Is Newsmcp safe to use?

Newsmcp has an HVTrust score of 51.8/100 (Grade C), ranked #890 of 1325 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Newsmcp?

Newsmcp scores 51.8/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 35 GitHub stars and is categorized under MCP Servers.

Newsmcp

pranciskus/newsmcp

MCP server for real-time world news — free, no API key required

MCP Servers TypeScript Listed MIT

Is Newsmcp safe? Thin or incomplete trust evidence. Review carefully before production use.

OSSF Scorecard 2.9 / 10

Provenance Attested

Signed commits 0%

Last push 204d ago

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In detail: Newsmcp scores 51.8/100 (Grade C), ranked #890 of 1325 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage B (3 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: its packages ship with cryptographic provenance; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 2.9/10; recent commits are unsigned; last pushed 2026-03-06. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How Newsmcp compares in MCP Servers

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks Newsmcp’s 51.8.

Where the 51.8 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the MCP Servers average

51.8 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Newsmcp MCP Servers average (775 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits

11.1 / 25

0.8 above avg 10.3

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

18.0 / 18

4.6 above avg 13.4

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

11.0 / 17

1.2 below avg 12.2

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

0 / 20

12.1 below avg 12.1

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

6.0 / 20

1.2 below avg 7.2

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It

Increase the share of verified signed commits for clearer maintainer identity.

Recent Changes

2026-09-23

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-09-23

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Anthropic

2026-09-23

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → implemented

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 2.9/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.

Increase signed commits Raise the share of verified-signed commits to make maintainer identity and release history easier to trust.

Refresh maintenance signals The repo was last pushed 204 days ago. Fresh activity helps separate stable projects from stale ones.

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11.5

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#504

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How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade C reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage B is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (3 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Rank Trend

2026-08-11 2026-09-26

Activity & Reach

Stars

Forks

Last Push

2026-03-06

204 days ago

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

npm

HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

▲3

was #893

Analysis

Activity Inputs

11.5 / 100

StarsRepository reach

9.3 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

0.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

0.0 / 25

CommunityFork signal

2.2 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

Verified

npm attestation

OSSF Scorecard

2.9 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Sep 21, 2026

Signed Commits

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 0

CI-Tests -1

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 0

Contributors 3

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 0

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 0

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 3

SAST 0

Security-Policy 0

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Common questions about Newsmcp

Public trust evidence for Newsmcp is thin: several supply-chain signals are missing or weak. This does not mean the project is unsafe — it means an outside observer cannot easily verify the usual integrity checks. Treat with extra scrutiny.

Does Newsmcp publish package provenance?

Yes. Newsmcp's package releases carry build provenance attestations, which cryptographically link the published package back to its source repository and CI workflow.

Does Newsmcp have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Newsmcp has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 2.9/10. The Scorecard checks for branch protection, signed releases, dependency updates, fuzzing, code review, and other supply-chain hygiene items. See the full check breakdown on this page.

Is Newsmcp actively maintained?

Stale. The repository has not been pushed to in 204 days. Consider whether the project is still being maintained.

What license does Newsmcp use?

Newsmcp ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are Newsmcp's commits signed?

0% of the last 100 commits to Newsmcp are verified-signed (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, or GitHub's signing flow). Signed commits help confirm that code was authored by who the commit claims.

Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.

AI agent surface

MCP, providers, tool surface

Scored in HVTrust

These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →

MCP Server Support

high confidence

Implemented

Newsmcp appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

medium confidence

1 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

Anthropic

Credential signal: No explicit API-key/config marker detected.

Tool / Plugin Surface

high confidence

Declared

Declared plugin/integration surface detected.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

Package Provenance Drift

high confidence

Match

Published package metadata matches the tracked repo

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

MCP signal live
External deps live
Tool / plugin surface live
Package provenance drift live

How this surface has changed

Detected changes to Newsmcp's runtime surface and supply-chain posture, from daily public-signal snapshots. A change here means our detectors see something different — a genuinely changed capability, or better evidence of an existing one.

2026-09-23

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-09-23

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Anthropic

2026-09-23

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → implemented

2026-09-23

Provenance Added

Package provenance attestation detected

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores Newsmcp from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.

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Reputation Timeline

Signal history

2026-09-23

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-09-23

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Anthropic

2026-09-23

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → implemented

2026-09-23

Provenance Added

Package provenance attestation detected

2026-09-23

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → C

2026-09-23

Rank Moved

Rank rose 406 spots (#1288 → #882)

2026-09-23

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 38.1pts (13.7 → 51.8)

2026-09-22

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #1288

2026-09-21

Removed From Active Tracking

Removed from active tracking

2026-09-18

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#864 → #879)

2026-09-11

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 12 spots (#842 → #854)

2026-09-09

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#830 → #844)

2026-09-07

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 37 spots (#786 → #823)

2026-09-05

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 62 spots (#715 → #777)

2026-09-04

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 2.9/10

2026-09-04

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → C

2026-09-04

Rank Moved

Rank rose 147 spots (#862 → #715)

2026-09-04

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 6.1pts (46.3 → 52.4)

2026-09-03

Rank Moved

Rank rose 288 spots (#1150 → #862)

2026-09-03

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 15.3pts (31.0 → 46.3)

2026-09-02

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 39 spots (#1111 → #1150)

2026-09-01

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 42 spots (#1069 → #1111)

2026-08-31

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 32 spots (#1037 → #1069)

2026-08-30

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 56 spots (#981 → #1037)

2026-08-29

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 47 spots (#934 → #981)

2026-08-28

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 33 spots (#901 → #934)

2026-08-27

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 31 spots (#870 → #901)

2026-08-26

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 109 spots (#761 → #870)

2026-08-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 17 spots (#740 → #757)

2026-08-10

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 40 spots (#699 → #739)

2026-08-08

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #700

GitHub → npm: @newsmcp/server

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