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baba News by baba Hebrew

REMOTE · NEWS.ITSBABA.COM · SCANNED SEP 28

Israeli news in Hebrew and English: stories, sources, comparisons, coverage gaps, people and trends.

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remote · news.itsbaba.com 69
69 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

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 Security69
Transport & Reachability100
Schema Quality & AI Usability69
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
  • Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2134 tokens (~133/item across 16 items; 16 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 Management7
  • Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage96
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 88% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 16 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 17 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
Install

How do I install the baba News by baba Hebrew MCP server?

baba News by baba Hebrew is a hosted endpoint at https://news.itsbaba.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.

remote · news.itsbaba.com

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http isaachorowitz-baba-news 'https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp'
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "isaachorowitz-baba-news": {
      "url": "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "isaachorowitz-baba-news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.isaachorowitz-baba-news]
url = "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp"
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "isaachorowitz-baba-news": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add isaachorowitz-baba-news --url 'https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  isaachorowitz-baba-news:
    url: "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp"
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "isaachorowitz-baba-news": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add isaachorowitz-baba-news -t streamable-http -u 'https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp'
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "isaachorowitz-baba-news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

Changelog

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 +1
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 27 Sept 26 0
    • Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
  • 26 Sept 26 68

    First indexed and scored.

Diagnostics

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 28 Sept 2026 · Probed https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp

TLS valid

Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .

Subject Issuer Valid from Valid until Key Signature Serial
CN=itsbaba.com CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US 5 Sept 2026 4 Dec 2026 ECDSA 256 ECDSA-SHA256 58c21c84af4db3f80e50eada936deecd
SANs: itsbaba.com, news.itsbaba.com, *.news.itsbaba.com
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 news.itsbaba.com. — Not signed

Zone DS Keys Algorithms Outcome
. trust_anchor 20326, 38696 8, 8 Verified
com. present 19718 13 Verified
itsbaba.com. absent Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation
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
Header Value
strict-transport-security max-age=31536000
x-content-type-options nosniff
referrer-policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin

Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →

Transports 2 probes
Transport URL Outcome Status Location
streamable-http https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp Verified 200
http (plaintext) http://news.itsbaba.com/mcp Inconclusive 405
MCP tools · 16 exposed · ~2,004 tokens

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 →

Tool Tokens
blindspots_list ~207

Coverage gaps, by camp. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
cursorstring–Opaque keyset cursor from a previous page nextCursor. Malformed values are 400.
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.
limitinteger–Page size. Non-integer or negative values are 400; values above 100 are clamped to 100 and echoed as page.limit.
sidestring–Return only stories the named camp did not run. Unknown values are 400.
statestring–Repeatable. Unknown values are 400, unlike on /v1/stories, because this resource is only about these two.
windowinteger–How many minutes back to consider a state row current, 15-10080. Values below 15 are raised to 15; above 10080 are clamped.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

brief_get ~49

Today in Brief. Requires the brief API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

changes_list ~150

Incremental change feed. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
cursorstring–Opaque keyset cursor from a previous page nextCursor. Malformed values are 400.
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.
limitinteger–Page size, 1-500. Non-integer or negative values are 400; values above 500 are clamped.
sincestringyesISO 8601 instant. Runs forward in time from here. Values older than seven days are raised to seven days ago, which is as far back as cluster state is kept warm.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

people_get ~98

One person, with every spelling folded into them. Identity and aliases. recentCoverage is always null: resolving a person to their stories has no index behind it today, and the field is in the contract so filling it later is additive. Requires the people API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
idintegeryes–
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

people_list ~60

People in the last 24 hours. Requires the people API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.
limitinteger––

