NewsMCPSAFE
MCP server for real-time world news — free, no API key required
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
NewsMCP — World news for AI agents
newsmcp.io • integrations • REST API
Real-time news events, clustered by AI from hundreds of sources, classified by topic and geography, ranked by importance.
Free. No API key. One command to install.
Coverage
12 topics — politics economy technology science health environment sports culture crime military education society
30 regions — 6 continents and 24 countries. Filter by europe, asia, united-states, germany, japan, ukraine, and more.
Hundreds of sources — Articles clustered into events in real-time, ranked by source count and impact score.
Integrations
95417901e706OBSERVED · 2026-10-07Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add server -- npx -y @newsmcp/[email protected]
Exposed tools (6)
6 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
get_news | read | |
get_news_detail | read | |
get_regions | read | List all available geographic regions (continents and countries). Use these slugs to filter get_news results by location. |
get_topics | read | List all available news topic categories (politics, technology, health, etc.). Use these slugs to filter get_news results. |
newsmcp_get_regions | read | List all available geographic regions (continents and countries) for filtering news events. Use these slugs with the geo parameter in newsmcp_get_news. |
newsmcp_get_topics | read | List all available topic categories for filtering news events. Use these slugs with the topics parameter in newsmcp_get_news. |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- declared (2 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (2)
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk, zod, @types/node, typescript
vitest, typescript, @types/node
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
95417901e706full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/pranciskus__newsmcp.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | 95417901e706 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the NewsMCP MCP server?
MCP server for real-time world news — free, no API key required
What tools does NewsMCP expose?
6 in total: 6 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is NewsMCP safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does NewsMCP need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does NewsMCP run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as @newsmcp/openclaw at 1.1.1.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (95417901e706), read on 2026-10-07. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.