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Profullstack: Aggregate News

profullstack_news-aggregator
Read-onlyIdempotent

[Profullstack] A news aggregator module for MCP server that parses RSS feeds and scrapes websites

Served by Profullstack (https://profullstack.com/mcp).

Tool call template

This tool declares no required parameters. Add optional parameters from the input schema as needed.

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "arguments": {},
    "name": "profullstack_news-aggregator"
  }
}

Input Schema

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No arguments

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. First observed

TDQS

C2.9/5.0
Behavior3/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true, openWorldHint=true, idempotentHint=true and destructiveHint=false, so the safety and network profile is covered. The description corroborates this by naming outbound scraping and RSS parsing, but says nothing about latency, which sources are hit, rate limits, or failure behavior when a feed is unreachable.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness3/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

The first sentence is compact and front-loaded, but the second sentence is vendor boilerplate ('Served by Profullstack...') that consumes roughly half the text without helping invocation. Space spent on attribution would be better spent on what the tool returns.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness2/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

There is no output schema and no parameters, so the description is the agent's only source of truth about what this call produces – and it never says. For a zero-input, zero-schema tool, leaving the return shape and source set unspecified is a substantial gap.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters4/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

The tool takes zero parameters, so there is nothing for the description to disambiguate; the schema is an open object with no properties. Baseline 4 applies, though a note on whether the open schema is ignored would have been useful.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose3/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description states the resource (news aggregation) and mechanism (RSS parsing plus website scraping), which distinguishes it from siblings like linkchecker or seo-ranking. However, it never states the actual operation an agent would invoke – fetch headlines? aggregate on demand? return a feed list? – and with zero parameters the agent has no way to know what it will get.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines2/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

No when-to-use guidance, no exclusions, and no mention of any alternative sibling for news-like data. The only context is a vendor attribution line, which does not help an agent decide between this and other Profullstack tools.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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