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

search_list ~214

Search stories. Requires the search API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
cursorstring–Opaque keyset cursor from a previous page nextCursor. Malformed values are 400.
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.
limitinteger–Page size. Non-integer or negative values are 400; values above 100 are clamped to 100 and echoed as page.limit.
qstringyes2-120 characters. Matches title, summary, and entities. Search lives on /search only.
sinceinteger–Jerusalem calendar dates back, 0-30, today inclusive. Non-integer or negative values are 400; values above 30 are clamped to 30.
sourcestring–Newsroom key. Repeatable.
statestring–Cluster state. Unknown values are ignored.
topicstring–Desk id. Repeatable.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

sources_activity ~133

Measured newsroom behaviour. What a newsroom did rather than what its profile says it is: crawl outcomes over the window, and the byline, originality, opinion, press-release and filing-lag rates the profile cron computed over its own 30-day window. successRate is over finished runs only, so a crawl still in flight never reads as a failure. Requires the sources API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
daysinteger–Days back, 1-30. Non-integer or negative values are 400; values above 30 are clamped.
keystringyes–

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

sources_get ~38

One newsroom, with profile when computed. Requires the sources API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
keystringyes–

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

sources_list ~49

List newsrooms. Requires the sources API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

stories_get ~62

Story detail: members, timeline, framing. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
ckeyintegeryes–
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

stories_list ~187

List stories. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
cursorstring–Opaque keyset cursor from a previous page nextCursor. Malformed values are 400.
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.
limitinteger–Page size. Non-integer or negative values are 400; values above 100 are clamped to 100 and echoed as page.limit.
sinceinteger–Jerusalem calendar dates back, 0-30, today inclusive. Non-integer or negative values are 400; values above 30 are clamped to 30.
sourcestring–Newsroom key. Repeatable.
statestring–Cluster state. Unknown values are ignored.
topicstring–Desk id. Repeatable.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

stories_members ~213

Every article in a cluster, paged. The same member records /v1/stories/{ckey} returns, but paged and filterable by side or lean. side and lean come from the source registry rather than the row, so a filtered page can be shorter than its limit while still issuing a cursor. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
ckeyintegeryes–
cursorstring–Opaque keyset cursor from a previous page nextCursor. Malformed values are 400.
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.
leanstring–Only members with this political lean. Unknown values are 400.
limitinteger–Page size. Non-integer or negative values are 400; values above 100 are clamped to 100 and echoed as page.limit.
sidestring–Only members from this camp. Unknown values are 400.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

threads_get ~123

One running story and its whole arc. Every instalment we still hold, newest first, in the same shape as a story on /v1/stories. The arc is bounded by limit and returned whole rather than paged. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
idintegeryes–
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.
limitinteger–Instalments to return, 1-100. Non-integer or negative values are 400.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

threads_list ~148

List running stories. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
cursorstring–Opaque keyset cursor from a previous page nextCursor. Malformed values are 400.
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.
limitinteger–Page size. Non-integer or negative values are 400; values above 100 are clamped to 100 and echoed as page.limit.
minNodesinteger–Smallest number of instalments a thread must have, 1-50. One cluster is not yet a running story, so the default is 2.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

topics_list ~84

The desk register with live volume. Requires the sources API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
daysinteger–Days back, 1-7. Non-integer or negative values are 400; values above 7 are clamped.
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

trending_list ~189

Stories picking up speed. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

NameTypeReqDescription
cursorstring–Opaque keyset cursor from a previous page nextCursor. Ranked by the same metric, so a cursor is only valid for the metric that produced it. Malformed values are 400.
langstring–Output language. Hebrew falls back to English per field when a row is missing.
limitinteger–Page size. Non-integer or negative values are 400; values above 100 are clamped to 100 and echoed as page.limit.
metricstring–Which computed signal orders the page. Unknown values are 400.
windowinteger–How many minutes back to consider a state row current, 15-10080. Values below 15 are raised to 15; above 10080 are clamped.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the baba News by baba Hebrew MCP server?

baba News by baba Hebrew is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.isaachorowitz/baba-news. Israeli news in Hebrew and English: stories, sources, comparisons, coverage gaps, people and trends. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp).

Is the baba News by baba Hebrew MCP server safe to use?

baba News by baba Hebrew scores 69 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 baba News by baba Hebrew MCP server expose?

baba News by baba Hebrew exposes 16 tools: stories_list, stories_get, sources_list, sources_get, brief_get, and 11 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,004 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Does the baba News by baba Hebrew MCP server require authentication?

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

Is the baba News by baba Hebrew MCP server still maintained?

baba News by baba Hebrew is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.