# io.github.jshelley/briefings (mcpb · briefing-mcp-0.1.0.mcpb)

Hourly ranked news (AI, markets, sports, world): JSON, e-ink pages, Morning Paper PDF; 25 free/day

- Trust score: 50/100 (low)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-21

## Components

- remote · `briefing-service.wholemind.workers.dev`: 59/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jshelley-briefings/briefing-service.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jshelley-briefings/briefing-service)
- mcpb · `briefing-mcp-0.1.0.mcpb`: 50/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jshelley-briefings/https-github-com-jshelley-briefing-mcp-releases-download-v0-1-0-briefing-mcp-0-1.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jshelley-briefings/https-github-com-jshelley-briefing-mcp-releases-download-v0-1-0-briefing-mcp-0-1)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `mcpb`
- Package: `https://github.com/jshelley/briefing-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.0/briefing-mcp-0.1.0.mcpb`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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 2026-09-21.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 23/100
  - Malware scan not yet available for this package.
  - Known CVEs were checked across the 96 of 96 dependencies we could resolve, so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 9 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 489 tokens (~81/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 30/100
  - Stability observed for 9 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 79/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 38% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

- Download bundle: `https://github.com/jshelley/briefing-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.0/briefing-mcp-0.1.0.mcpb`

## 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.

### 2026-09-20 (score 50, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-19 (score 49, +3)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23

### 2026-09-12 (score 46)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `list_briefings` (~24 tokens)

List the hourly briefings available (key and name), with prices.

### `get_briefing` (~62 tokens)

One briefing as structured JSON: lead story, ranked stories and research items with summaries, why-it-matters and key points, plus when it was ranked.

Input parameters:

- `key` (string, required): briefing key from list_briefings, e.g. 'ai'

### `get_summary` (~42 tokens)

Free, small: headlines and one-line summaries of a briefing (for widgets and quick reads).

Input parameters:

- `key` (string, required): briefing key, e.g. 'world'

### `get_candidates` (~72 tokens)

Free provenance dump: every candidate the editor saw this hour with canonical_link, published time, feed weight, the other outlets that ran the story (also_in), a selected flag, and collapsed duplicates (duplicate_of, dup_rule, dup_score).

Input parameters:

- `key` (string, required): briefing key, e.g. 'ai'

### `get_page` (~79 tokens)

One rendered page of a briefing as a 480x800 1-bit PNG (page 0 is the front page; story pages follow). Made for e-ink and small displays. wide=true returns the 800x480 landscape front page.

Input parameters:

- `key` (string, required)
- `page` (integer)
- `wide` (boolean)

### `render_briefing` (~63 tokens)

Rank and render a briefing from your own feeds and persona (one editor run; needs a Reader key with render credits, or use x402 on the remote endpoint). Returns JSON and page URLs.

Input parameters:

- `feeds` (array, required)
- `persona` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jshelley-briefings/https-github-com-jshelley-briefing-mcp-releases-download-v0-1-0-briefing-mcp-0-1#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-21: 50
- 2026-09-20: 50
- 2026-09-19: 49
- 2026-09-18: 46
- 2026-09-17: 46
- 2026-09-16: 46
- 2026-09-15: 46
- 2026-09-14: 46
- 2026-09-13: 46
- 2026-09-12: 46

## Common questions

### What is the io.github.jshelley/briefings MCP server?

io.github.jshelley/briefings is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.jshelley/briefings. Hourly ranked news (AI, markets, sports, world): JSON, e-ink pages, Morning Paper PDF; 25 free/day. This page covers its MCPB bundle (https://github.com/jshelley/briefing-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.0/briefing-mcp-0.1.0.mcpb).

### Is the io.github.jshelley/briefings MCP server safe to use?

io.github.jshelley/briefings scores 50 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 io.github.jshelley/briefings MCP server expose?

io.github.jshelley/briefings exposes 6 tools: list_briefings, get_briefing, get_summary, get_candidates, get_page, render_briefing. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 342 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### What licence is the io.github.jshelley/briefings MCP server under?

io.github.jshelley/briefings declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- Repository: https://github.com/jshelley/briefing-mcp
- Website: https://briefing-service.wholemind.workers.dev/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jshelley-briefings/https-github-com-jshelley-briefing-mcp-releases-download-v0-1-0-briefing-mcp-0-1.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jshelley-briefings/https-github-com-jshelley-briefing-mcp-releases-download-v0-1-0-briefing-mcp-0-1.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jshelley-briefings/https-github-com-jshelley-briefing-mcp-releases-download-v0-1-0-briefing-mcp-0-1