Geotone — Global News Signals
REMOTE · GEOTONE.NEWS · SCANNED SEP 23
Live global news signals: ranked wire, story timelines, coverage volume/tone/surges. Free, no auth.
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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 Security57
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 8 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Unverified
- 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 Usability79
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 993 tokens (~124/item across 8 items; 8 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 Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
- 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 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 9 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
How do I install the Geotone — Global News Signals MCP server?
Geotone — Global News Signals is a hosted endpoint at https://geotone.news/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 · geotone.news
claude mcp add --transport http news-geotone-geotone 'https://geotone.news/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"news-geotone-geotone": {
"url": "https://geotone.news/mcp"
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"news-geotone-geotone": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://geotone.news/mcp"
}
}
} [mcp_servers.news-geotone-geotone] url = "https://geotone.news/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"news-geotone-geotone": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://geotone.news/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add news-geotone-geotone --url 'https://geotone.news/mcp' --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
news-geotone-geotone:
url: "https://geotone.news/mcp" {
"McpServers": {
"news-geotone-geotone": {
"Transport": "http",
"Url": "https://geotone.news/mcp"
}
}
} assistant mcp add news-geotone-geotone -t streamable-http -u 'https://geotone.news/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"news-geotone-geotone": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://geotone.news/mcp"
}
}
} The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.
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.
- 19 Sept 26 +1
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Tool “get_country” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “get_topic” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “get_trending” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “get_wire” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Schema quality: pass → fail ▼ functional
- MCP protocol: fail → pass ▲ functional
- MCP protocol version: 2025-06-18 → 2026-07-28 functional
- Server version: 1.2.0 → 1.3.0 functional
- “get_country” added an optional parameter “response_format” cosmetic
- “get_relation” added an optional parameter “response_format” cosmetic
- “get_topic” added an optional parameter “response_format” cosmetic
- 26 Aug 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
- 25 Aug 26 77
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 18 Aug 26 0
- Tool “get_wire” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- 11 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
- 31 Jul 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
- 30 Jul 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
- 29 Jul 26 0
- HTTPS: unverified → pass ▲ security
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 23 Sept 2026 · Probed https://geotone.news/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=geotone.news | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 30 Aug 2026 | 28 Nov 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | 66c220d19de1c43c1342863c23e95552 |
| SANs: geotone.news, www.geotone.news, *.www.geotone.news | ||||||
| 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 geotone.news. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| news. | present | 39979 | 8 | Verified |
| geotone.news. | 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 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://geotone.news/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://geotone.news/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://geotone.news/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 →
get_briefing Daily risk briefing ~68
Geotone's daily global risk briefing for a date (YYYY-MM-DD): an analytical summary of coverage surges, tone shifts, and notable movers, with the statistics behind each claim.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | string | yes | UTC date, e.g. 2026-07-02 |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bodyMarkdown | string | yes | – |
| date | string | yes | – |
| headline | string | yes | – |
| meta | object | – | – |
| page | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_country Country statistics ~180
Live media-coverage statistics for one country by ISO-3166 alpha-2 code (e.g. 'ua', 'cn'): daily series (latest 30 days by default; response_format='detailed' for 90) of coverage volume (share of world news coverage that is about that country) and tone, plus armed-conflict fatalities (UCDP, trailing 12 months), displacement stocks (UNHCR: IDPs, refugees, asylum seekers), and coverage origin (what share of coverage about the country is produced by its own outlets vs abroad).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| iso2 | string | yes | ISO2 code, e.g. 'ua' |
| response_format | string | – | concise (default): summary stats + the latest 30 days of the series. detailed: the full 90-day series and article sample (~3x the tokens). |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| activeTopics | array | – | – |
