# Pressbox News Wire (remote · pressbox.com)

Search published Pressbox press releases and newsrooms with original source links and dates.

- Trust score: 72/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `pressbox.com`: 72/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/simms2-pressbox-news-wire/pressbox.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/simms2-pressbox-news-wire/pressbox)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://pressbox.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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 2026-11-05.

- **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).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 319 tokens (~63/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Pressbox News Wire MCP server?

Pressbox News Wire is a hosted endpoint at https://pressbox.com/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 simms2-pressbox-news-wire 'https://pressbox.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "simms2-pressbox-news-wire": {
      "url": "https://pressbox.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "simms2-pressbox-news-wire": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pressbox.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.simms2-pressbox-news-wire]
url = "https://pressbox.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "simms2-pressbox-news-wire": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://pressbox.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add simms2-pressbox-news-wire --url 'https://pressbox.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  simms2-pressbox-news-wire:
    url: "https://pressbox.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "simms2-pressbox-news-wire": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://pressbox.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add simms2-pressbox-news-wire -t streamable-http -u 'https://pressbox.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "simms2-pressbox-news-wire": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pressbox.com/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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 72, +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.

### 2026-11-02 (score 71, +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.

### 2026-10-31 (score 70, +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.

### 2026-10-30 (score 69, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-29 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search_pressbox_news` (~81 tokens)

Search public Pressbox press releases by topic, category or issuer name.

Read-only first-party news retrieval. Result pages can be independently
inspected and cited. Search does NOT imply any other assistant has cited it.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string)
- `issuer` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string)

### `get_pressbox_release` (~58 tokens)

Fetch one already-published release by its Pressbox public release ID.

Returns verified public source text, a canonical URL and factual issuer
metadata. It cannot retrieve drafts, private contacts or journalist lists.

Input parameters:

- `release_id` (string, required)

### `latest_pressbox_news` (~37 tokens)

List the latest public Pressbox releases; optionally select a category.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string)
- `limit` (integer)

### `get_pressbox_newsroom` (~31 tokens)

Find an issuer's public Pressbox newsroom and recent published releases.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required)

### `get_pressbox_public_capabilities` (~57 tokens)

Explain exactly what Pressbox exposes to AI and what requires consent.

These capabilities apply only to this public, read-only connector. Creating
or distributing releases requires an entirely separate OAuth-protected
application and the user's explicit approval.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/simms2-pressbox-news-wire/pressbox#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 72
- 2026-11-04: 72
- 2026-11-03: 71
- 2026-11-02: 71
- 2026-11-01: 70
- 2026-10-31: 70
- 2026-10-30: 69
- 2026-10-29: 69

## Common questions

### What is the Pressbox News Wire MCP server?

Pressbox News Wire is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.simms2/pressbox-news-wire. Search published Pressbox press releases and newsrooms with original source links and dates. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://pressbox.com/mcp).

### Is the Pressbox News Wire MCP server safe to use?

Pressbox News Wire scores 72 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 Pressbox News Wire MCP server expose?

Pressbox News Wire exposes 5 tools: search_pressbox_news, get_pressbox_release, latest_pressbox_news, get_pressbox_newsroom, get_pressbox_public_capabilities. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 264 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Pressbox News Wire MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Pressbox News Wire MCP server still maintained?

Pressbox News Wire is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 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://pressbox.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/simms2/pressbox-ai-integrations
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/simms2-pressbox-news-wire/pressbox.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/simms2-pressbox-news-wire/pressbox.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/simms2-pressbox-news-wire/pressbox