Hottub News MCP server

• Registry namenews.hottub/hottub-newsverified in the MCP registry

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

• Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-20
• Tools10
• Server calls itselfhottub-news
• Server version0.1.0
• Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-20 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 84 ms.

• Its tools do every use case we checked: Connect an AI agent to live headlines via MCP; Browse latest worldwide headlines by category.
• Checked on 2 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

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.

• INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 2 so far
• What an agent can do with it2 of 2 use cases
• Answeredmeasuring2 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
• Median first answer154 ms
• Space in an agent's context≈ 2,209 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (10), which an agent carries on every turn
• Tool definitionsB · 85 of 100
• Typed results0 of 10 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once

• Parameters without a description: in 9 of 10

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 →

• search_news

  Newest-first headlines from worldwide sources, optionally filtered by words, language, country, topic, source, kind and time.

• sync_news

  Incremental feed: returns items added after `after`, oldest first, plus a new cursor. Call again with that cursor to get only what is new.

• list_stories

  The most widely covered stories right now (last 48h), each with a neutral multi-source brief when available, outlet count, languages, entities and a representative report. Filter by lang, country, category, entity.

• find_entities

  Look up Wikidata ids for a name (e.g. "Tesla", "Lagos") with how many items mention each in the last 7 days; pass the id as `entity` to search_news or list_stories.

• get_story

  Every item in a story (the `story` id on items, st_…): all outlets and languages covering the same event, newest first.

• get_news_item

  Full record for one item id (n_… for news, s_… for sponsored).

• list_sources

  Registered sources with their language, country, kind and health. Filter by q (name), country or lang.

• quote_placement

  Quote for placing a labeled, paid press release in the Hottub News mix via Hottub Business. Price varies by topic tier, current topic interest, demand, targeting reach and duration; the response itemizes each factor. Read-only: returns a…

• newsmap

  What the news covered in a period, for the world or a region: reports counted by publisher country (a choropleth map, as links to SVG and PNG) and the most widely covered stories with outlet counts. Periods: YYYY-MM-DD (UTC day), YYYY-wWW…

• news_stats

  Item counts over the last 24 hours by kind, language, country and source, plus the current sync cursor.