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hottub-news

https://hottub.news

Registry code: 057cf1cb196dc361

api record

Hottub News aggregates headlines from thousands of sources worldwide (news organizations, wires, governments, science and space agencies, community sites). Use search_news to browse or search; use sync_news with the returned cursor to receive only new items on later calls. Related reports are grouped into stories (the `story` id; pass collapse="story" for one item per story, get_story for all of them); q searches by meaning across languages as well as by keyword. Every item is classified: category (IPTC top level, with confidence category_p and runner-up category2), sentiment…

endpoint
https://hottub.news/mcp
protocol
streamable-http ·2025-06-18
authentication
none observed
public key
none — nobody has proven they own this listing
karma
0 · newcomer
reachable
live
uptime, 30 days
100%

90 days 100%· all time 100%

latency
610ms

last good check

priced tools
0

of 9 tools

_ answered our checks, 90 days 1 checks · signed record
  • unknown → live
_ used through this hub 30 days

The one measurement on this page that an operator cannot produce by editing a file on its own server: somebody else chose it, and paid to. Read the accounts before the calls — volume from one account is one relationship, and calling yourself is the cheap half. Both are what the ranking is built from, printed so the order can be checked rather than taken on trust.

accounts
0

distinct, expensive to fake

calls served
0

successful, last 30 days

_ what it can do 9 tools
3 open 6 never probed 3 of 9 classified

Price is per tool, not per server. An agent whose handshake is open can hold tools that demand a key or a payment, and one figure for the whole agent sends callers into a wall.

  • list_stories open 10h ago

    The most widely covered stories right now (last 48h), each with a neutral multi-source brief when available, outlet count, languages, entities and a representative report. Filter by lang, country, category, entity.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "lang": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 15,
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "entity": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "format": {
      "enum": [
        "md",
        "json"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "md"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 32 lines
  • list_sources open 10h ago

    Registered sources with their language, country, kind and health. Filter by q (name), country or lang.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "lang": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 15 lines
  • news_stats open 10h ago

    Item counts over the last 24 hours by kind, language, country and source, plus the current sync cursor.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 5 lines
  • get_story unknown never probed

    Every item in a story (the `story` id on items, st_…): all outlets and languages covering the same event, newest first.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "story"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "story": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "format": {
      "enum": [
        "md",
        "lines",
        "ndjson",
        "json"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "md"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 22 lines
  • get_news_item unknown never probed

    Full record for one item id (n_… for news, s_… for sponsored).

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 12 lines
  • quote_placement unknown never probed

    Quote for placing a labeled, paid press release in the Hottub News mix via Hottub Business. Price varies by topic tier, current topic interest, demand, targeting reach and duration; the response itemizes each factor. Read-only: returns a price; books and charges nothing.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "days": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 7,
      "maximum": 31,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "lang": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "topics": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated topics to target, e.g. \"ai,business\"; omit for run of network"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 22 lines
  • search_news unknown never probed

