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Which servers in the official MCP registry are Basis Desk's own, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

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Whose server it is
  • Registry namenews.basisdesk/mcpverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under basisdesk.news. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-21
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-21
  • Tools7
  • Server calls itselfbasis-desk
  • Server version1.1.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-21 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 31 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Whether its tools do the product's job has not been judged yet.
  • Checked on 4 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 6 of 7 tools: check arguments before calling.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 4, the first on 2026-10-21
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 4 so far
  • Answeredmeasuring4 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer270 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 1,096 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (7), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsB · 86 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 7 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 6 of 7

What an agent can do with it

  • not sure · track live prices and top gainers for major crypto assets
  • not sure · scan short crypto news summaries with source and tone labels
  • not sure · monitor large wrapped-token transfers flagged from on-chain data

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (30%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%) and use (15%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers7 tools · read 2026-10-21
  • search_news

    Search Basis Desk, a crypto newsroom that verifies every story against primary sources (SEC/CFTC/Fed filings, court records, company and protocol releases). Use for questions about a crypto event, company, regulator, token or protocol…

  • latest_news

    Latest crypto news from Basis Desk, updated around the clock — use for 'what is happening in crypto today' or the newest stories in one area. Filter by category (bitcoin, ethereum, defi, regulation, institutions, security, stablecoins…

  • get_article

    Fetch one Basis Desk article as Markdown: key points, body, FAQ and the numbered primary sources it was checked against (with links). Use after search_news/latest_news when you need details, quotes or citations. Accepts a basisdesk.news…

  • market_snapshot

    Current crypto market data: prices refreshed every minute from exchange feeds, 1h/24h/7d change, market cap, total market cap, BTC dominance, Crypto Fear & Greed, Ethereum gas and Bitcoin fees. Use for 'price of X', market overview or…

  • whale_transfers

    Large on-chain transfers ('whale moves') found by Basis Desk's own scanner: Ethereum ETH and major stablecoins/wrapped assets from $5M, Bitcoin from 100 BTC (change outputs excluded), with exchange wallet labels and direction (to/from…

  • token_safety

    Safety check of a token contract before someone buys or approves it: honeypot behaviour, buy/sell tax, mint/pause/blacklist powers, proxy upgradeability, owner privileges, holder concentration — data from GoPlus Security, explained in…

  • daily_brief

    Basis Desk Daily Brief: the 5–7 crypto stories that mattered, the numbers that moved and what to watch, published every morning (07:00 ET) plus an evening wrap. Use for 'crypto news summary today/yesterday' or a specific date (YYYY-MM-DD).

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "basisdesk": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://basisdesk.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http basisdesk https://basisdesk.news/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://basisdesk.news/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

OpenAPI spec

5 paths, read 2026-10-21. Open the spec ↗

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.