Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

newsmcp

NewsMCP — World news for AI agents

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade B

Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

Rescanned at commit e3656bac8453, unchanged since the check below.

NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low

    Makes a network call whose host is not written as a fixed address.

    packages/mcp-server/src/api-client.ts, line 24 const response = await fetch(url.toString(), {

  • SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED Low

    The Secrets check reports a credential or environment file, but no quoted line shows a recognisable path.

    .gitignore, line 3 *.tsbuildinfo

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Pass

    No shell or command execution found, and no extra permission was declared.

  • Install and update

    Pass

    No install-time script found, and dependencies are pinned or absent.

  • Network

    Concern

    can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address.

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    packages/mcp-server/src/api-client.ts, line 24

    const response = await fetch(url.toString(), {

    packages/openclaw-plugin/src/client.ts, line 38

    const res = await fetch(url.toString(), {

    packages/skill/SKILL.md, line 39

    curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?hours=24&per_page=10&order_by=-sources_count"

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    packages/skill/SKILL.md, line 85

    curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/{event_id}/"

    packages/skill/SKILL.md, line 93

    curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/topics/"

    packages/skill/SKILL.md, line 101

    curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/regions/"

    packages/skill/SKILL.md, line 112

    curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?hours=24&per_page=10&order_by=-sources_count"

    packages/skill/SKILL.md, line 117

    curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?topics=technology&hours=24"

    packages/skill/SKILL.md, line 122

    curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?geo=europe&hours=24"

    packages/skill/SKILL.md, line 127

    curl -s "https://newsmcp.io/v1/news/?topics=politics,military&geo=europe&hours=48"

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED

    .gitignore, line 3

    *.tsbuildinfo

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Pass

    No encoded or minified payload found.

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

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Note

Hygiene check of commit e3656bac8453. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file.

Date and source

Date checked:

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github.com

Commit graded: e3656bac8453f63abd55fb1cdf0e911cf2256dae

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