| conflict | object|null | – | UCDP GED trailing-12-month organized-violence totals; recent months preliminary |
| coverageOrigin | object|null | – | Trailing-14d share of coverage about the country produced by domestic outlets (floor estimate) |
| displacement | object|null | – | UNHCR year-end displacement stocks |
| iso2 | string | yes | – |
| meta | object | – | – |
| name | string | yes | – |
| page | string | – | – |
| snapshots | array | yes | – |
| stats | object | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_relation Bilateral co-coverage ~116
Bilateral co-coverage signal for a monitored country pair (e.g. a='cn', b='us'): how much the world's press mentions the two countries together, and in what tone. ~50 strategic pairs are monitored.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | string | yes | First country ISO2 |
| b | string | yes | Second country ISO2 |
| response_format | string | – | concise (default): summary stats + the latest 30 days of the series. detailed: the full 90-day series and article sample (~3x the tokens). |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| meta | object | – | – |
| pair | string | yes | – |
| snapshots | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_story_chain Story timeline ~73
A story timeline: the threaded developments of one multi-day event chain, oldest first (e.g. attack → casualties confirmed → international reaction). Use the chain_id values returned by get_wire. Each development is a headline + link + outlet count + tone.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| chain_id | number | yes | Chain id from get_wire |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string|null | – | – |
| developments | array | yes | – |
| firstSeen | string | – | – |
| id | number | yes | – |
| lastDevelopment | string | – | – |
| meta | object | – | – |
| page | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_topic Topic statistics ~149
Live media-coverage statistics for one geopolitical topic (e.g. 'ukraine-war', 'taiwan-strait', 'sanctions'): daily volume and tone series, z-score, week-over-week change, and a sample of recent articles (headline+link only). Returns the latest 30 days by default; pass response_format='detailed' for the full 90. Use search_topics to find slugs.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| response_format | string | – | concise (default): summary stats + the latest 30 days of the series. detailed: the full 90-day series and article sample (~3x the tokens). |
| slug | string | yes | Topic slug, e.g. 'ukraine-war' |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| articles | array | – | – |
| meta | object | – | – |
| name | string | yes | – |
| page | string | – | – |
| slug | string | yes | – |
| snapshots | array | yes | – |
| stats | object | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_trending Trending now ~61
What's surging in global news right now: topics whose coverage is ≥2 standard deviations above their trailing average (z-score), the biggest week-over-week movers, and surging countries. Derived every 3 hours from GDELT across 65+ languages.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| meta | object | – | – |
| movers | array | – | – |
| surging | array | – | – |
| surgingCountries | array | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_wire The live wire ~121
The live wire: the world's most significant stories right now, ranked by a published formula (authority-weighted outlet breadth, boosted by consequence themes, coded events, and casualty figures, decayed by recency over 72h). Each story carries one representative link, outlet count, tone, countries, non-English source languages that also reported the event, and a chain_id when it belongs to a multi-day story timeline (fetch with get_story_chain). Reclustered every 3 hours.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | number | – | Max stories to return (default 20) |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| meta | object | – | – |
| page | string | – | – |
| stories | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
search_topics Search topics ~62
Search Geotone's tracked geopolitical topics by keyword (matches name, slug, and description). Returns slugs usable with get_topic, plus each topic's current coverage stats.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | yes | Keyword, e.g. 'nuclear' or 'china' |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| meta | object | – | – |
| query | string | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
What is the Geotone — Global News Signals MCP server?
Geotone — Global News Signals is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as news.geotone/geotone. Live global news signals: ranked wire, story timelines, coverage volume/tone/surges. Free, no auth. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://geotone.news/mcp).
Is the Geotone — Global News Signals MCP server safe to use?
Geotone — Global News Signals 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 Geotone — Global News Signals MCP server expose?
Geotone — Global News Signals exposes 8 tools: get_trending, get_topic, get_country, get_relation, search_topics, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 830 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Geotone — Global News Signals MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Geotone — Global News Signals without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Geotone — Global News Signals MCP server still maintained?
Geotone — Global News Signals is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.