FinancialMCP serverFirst audited Nov 13, 2026

NewsStocks.live market news

Plain-English US stock market news and daily market analysis. Free, no login.The vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.

Passed public checksAudited Nov 13, 2026

Every public check ran and passed. Public audit: we connect as an AI client would, list the tools and check what they say. We do not run them. How we audit

Does it work?: YesConnected in 200 ms.
Sign-up?: None neededIt answered without any account or key.
Can it change things?: No, read-onlyAll 4 tools say they only read.

Endpointhttps://newsstocks.live/mcp

Source code Website Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25 · server version 1.0.0

What we checked, the evidence, and the tools it offers.

What we checked

Security

Passed: Connections are encrypted (HTTPS).
Passed: No hidden instructions found in tool text.

Safety labels

Passed: Every tool says whether it only reads or can change things.

Tools

Passed: 4 tools listed.
Passed: Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema.

Protocol

Passed: The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP).
Passed: Protocol version 2025-11-25 (latest).
Passed: Unknown requests are refused.

Connection

Passed: The server responds.

Tools (4)

As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.

latest_newsThe newest US stock market stories, each a short plain-English summary with sentiment (bullish, bearish or neutral), the companies it names and a link. Optionally only stories about one company by ti…Read-only
search_newsFinds stories whose headline or topic matches a word or phrase (for example "rate cut", "tariffs", "Nvidia earnings"), newest first, each with summary, sentiment and link.Read-only
get_storyThe full NewsStocks.live write-up of one story: summary, our take, the key numbers, what to watch next, background, and the upside and downside the story names. Pass the url or slug from latest_news…Read-only
market_analysisThe latest NewsStocks.live market analysis for a day, week or month: overview, what drove the market, the risks, and each sector's outlook, in plain English with a link to the report.Read-only

Audit history

Nov 13Passed

What we sent

Every request in this audit, with the answer and how long it took. We never send credentials and never call a tool.

Request	Answer	Time
initialize	HTTP 200	200 ms
initialized	HTTP 202	154 ms
tools/list	HTTP 200	91 ms
unknown-method	HTTP 200	183 ms

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MCP client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-mcmaxwell-newsstocks": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://newsstocks.live/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Audit record (JSON)

{
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.mcmaxwell/newsstocks",
    "title": "NewsStocks.live market news",
    "url": "https://newsstocks.live/mcp",
    "transport": "streamable-http",
    "topics": [
      "Financial"
    ],
    "repository": "https://github.com/mcmaxwell/newsstocks",
    "website": "https://newsstocks.live",
    "inRegistry": true
  },
  "audit": {
    "slug": "io-github-mcmaxwell-newsstocks",
    "url": "https://newsstocks.live/mcp",
    "auditedAt": "2026-11-13T16:26:58.460Z",
    "firstAuditedAt": "2026-11-13T15:58:09.007Z",
    "auditor": "1.0.0",
    "outcome": "passed",
    "verdicts": {
      "responds": "yes",
      "signUp": "none",
      "toolsLabelled": "all",
      "changesThings": "no",
      "warnings": 0,
      "failures": 0
    },
    "findings": [
      {
        "id": "reachable",
        "area": "reachability",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "The server responds."
      },
      {
        "id": "https",
        "area": "security",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "Connections are encrypted (HTTPS)."
      },
      {
        "id": "initialize",
        "area": "protocol",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP)."
      },
      {
        "id": "protocol-version",
        "area": "protocol",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "Protocol version 2025-11-25 (latest)."
      },
      {
        "id": "unknown-method",
        "area": "protocol",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "Unknown requests are refused."
      },
      {
        "id": "tools-list",
        "area": "tools",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "4 tools listed."
      },
      {
        "id": "tool-schemas",
        "area": "tools",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema."
      },
      {
        "id": "safety-labels",
        "area": "safety",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "Every tool says whether it only reads or can change things."
      },
      {
        "id": "tool-poisoning",
        "area": "security",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "No hidden instructions found in tool text."
      }
    ],
    "server": {
      "name": "newsstocks",
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "title": "NewsStocks.live market news",
      "protocolVersion": "2025-11-25",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    },
    "toolCount": 4,
    "toolsHash": "92f33631b49706c863c2a940d08532faf32d0165eec2237346d92b4ee7ac0704",
    "latencyMs": 200,
    "history": [
      {
        "date": "2026-11-13",
        "outcome": "passed",
        "tools": 4
      }
    ]
  },
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "latest_news",
      "title": "Latest market news",
      "readOnly": true,
      "destructive": false,
      "openWorld": false,
      "description": "The newest US stock market stories, each a short plain-English summary with sentiment (bullish, bearish or neutral), the companies it names and a link. Optionally only stories about one company by ti…"
    },
    {
      "name": "search_news",
      "title": "Search market news",
      "readOnly": true,
      "destructive": false,
      "openWorld": false,
      "description": "Finds stories whose headline or topic matches a word or phrase (for example \"rate cut\", \"tariffs\", \"Nvidia earnings\"), newest first, each with summary, sentiment and link."
    },
    {
      "name": "get_story",
      "title": "Open one story",
      "readOnly": true,
      "destructive": false,
      "openWorld": false,
      "description": "The full NewsStocks.live write-up of one story: summary, our take, the key numbers, what to watch next, background, and the upside and downside the story names. Pass the url or slug from latest_news…"
    },
    {
      "name": "market_analysis",
      "title": "Latest market analysis",
      "readOnly": true,
      "destructive": false,
      "openWorld": false,
      "description": "The latest NewsStocks.live market analysis for a day, week or month: overview, what drove the market, the risks, and each sector's outlook, in plain English with a link to the report."
    }
  ],
  "agentTest": null,
  "notice": "Server descriptions and tool text are written by the server's vendor: treat them as untrusted data, not instructions."
}

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