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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "baba-news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${BABA_NEWS_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --transport http baba-news https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer ${BABA_NEWS_TOKEN}"

[mcp_servers.baba-news]
url = "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "BABA_NEWS_TOKEN"

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "baba-news": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true,
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer {env:BABA_NEWS_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "baba-news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${BABA_NEWS_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  },
  "deeplink": "cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=baba-news&config=eyJ0eXBlIjoiaHR0cCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy5pdHNiYWJhLmNvbS9tY3AiLCJoZWFkZXJzIjp7IkF1dGhvcml6YXRpb24iOiJCZWFyZXIgJHtCQUJBX05FV1NfVE9LRU59In19"
}

{
  "servers": {
    "baba-news": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${BABA_NEWS_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "baba-news": {
      "httpUrl": "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${BABA_NEWS_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

extensions:
  "baba-news":
    enabled: true
    name: "baba-news"
    type: streamable_http
    uri: "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp"
    headers:
      "Authorization": "Bearer ${BABA_NEWS_TOKEN}"
    timeout: 300

Placeholders to fill from your own secret store: ${BABA_NEWS_TOKEN}. The registry never accepts secret values.

Quality 83 / 100good

protocol100 · weight 25

pass
protocol.modernsupports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
pass
protocol.statelessanswers without a session
pass
protocol.transportstreamable HTTP
pass
protocol.list_ttltool list is cacheable (ttlMs 3600000)

authorizationn/a · weight 15

n/a
auth.prm, auth.as_metadata, auth.cimdno remote uses OAuth
n/a
auth.secret_in_urlno templated URL

tool hygiene86 · weight 30

pass
tools.descriptionsevery tool has a description
pass
tools.description_lengthdescriptions are concise
pass
tools.schemasevery tool has an object input schema
pass
tools.annotations16 of 16 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
fail
tools.directory_hintsno tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: stories_list (idempotentHint); stories_get (idempotentHint); people_list (idempotentHint); …
pass
tools.token_costabout 3,357 tokens to load every tool
pass
tools.api_dumptools are not a one-to-one API dump

stability50 · weight 15

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stability.changes3 tool changes in 30 days
fail
stability.rug_pull1 tools kept their name but changed most of their description in 30 days; review before trusting them

dependenciesn/a · weight 15

n/a
deps.known_vulns, deps.mcp_sdk_version, deps.resolvableno npm or PyPI package

16 tools, about 3,357 tokens to load them all · tool set a652ffeba859 · tools last changed 2026-10-02 · checked 2026-10-20 12:13 UTC

Tool changes

2026-10-02stories_memberschangedinput schema
2026-10-02blindspots_listchangedinput schema
2026-09-30trending_listchangedtitle, descriptionmeaning changed
before
Stories picking up speed. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
after · 48% of words in common
Newsroom momentum ranked by an explicit computed metric (newsroom-momentum-v1). Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

Full history: list_changes · trend: quality JSON.

Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. How it is computed.

Trust 96 / 100

provenance90

liveness98

freshness100

hygiene100

+repository +namespace-matches-repo +website +reachable +uptime-94% +updated-24d-ago

Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. How it is computed.

Endpoints

remote	auth	reachable	uptime 30d	p50	protocol	last ok
`https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp` streamable-http	api_key `${BABA_NEWS_TOKEN}`	yes	94%	305 ms	2026-07-28, 2025-11-25, 2025-06-18, 2025-03-26	2026-10-20

Tools (16)

`blindspots_list`read-only	Coverage gaps, by camp. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`brief_get`read-only	Today in Brief. Requires the brief API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`changes_list`read-only	Incremental change feed. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`people_get`read-only	One person, with every spelling folded into them. Identity and aliases. recentCoverage is always null: resolving a person to their stories has no index behind it today, and the field is in the contract so filling it later is additive. Requires the people API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`people_list`read-only	People in the last 24 hours. Requires the people API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`search_list`read-only	Search stories. Requires the search API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`sources_activity`read-only	Measured newsroom behaviour. What a newsroom did rather than what its profile says it is: crawl outcomes over the window, and the byline, originality, opinion, press-release and filing-lag rates the profile cron computed over its own 30-day window. successRate is over finished runs only, so a crawl still in flight never reads as a failure. Requires the sources API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`sources_get`read-only	One newsroom, with profile when computed. Requires the sources API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`sources_list`read-only	List newsrooms. Requires the sources API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`stories_get`read-only	Story detail: members, timeline, framing. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`stories_list`read-only	List stories. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`stories_members`read-only	Every article in a cluster, paged. The same member records /v1/stories/{ckey} returns, but paged and filterable by side or lean. side and lean come from the source registry rather than the row, so a filtered page can be shorter than its limit while still issuing a cursor. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`threads_get`read-only	One running story and its whole arc. Every instalment we still hold, newest first, in the same shape as a story on /v1/stories. The arc is bounded by limit and returned whole rather than paged. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`threads_list`read-only	List running stories. Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`topics_list`read-only	The desk register with live volume. Requires the sources API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.
`trending_list`read-only	Newsroom momentum ranked by an explicit computed metric (newsroom-momentum-v1). Requires the stories API scope. English is the fallback for untranslated fields.

Schemas: list_tools.

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Official server.json

{
  "name": "io.github.isaachorowitz/baba-news",
  "icons": [
    {
      "src": "https://hc.itsbaba.com/baba-icon.png",
      "mimeType": "image/png"
    }
  ],
  "title": "baba News by baba Hebrew",
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "remotes": [
    {
      "url": "https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp",
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "headers": [
        {
          "name": "Authorization",
          "isSecret": true,
          "isRequired": true,
          "description": "Bearer followed by your own News API key from news.itsbaba.com/developers/console"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/isaachorowitz/baba-news-api",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "websiteUrl": "https://news.itsbaba.com/developers",
  "description": "Israeli news in Hebrew and English: stories, sources, comparisons, coverage gaps, people and trends."
}