Biztoc MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOST | No | 不适用 (Not applicable) | |
| PORT | No | 不适用 (Not applicable) | |
| API_KEY | Yes | API 密钥 (API key for Biztoc) |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| news_sourceB | Get the latest news stories for the respective |
| sourcesA | Lists all currently available |
| news_topicsA | Get trending topic clusters and their respective stories, ordered by a proprietary popularity algorithm. Akin to the /topics view on biztoc.com. The topics and stories will change every hour. |
| searchB | Search across the entire news index from the last 14 days. Note that no search operators are supported via the API so all provided terms are considered required. |
| news_latestA | Get the latest news stories in chronological order, across all pages. Akin to the /wire view on biztoc.com. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 5 tools
Each tool targets a distinct aspect of the news domain: latest stories, stories by source, trending topics, search, and listing sources. There is no functional overlap.
Tool names follow a consistent lowercase_underscore pattern, but not all share the same prefix: three use 'news_' while two are standalone nouns ('search', 'sources'). This is a minor inconsistency.
Five tools cover the core functionalities of a news aggregator without being excessive or sparse. Each tool serves a clear purpose.
The set covers common news operations: fetching latest, filtering by source, trending topics, search, and source listing. A minor gap is the lack of a tool to retrieve a specific story by ID.