@simplejacks/news-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
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": false
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| get_llms_txtB | GET /llms.txt from the public newspaper (how to cite the paper). Public newspaper only. Not tax advice. Headlines may be outbound. Do not fetch Hopper. |
| get_editionA | GET /edition.json from the public newspaper (current paper). Public newspaper only. Not tax advice. Headlines may be outbound. Do not fetch Hopper. |
| get_feedA | GET /feed.json from the public newspaper. Public newspaper only. Not tax advice. Headlines may be outbound. Do not fetch Hopper. |
| get_best_of_the_restB | GET /best-of-the-rest.json from the public newspaper (curated field). Public newspaper only. Not tax advice. Headlines may be outbound. Do not fetch Hopper. |
| get_robotsB | GET /robots.txt from the public newspaper. Public newspaper only. Not tax advice. Headlines may be outbound. Do not fetch Hopper. |
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 maps to a distinct endpoint with a clear purpose: citation file, current edition, feed, curated content, and robots. There is minor potential confusion between get_edition and get_feed since both serve current newspaper content, but the endpoint names and descriptions keep them mostly separable.
All five tools follow the same get_<resource> snake_case convention, making the naming pattern predictable and easy to guess. No mixed styles or vague verbs are present.
Five tools is well-scoped for a read-only news retrieval server. Each tool represents a distinct public endpoint, and none feel redundant or excessive.
The tool surface covers the main public newspaper resources: citation info, current edition, feed, curated content, and robots. It does not include search or article-level fetching, but for the apparent purpose of exposing the newspaper's public JSON/txt endpoints, the coverage is adequate.