 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 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 Usability67
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 4424 tokens (~2212/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- 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 Coverage91
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 73% 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 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 3 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
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.
- 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
- 14 Sept 26 +1
- 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
- 24 Aug 26 0
- Tool “search_news” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Schema quality: excellent → good functional
- 16 Aug 26 0
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Tool “search_news” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- “search_news” reworded the description of “per_page” cosmetic
- 15 Aug 26 0
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 16 Oct 2026 · Probed https://mcp.apitube.io/
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=apitube.io | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 8 Oct 2026 | 6 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | 1e4c38e1ff8086380e56f10b3a4c89fc |
| SANs: apitube.io, *.apitube.io | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of mcp.apitube.io. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| io. | present | 57355 | 8 | Verified |
| apitube.io. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication Challenged, unverified
The endpoint asked for a token, but we could not retrieve and validate the RFC 9728 metadata that tells a client how to obtain one.
| Result | Challenged, unverified |
|---|---|
| Enforced | On tool calls |
| HTTP status | 200 |
Protected resource metadata
| Retrieved | No |
|---|---|
| Problem | no_resource_metadata |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://mcp.apitube.io/ | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://mcp.apitube.io/ | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://mcp.apitube.io/ |
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 →
search_news News Search ~3,477
Search news articles using APITube News API with comprehensive filtering. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR QUERY CONSTRUCTION: 1. DO NOT use dots in parameter names directly in the root object. Use nested objects instead. 2. The system will automatically convert nested objects to dot notation for the API. Example: Use { language: { code: "en" } } instead of { "language.code": "en" }. 3. For multiple values in one parameter, use COMMA separation (e.g., "en,ru,fr" for multiple languages). 4. Integer filters (has_*, is_*) accept ONLY 0 or 1 (e.g., has_image=1, is_duplicate=0). 5. Date format: ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ). 6. Sentiment scores range: -1.0 (negative) to 1.0 (positive). 7. Default sorting: published_at DESC (newest first). 8. Unknown parameters are rejected with an error (-32602) instead of being silently ignored — check the spelling against the list below. 9. By default the response returns id, title, href, published_at, description and source.domain. The article body is NOT included — request it explicitly with fl (e.g. fl: "title,href,body"). AVAILABLE PARAMETERS: ### Content Search - title: Search by article title (supports up to 3 keywords with comma separation) IMPORTANT: a title search covers at most a 31-day published_at window. Omit the dates and the last 31 days are searched; pass a range wider than 31 days and the call fails with 400 ER0110. To cover a longer period, make one call per month-sized window. - ignore: { title: "keyword" } - Exclude articles with specific titles ### Languages (60+ supported) - language: { code: "en,ru,fr" } - Filter by language codes (up to 3) - ignore: { language: { code: "fr" } } - Exclude specific languages ### Categories (IPTC taxonomy) - category: { id: "medtop:04000000" } - Filter by category ID (up to 3) - ignore: { category: { id: "315" } } - Exclude categories ### Topics - topic: { id: "crypto_news,climate_change" } - Filter by topic ID (up to 3) - ignore: { topic: { id: "2"…
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | object | – | – |
| brand | object | – | – |
| category | object | – | IPTC category filter. |
| disaster | object | – | – |
| disease | object | – | – |
| entity | object | – | Named-entity filter. |
| event | object | – | – |
| facet | boolean|object | – | Enable faceting (true) or object form for analytics. |
| fl | string | – | Comma-separated fields to return (dot-notation supported), e.g. "id,title,source.name,sentiment.overall.score". |
| has_author | integer | – | Has an attributed author. |
| has_hq_images | integer | – | High-quality images (width >= 1200px). |
| has_image | integer | – | Articles with at least one image. |
| has_video | integer | – | Articles with at least one video. |
| hl | boolean|object | – | Enable highlighting (true) or object form. |
| ignore | object | – | Exclusion filters — exclude articles matching these. Mirror the positive filters. |
| industry | object | – | – |
| is_breaking | integer | – | Breaking news only. |
| is_duplicate | integer | – | 0 to exclude duplicates. |
| is_long_read | integer | – | Read time >= 5 minutes. |
| is_media_rich | integer | – | Both images and videos. |
| is_paywall | integer | – | 0 to exclude paywalled content. |
| is_premium_source | integer | – | Premium sources (OPR >= 6). |
| is_short_read | integer | – | Read time < 3 minutes. |
| is_verified_source | integer | – | Verified sources (OPR >= 5). |
| language | object | – | Language filter. |
| location | object | – | – |
| media | object | – | Media-content filter. |
| organization | object | – | – |
| page | integer | – | Page number (default 1). |
| per_page | integer | – | Results per page (default 10). One response carries at most 25 articles. |
| person | object | – | – |
| published_at | object | – | Publication date range (ISO 8601). |
| read_time | object | – | Reading time in minutes. |
| sentiment | object | – | Sentiment filter. Scores range -1.0..1.0. |
| sort | object | – | – |
| source | object | – | Source filter. |
| title | string | – | Search by article title. Up to 3 keywords comma-separated (OR). Phrase in quotes for exact match. |
| topic | object | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
suggest Resolve Taxonomy IDs ~274
Resolve a name or prefix to APITube taxonomy IDs so you can use them in the `search_news` tool's filters. The `search_news` tool's most precise filters require IDs you cannot guess: - entity.id — numeric (persons, organizations, locations, brands, events...) - category.id — IPTC slug, e.g. "medtop:04000000" - topic.id — slug - industry.id — numeric Use this tool FIRST to look those IDs up, then pass them into `search_news`. USAGE: - type: which taxonomy to autocomplete — one of "entities", "categories", "topics", "industries". - prefix: the name (or its beginning) to search, e.g. "Tesla", "Elon", "spo". Returns an array of matches; take the `id` of the best match and put it into `search_news`: suggest({ type: "entities", prefix: "Tesla" }) → [{ id: 12345, name: "Tesla, Inc.", ... }] search_news({ entity: { id: "12345" } })
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| prefix | string | yes | Name or prefix to search, e.g. "Tesla", "Elon", "spo". |
| type | string | yes | Which taxonomy to autocomplete. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the APITube News MCP server?
APITube News is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.apitube.io/, 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 · mcp.apitube.io
claude mcp add --transport http io-apitube-news 'https://mcp.apitube.io/'
What is the APITube News MCP server?
APITube News is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.apitube/news. Real-time news search across 500,000+ sources in 60+ languages with sentiment and entities. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.apitube.io/).
Is the APITube News MCP server safe to use?
APITube News scores 87 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 APITube News MCP server expose?
APITube News exposes 2 tools: search_news, suggest. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 3,751 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the APITube News MCP server require authentication?
Yes. APITube News asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.
Is the APITube News MCP server still maintained?
APITube News is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 16 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.