Newsline
REMOTE · NEWS.HEYITSMEJOSH.COM · SCANNED AUG 20
News from 17 outlets with left/center/right bias tags and one-sided blindspot detection
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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 →
Endpoint Security46
- 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 2 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 enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement. View diagnostics → Unverified
- 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 Usability71
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 243 tokens (~121/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management33
- Stability observed for 10 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
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
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Add this component to your MCP client. Where a client-specific snippet is available, pick your client below and copy it straight into your config; otherwise use the connection detail shown.
remote · news.heyitsmejosh.com
claude mcp add --transport http nulljosh-newsline https://news.heyitsmejosh.com/mcp
[mcp_servers.nulljosh-newsline] url = "https://news.heyitsmejosh.com/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"nulljosh-newsline": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://news.heyitsmejosh.com/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add nulljosh-newsline --url https://news.heyitsmejosh.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
nulljosh-newsline:
url: "https://news.heyitsmejosh.com/mcp" {
"mcpServers": {
"nulljosh-newsline": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://news.heyitsmejosh.com/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.
- 20 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 18 Aug 26 +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.
- 16 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 14 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 12 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 11 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
- 10 Aug 26 59
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 20 Aug 2026 · Probed https://news.heyitsmejosh.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=heyitsmejosh.com | CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 3 Jul 2026 | 1 Oct 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 5e63abd524983d1ffbd31a2ae011625b231 |
| SANs: *.heyitsmejosh.com, heyitsmejosh.com | ||||||
| CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 4df3b15dd6c0784c507cd37b58e6f115 |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of news.heyitsmejosh.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| heyitsmejosh.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 |
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://news.heyitsmejosh.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://news.heyitsmejosh.com/mcp | Inconclusive | 405 |
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.
get_blindspots ~92
Stories covered by only one side of the political spectrum — reported by left-leaning outlets but not right-leaning, or vice versa. Each source carries a bias score from -2 (left) to +2 (right); 0 is center or non-political. Useful for finding what a given audience is not being told.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Max stories, up to 200. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_news ~151
Current headlines from 22 news outlets across the political spectrum. Each source carries a bias score from -2 (left) to +2 (right); 0 is center or non-political. Use view=latest for a flat reverse-chronological feed, or view=stories to group the same event as covered by different outlets.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bias | string | – | Restrict to outlets of one political lean. |
| limit | integer | – | Max results, up to 200. |
| outlet | string | – | Restrict to a single outlet. |
| q | string | – | Case-insensitive substring match on headline text. |
| view | string | – | Flat feed, clustered by story, or both. Default both. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.