briefing-mcp (jshelley/briefing-mcp) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 62 out of 100, grade C. It declares 6 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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briefing-mcp

MCP server for Briefing Service: hourly LLM-ranked news as JSON, e-ink pages and a free provenance dump

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// key findings
⚠️
Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 3 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
✅
Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
🔐
You'll be asked for 1 credential: BRIEFING_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// tools this server exposes6 tools

These names and descriptions are the publisher's own, read from the source code. We print them as written. Our assessment is the findings above, not this list.

list_briefings

List the hourly briefings available (key and name), with prices.

get_briefing

One briefing as structured JSON: lead story, ranked stories and research items with summaries, why-it-matters and key points, plus when it was ranked.

get_summary

Free, small: headlines and one-line summaries of a briefing (for widgets and quick reads).

get_candidates

Free provenance dump: every candidate the editor saw this hour with canonical_link, published time, feed weight, the other outlets that ran the story (also_in), a selected flag, and collapsed duplicates (duplicate_of, dup_rule, dup_score).

get_page

One rendered page of a briefing as a 480x800 1-bit PNG (page 0 is the front page; story pages follow). Made for e-ink and small displays. wide=true returns the 800x480 landscape front page.

render_briefing

Rank and render a briefing from your own feeds and persona (one editor run; needs a Reader key with render credits, or use x402 on the remote endpoint). Returns JSON and page URLs.

// known CVEs in dependencies3 high

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.0GHSA-345p-7cg4-v4c7

@modelcontextprotocol/sdk has cross-client data leak via shared server/transport instance reuse

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.0GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.0GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default

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// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configBRIEFING_BASE_URLoverride the API base (default: the public service).
🔐 secretBRIEFING_KEYReader key: $9/month, unlimited reads, Morning Paper delivery, 10 custom renders/day. Set it as . Buy at https://briefing-service.wholemind.workers.dev/billing/checkout
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

6/6 tools missing one or more hints — list_briefings (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_briefing (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_summary (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +3 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Tests exist

No test files found

Add tests that exercise each declared tool.

Production dependencies are patched

0 critical, 3 high severity in production deps — @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.0 (high), @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.0 (high)

Run npm audit fix, or upgrade the affected packages to a non-vulnerable version.

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