# sh.newsflash/newsflash (remote · newsflash.sh)

Real-time corroborated news events + 5-year archive, for agents. Free tier, no key.

- Trust score: 74/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +6
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `newsflash.sh`: 74/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sh-newsflash-newsflash/newsflash.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sh-newsflash-newsflash/newsflash)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://newsflash.sh/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.2`

## 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 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - 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.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - 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**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 519 tokens (~103/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http sh-newsflash-newsflash https://newsflash.sh/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.sh-newsflash-newsflash]
url = "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add sh-newsflash-newsflash --url https://newsflash.sh/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  sh-newsflash-newsflash:
    url: "https://newsflash.sh/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sh-newsflash-newsflash": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://newsflash.sh/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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 74, +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.

### 2026-08-01 (score 73, +3)

- [security regression] HSTS header: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Authorization: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Transport: fail → pass
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.20
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass

### 2026-07-31 (score 70, 0)

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

### 2026-07-29 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-28 (score 69, +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.

### 2026-07-27 (score 68, 0)

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

### 2026-07-26 (score 68)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `get_events` (~272 tokens)

Query the deduped news event graph by theme, source, category and time window. Returns events (many articles about one happening collapsed into one), each with a corroboration count and confidence score. This is the primary tool — prefer it over raw articles. The corpus spans 260+ global outlets and a five-year archive (history visible depends on tier).

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Source category
- `from` (string): Only events active on/after this date. ISO 8601 date/time, e.g. 2026-07-01 or 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z
- `limit` (integer): Max events (default 25)
- `q` (string): Free-text theme/keyword to match on headline + summary
- `semantic` (boolean): Rank by meaning (embedding similarity) instead of keyword match — requires q; better for concepts ('monetary easing') than exact strings
- `source` (string): Source slug, e.g. 'coindesk' (see list_sources)
- `to` (string): Only events active on/before this date. ISO 8601 date/time, e.g. 2026-07-01 or 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z

### `get_event` (~39 tokens)

Fetch a single event by id, including every corroborating article (source, url, timestamp).

Input parameters:

- `id` (integer, required): Event id from get_events

### `search_articles` (~160 tokens)

Search raw articles (not collapsed into events). Use when you want the underlying items or need per-outlet coverage rather than deduped happenings.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Source category
- `from` (string): ISO 8601 date/time, e.g. 2026-07-01 or 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z
- `limit` (integer): Max articles (default 25)
- `q` (string): Free-text keyword on headline + summary
- `source` (string): Source slug
- `to` (string): ISO 8601 date/time, e.g. 2026-07-01 or 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z

### `list_sources` (~23 tokens)

List all news sources Newsflash tracks, with categories and live article counts.

### `corpus_stats` (~25 tokens)

Corpus size and freshness: source / article / event counts and the latest article timestamp.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 74
- 2026-08-02: 73
- 2026-08-01: 73
- 2026-07-31: 70
- 2026-07-30: 70
- 2026-07-29: 70
- 2026-07-28: 69
- 2026-07-27: 68
- 2026-07-26: 68

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://newsflash.sh/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/zatmonkey/newsflash
- Website: https://newsflash.sh/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sh-newsflash-newsflash/newsflash/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sh-newsflash-newsflash/newsflash/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sh-newsflash-newsflash/newsflash