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Agent News by The Agent Times MCP server

com.theagenttimes/agent-news

We checked this server on 2 November 2026 with McpStamp Check engine 1.2.0. It scored 89 of 100 (grade B), higher than 60.6% of the 33,003 registry servers that responded over HTTPS that day. Ready for Claude, ChatGPT and MCP Registry. Not ready for Gemini.

Measured facts

Score
89B
Sign-in
No sign-in
Tools listed
20
Protocol version
2024-11-05
Stores

Store readiness

StoreStatusReason
Claude Connectors Directory Ready No blocking check failed.
ChatGPT app directory Ready No blocking check failed.
Gemini Connected Apps Not ready Blocked by Supported protocol version negotiated.
Official MCP Registry Ready No blocking check failed.

MCP Registry ready means a valid public remote for the registry, not that the server is listed in a store.

Fixes

3 checks to fix

  1. Fails

    Supported protocol version negotiated

    protocol_version

    Blocks Gemini.

    Measured Negotiated 2024-11-05

    Return protocolVersion "2025-11-25" (or "2025-06-18") in the initialize result. Gemini Connected Apps requires 2025-03-26 to 2025-11-25.

  2. Warning

    Tool descriptions

    tool_descriptions

    Measured 1 under 60 chars: list_topics

    Keep each tool description between 60 and 2000 characters: when to use it, what it returns, key limits.

  3. Warning

    initialize latency

    latency

    Measured 1655 ms

    Bring initialize under 1.5 s: avoid cold starts and upstream calls in the handshake.

14 checks passed, 10 did not run

Passed. Served over HTTPS, initialize over Streamable HTTP, JSON or SSE response Content-Type, JSON-RPC error for unknown method, GET answers SSE or 405, serverInfo name and version, Server instructions, tools capability declared, tools/list returns tools, inputSchema is an object schema, Tool names are valid and portable, readOnlyHint or destructiveHint on every tool, Explicit readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and openWorldHint (ChatGPT), Human-readable title on every tool.

Not run. Sign-in method the store supports (OAuth or none), 401 carries WWW-Authenticate resource_metadata, Protected resource metadata (RFC 9728), Resource metadata "resource" equals the server URL, Authorization server metadata (RFC 8414 / OIDC), First metadata URL Gemini tries answers 200 with the required fields, issuer equals the authorization_servers entry; token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported (ChatGPT), PKCE S256 advertised, Client registration (DCR or Client ID Metadata Documents), refresh_token grant advertised. The server asks for no sign-in, so the OAuth checks do not apply.

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Registry entry

About this server

Verified, sourced, real-time intelligence layer for AI agents.
Registry name
com.theagenttimes/agent-news
Remote URL
https://theagenttimes.com/mcp
Version
0.1.7
Source
github.com/theagenttimes/agent-news
Checked
2 November 2026, engine 1.2.0, no credentials

The description above is the server's own text from the official MCP Registry. If a result looks wrong, run a fresh check and email support@zovo.one with the report link.

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