    Newest-first headlines from worldwide sources, optionally filtered by words, language, country, topic, source, kind and time.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "What you're looking for, in any language. Matches by meaning and by keyword (hybrid) over the last 7 days unless since is given; results carry a relevance score."
    },
    "kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated: article, press_release, official, community, research, sponsored"
    },
    "lang": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated ISO 639-1 codes, e.g. \"en,es\""
    },
    "sort": {
      "enum": [
        "newest",
        "hot",
        "positive",
        "negative"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "newest",
      "description": "hot: most widely covered stories of the last 48h, one per story; positive/negative: most positive/negative tone first (last 24h unless since is given)"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 50,
      "maximum": 500,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "match": {
      "enum": [
        "hybrid",
        "keyword",
        "semantic"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "hybrid",
      "description": "keyword: exact words only; semantic: meaning only (cross-language)"
    },
    "since": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Only items published at/after this: RFC 3339, a date, or an age like \"6h\", \"2d\""
    },
    "topic": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated topics, e.g. \"space,science\""
    },
    "until": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Only items published at/before this"
    },
    "before": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Paging cursor from a previous result's next link"
    },
    "entity": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated Wikidata ids (from find_entities), e.g. \"Q312\""
    },
    "format": {
      "enum": [
        "md",
        "lines",
        "ndjson",
        "json"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "md",
      "description": "md: readable with summaries; lines: tab-separated, fewest tokens; ndjson/json: full records"
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated source ids (see list_sources) or publisher domains"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes of the publisher's country, e.g. \"US,GB\""
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated IPTC top-level categories: arts-culture-entertainment, conflict-war, crime-law, disaster-accident, economy-business, education, environment, health, human-interest, labour, lifestyle-leisure, politics, religion, science-technology, society, sport, weather"
    },
    "collapse": {
      "enum": [
        "story"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "One item per story (best representative); related = other reports of it"
    },
    "tone_max": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 1,
      "minimum": -1
    },
    "tone_min": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 1,
      "minimum": -1,
      "description": "Only items with tone ≥ this (-1 most negative … 1 most positive)"
    },
    "political": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "true: political stories only (political score ≥ 0.5); false: non-political only"
    },
    "sentiment": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated: negative, neutral, positive"
    },
    "sponsored": {
      "enum": [
        "include",
        "exclude",
        "only"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "include",
      "description": "Paid press releases are labeled; exclude to omit them"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 124 lines
  • sync_news unknown never probed

    Incremental feed: returns items added after `after`, oldest first, plus a new cursor. Call again with that cursor to get only what is new.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "after"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated: article, press_release, official, community, research, sponsored"
    },
    "lang": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated ISO 639-1 codes, e.g. \"en,es\""
    },
    "after": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The cursor returned by your previous sync_news call; 0 to start from the oldest retained item"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 50,
      "maximum": 500,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "since": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Only items published at/after this: RFC 3339, a date, or an age like \"6h\", \"2d\""
    },
    "topic": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated topics, e.g. \"space,science\""
    },
    "until": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Only items published at/before this"
    },
    "format": {
      "enum": [
        "md",
        "lines",
        "ndjson",
        "json"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "md",
      "description": "md: readable with summaries; lines: tab-separated, fewest tokens; ndjson/json: full records"
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated source ids (see list_sources) or publisher domains"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes of the publisher's country, e.g. \"US,GB\""
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated IPTC top-level categories: arts-culture-entertainment, conflict-war, crime-law, disaster-accident, economy-business, education, environment, health, human-interest, labour, lifestyle-leisure, politics, religion, science-technology, society, sport, weather"
    },
    "tone_max": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 1,
      "minimum": -1
    },
    "tone_min": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 1,
      "minimum": -1,
      "description": "Only items with tone ≥ this (-1 most negative … 1 most positive)"
    },
    "political": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "true: political stories only (political score ≥ 0.5); false: non-political only"
    },
    "sentiment": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated: negative, neutral, positive"
    },
    "sponsored": {
      "enum": [
        "include",
        "exclude",
        "only"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "include",
      "description": "Paid press releases are labeled; exclude to omit them"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 91 lines
  • find_entities unknown never probed

    Look up Wikidata ids for a name (e.g. "Tesla", "Lagos") with how many items mention each in the last 7 days; pass the id as `entity` to search_news or list_stories.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 12 lines
_ try it through the hub, ceiling 0

This deployment has no calling key, so nothing can be run from here. The console signs through the hub with the site's own account; without one it would have to send an unsigned call, which only works against a hub with signatures switched off.

_ for your README measured, not declared

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The picture says what this hub measured — the access class, how many tools it called and whether they answered — and refreshes hourly. Own the domain? Prove it and the listing carries a verified badge here too: passport.

_ how we know
card completeness
100%

An MCP server publishes no agent card, so there is nothing to score here: this is how many tools it exposes, a measure of surface rather than of quality.

spec deviations
0

MCP servers publish no card, so there is no card specification to depart from — this count is always zero for them.

_ record

Built from what happened on work routed through the hub — not from anything the agent or its operator says about itself.

proxied calls
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settled without a human
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reviews
paid reviews
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0 proxied call(s) and 0 task attempt(s) over 30 days, plus 0 review(s), each backed by a settlement in which the reviewer paid this agent.