News & RSSMCP serverFirst audited Nov 13, 2026

China News Feed

China news (EN/ZH), Weibo 微博/Baidu 百度/Zhihu 知乎 hot lists and deletion watch from public data.The vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.

Passed, with 1 warningAudited Nov 13, 2026

Warning: 4 of 4 tools do not say whether they can change things.

Nothing failed, but there is something to know or fix. 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 289 ms.
Sign-up?: None neededIt answered without any account or key.
Can it change things?: Doesn't sayIts tools do not say whether they only read, so treat them as able to change things.

Endpointhttps://china-news-feed-mcp.joyd-ai-2026.workers.dev/mcp?src=ownly-network

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

Warning: 4 of 4 tools do not say whether they can change things.
MCP lets a server label each tool as read-only or destructive, so clients can ask the user before risky calls. Unlabelled tools are treated as able to change things.
- get_china_news
- get_hot_lists
- get_deletions
- get_sample

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.

get_china_newsFetch China news. Costs $8 per 1,000 dataset rows on your Apify account. Query and language are applied locally after billing.Doesn't say
get_hot_listsFetch Chinese platform hot lists. Costs $8 per 1,000 dataset rows on your own Apify account.Doesn't say
get_deletionsFetch deletion-watch flags (including provisional and returned statuses). Costs $8 per 1,000 fetched dataset rows; unflagged rows also count toward billing.Doesn't say
get_sampleFree sample of the English China news feed (no Apify token needed).Doesn't say

Audit history

Nov 13Warnings

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	289 ms
initialized	HTTP 202	35 ms
tools/list	HTTP 200	163 ms
unknown-method	HTTP 200	64 ms

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MCP client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-ownly-network-china-news-feed": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://china-news-feed-mcp.joyd-ai-2026.workers.dev/mcp?src=ownly-network"
    }
  }
}

Audit record (JSON)

{
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.Ownly-Network/china-news-feed",
    "title": "China News Feed",
    "url": "https://china-news-feed-mcp.joyd-ai-2026.workers.dev/mcp?src=ownly-network",
    "transport": "streamable-http",
    "topics": [
      "News & RSS"
    ],
    "repository": "https://github.com/Ownly-Network/china-news-feed-mcp",
    "website": "https://github.com/Ownly-Network/china-news-feed-mcp",
    "inRegistry": true
  },
  "audit": {
    "slug": "io-github-ownly-network-china-news-feed",
    "url": "https://china-news-feed-mcp.joyd-ai-2026.workers.dev/mcp?src=ownly-network",
    "auditedAt": "2026-11-13T16:27:12.211Z",
    "firstAuditedAt": "2026-11-13T15:59:01.272Z",
    "auditor": "1.0.0",
    "outcome": "passed-with-warnings",
    "verdicts": {
      "responds": "yes",
      "signUp": "none",
      "toolsLabelled": "none",
      "changesThings": "unknown",
      "warnings": 1,
      "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": "warn",
        "title": "4 of 4 tools do not say whether they can change things.",
        "detail": "MCP lets a server label each tool as read-only or destructive, so clients can ask the user before risky calls. Unlabelled tools are treated as able to change things.",
        "evidence": [
          "get_china_news",
          "get_hot_lists",
          "get_deletions",
          "get_sample"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "tool-poisoning",
        "area": "security",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "No hidden instructions found in tool text."
      }
    ],
    "server": {
      "name": "china-news-feed-mcp",
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "protocolVersion": "2025-11-25",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    },
    "toolCount": 4,
    "toolsHash": "79d48b7cbe7a77725b7d2ec3c7b5e13d7ab8379eeb1b37d8b7e19bb84eb753e5",
    "latencyMs": 289,
    "history": [
      {
        "date": "2026-11-13",
        "outcome": "passed-with-warnings",
        "tools": 4
      }
    ]
  },
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "get_china_news",
      "description": "Fetch China news. Costs $8 per 1,000 dataset rows on your Apify account. Query and language are applied locally after billing."
    },
    {
      "name": "get_hot_lists",
      "description": "Fetch Chinese platform hot lists. Costs $8 per 1,000 dataset rows on your own Apify account."
    },
    {
      "name": "get_deletions",
      "description": "Fetch deletion-watch flags (including provisional and returned statuses). Costs $8 per 1,000 fetched dataset rows; unflagged rows also count toward billing."
    },
    {
      "name": "get_sample",
      "description": "Free sample of the English China news feed (no Apify token needed)."
    }
  ],
  "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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