# Hottub News (remote · hottub.news)

Worldwide news for agents: search, sync and story clusters across outlets and languages. No key.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- remote · `hottub.news`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/news-hottub-hottub-news/hottub.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/news-hottub-hottub-news/hottub)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://hottub.news/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.0`

## 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 2026-09-28.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - 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**: 63/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1626 tokens (~180/item across 9 items; 9 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 3/100
  - Stability observed for 1 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 88/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 63% 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 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 10 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

### How do I install the Hottub News MCP server?

Hottub News is a hosted endpoint at https://hottub.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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http news-hottub-hottub-news 'https://hottub.news/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "news-hottub-hottub-news": {
      "url": "https://hottub.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "news-hottub-hottub-news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hottub.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.news-hottub-hottub-news]
url = "https://hottub.news/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add news-hottub-hottub-news --url 'https://hottub.news/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  news-hottub-hottub-news:
    url: "https://hottub.news/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "news-hottub-hottub-news": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://hottub.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add news-hottub-hottub-news -t streamable-http -u 'https://hottub.news/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "news-hottub-hottub-news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hottub.news/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.

### 2026-09-28 (score 71, +1)

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

### 2026-09-27 (score 70)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (9)

### `search_news` (~558 tokens)

Search or browse news

Newest-first headlines from worldwide sources, optionally filtered by words, language, country, topic, source, kind and time.

Input parameters:

- `before` (string): Paging cursor from a previous result's next link
- `category` (string): Comma-separated IPTC top-level categories: arts-culture-entertainment, conflict-war, crime-law, disaster-accident, economy-business, education, environment, health, human-interest, labour, lifestyle-…
- `collapse` (string): One item per story (best representative); related = other reports of it
- `country` (string): Comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes of the publisher's country, e.g. "US,GB"
- `entity` (string): Comma-separated Wikidata ids (from find_entities), e.g. "Q312"
- `format` (string): md: readable with summaries; lines: tab-separated, fewest tokens; ndjson/json: full records
- `kind` (string): Comma-separated: article, press_release, official, community, research, sponsored
- `lang` (string): Comma-separated ISO 639-1 codes, e.g. "en,es"
- `limit` (integer)
- `match` (string): keyword: exact words only; semantic: meaning only (cross-language)
- `political` (boolean): true: political stories only (political score ≥ 0.5); false: non-political only
- `q` (string): What you're looking for, in any language. Matches by meaning and by keyword (hybrid) over the last 7 days unless since is given; results carry a relevance score.
- `sentiment` (string): Comma-separated: negative, neutral, positive
- `since` (string): Only items published at/after this: RFC 3339, a date, or an age like "6h", "2d"
- `sort` (string): hot: most widely covered stories of the last 48h, one per story; positive/negative: most positive/negative tone first (last 24h unless since is given)
- `source` (string): Comma-separated source ids (see list_sources) or publisher domains
- `sponsored` (string): Paid press releases are labeled; exclude to omit them
- `tone_max` (number)
- `tone_min` (number): Only items with tone ≥ this (-1 most negative … 1 most positive)
- `topic` (string): Comma-separated topics, e.g. "space,science"
- `until` (string): Only items published at/before this

### `sync_news` (~424 tokens)

Get new items since a cursor

Incremental feed: returns items added after `after`, oldest first, plus a new cursor. Call again with that cursor to get only what is new.

Input parameters:

- `after` (integer, required): The cursor returned by your previous sync_news call; 0 to start from the oldest retained item
- `category` (string): Comma-separated IPTC top-level categories: arts-culture-entertainment, conflict-war, crime-law, disaster-accident, economy-business, education, environment, health, human-interest, labour, lifestyle-…
- `country` (string): Comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes of the publisher's country, e.g. "US,GB"
- `format` (string): md: readable with summaries; lines: tab-separated, fewest tokens; ndjson/json: full records
- `kind` (string): Comma-separated: article, press_release, official, community, research, sponsored
- `lang` (string): Comma-separated ISO 639-1 codes, e.g. "en,es"
- `limit` (integer)
- `political` (boolean): true: political stories only (political score ≥ 0.5); false: non-political only
- `sentiment` (string): Comma-separated: negative, neutral, positive
- `since` (string): Only items published at/after this: RFC 3339, a date, or an age like "6h", "2d"
- `source` (string): Comma-separated source ids (see list_sources) or publisher domains
- `sponsored` (string): Paid press releases are labeled; exclude to omit them
- `tone_max` (number)
- `tone_min` (number): Only items with tone ≥ this (-1 most negative … 1 most positive)
- `topic` (string): Comma-separated topics, e.g. "space,science"
- `until` (string): Only items published at/before this

### `list_stories` (~95 tokens)

Top stories with briefs

The most widely covered stories right now (last 48h), each with a neutral multi-source brief when available, outlet count, languages, entities and a representative report. Filter by lang, country, category, entity.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string)
- `country` (string)
- `entity` (string)
- `format` (string)
- `lang` (string)
- `limit` (integer)

### `find_entities` (~62 tokens)

Find people, organizations and places

Look up Wikidata ids for a name (e.g. "Tesla", "Lagos") with how many items mention each in the last 7 days; pass the id as `entity` to search_news or list_stories.

Input parameters:

- `q` (string, required)

### `get_story` (~52 tokens)

All reports of one story

Every item in a story (the `story` id on items, st_…): all outlets and languages covering the same event, newest first.

Input parameters:

- `format` (string)
- `story` (string, required)

### `get_news_item` (~35 tokens)

Get one item

Full record for one item id (n_… for news, s_… for sponsored).

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

### `list_sources` (~51 tokens)

List sources

Registered sources with their language, country, kind and health. Filter by q (name), country or lang.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string)
- `lang` (string)
- `q` (string)

### `quote_placement` (~115 tokens)

Price a sponsored press release

Quote for placing a labeled, paid press release in the Hottub News mix via Hottub Business. Price varies by topic tier, current topic interest, demand, targeting reach and duration; the response itemizes each factor. Read-only: returns a price; books and charges nothing.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string)
- `days` (integer)
- `lang` (string)
- `topics` (string): Comma-separated topics to target, e.g. "ai,business"; omit for run of network

### `news_stats` (~31 tokens)

Coverage statistics

Item counts over the last 24 hours by kind, language, country and source, plus the current sync cursor.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 71
- 2026-09-27: 70

## Common questions

### What is the Hottub News MCP server?

Hottub News is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as news.hottub/hottub-news. Worldwide news for agents: search, sync and story clusters across outlets and languages. No key. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://hottub.news/mcp).

### Is the Hottub News MCP server safe to use?

Hottub News scores 71 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 Hottub News MCP server expose?

Hottub News exposes 9 tools: search_news, sync_news, list_stories, find_entities, get_story, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,423 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Hottub News MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Hottub News MCP server still maintained?

Hottub News 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.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://hottub.news/mcp
- Website: https://hottub.news/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/news-hottub-hottub-news/hottub.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/news-hottub-hottub-news/hottub.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/news-hottub-hottub-news/hottub