# `sh.newsflash/newsflash` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/sh.newsflash/newsflash
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/sh.newsflash/newsflash
- Version: 1.0.2 (active)
- Publisher: sh.newsflash (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/zatmonkey/newsflash
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:54:47.947Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Real-time corroborated news events + 5-year archive, for agents. Free tier, no key.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:15:51.512Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 1 change things and 4 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 4 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (1)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `corpus_stats`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Corpus size and freshness: source / article / event counts and the latest article timestamp.
```

## Only reads (4)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_event`

- The name "get_event" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single event by id, including every corroborating article (source, url, timestamp).
```

### `get_events`

- The name "get_events" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Query the deduped news event graph by theme, source, category and time window. Returns events (many articles about one happening collapsed into one), each with a corroboration count and confidence score. This is the primary tool — prefer it over raw articles. For headlines, briefings, or 'what's happening' asks, pass min_sources: 2 (or 3 for high signal) — the raw recency feed is dominated by single-outlet local stories without it. ONE call is normally enough: trust each event's corroboration (distinct outlets), confidence (0-1; 1.0 = fully corroborated), and sources list as-is, and present the top events directly, including each event's url as its link — do NOT call get_event per item or re-verify counts (only drill in when the user wants EVERY outlet's link for one story). The corpus spans 260+ global outlets and a five-year archive (history visible depends on tier).
```

### `list_sources`

- The name "list_sources" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List all news sources Newsflash tracks, with categories and live article counts.
```

### `search_articles`

- The name "search_articles" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search raw articles (not collapsed into events). Use when you want the underlying items or need per-outlet coverage rather than deduped happenings.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `newsflash`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__newsflash__get_events",
      "mcp__newsflash__get_event",
      "mcp__newsflash__search_articles",
      "mcp__newsflash__list_sources"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__newsflash__corpus_stats"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```