Plainradar news search MCP server
online · 100% uptimeby plainradar.com·
com.plainradar/news·v0.6.0Live news search: recent stories in 45 languages, grouped by coverage and checked for relevance.
B77/100grade B
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Plainradar news search tools
Tool list not cached yet. `describe` through the gateway fetches it live.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-13 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
1 low
- –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
- Live reliabilityremote reachable in 1102ms (auth required)20/20
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (endpoint requires auth); not countedn/a
- Auth qualityOAuth resource metadata advertised on 40115/15
- Maintenanceno repository listed3/15
- Maintainer identityendpoint served from the registry-verified namespace domain8/10
Findings (1)
- lowNo source repository listed
maint.no-repo
Overall 77/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON
How Plainradar news search compares
Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 77/100
- higher than 55% of 3,470 Web search servers
- Uptime
- 100%
- of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%
- Response time
- 1,161 ms
- faster than 6% of 2,238 Web search servers
Install Plainradar news search in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
claude mcp add --transport http news https://plainradar.com/mcp
Plainradar news search: common questions
- Is Plainradar news search MCP server safe?
- Mostly: it is graded B (77/100). Read the Plainradar news search safety report
- How do I install Plainradar news search?
- It runs remotely at plainradar.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
- Does Plainradar news search need an API key?
- No key to paste: it signs you in with OAuth when your client connects.
- Is Plainradar news search maintained?
- The latest release is v0.6.0.
- Is Plainradar news search up?
- 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
- What can I use instead of Plainradar news search?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Gdelt MCP server, AIHOT MCP server and Exa Search MCP server.
- How does Plainradar news search compare with other Web search MCP servers?
- safety score 77/100 (higher than 55% of 3,470 Web search servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%); response time 1,161 ms (faster than 6% of 2,238 Web search servers). Full comparison.
Alternatives to Plainradar news search
Same job from other publishers: the closest match first, then the best rated.
- GdeltSearch and analyze global news coverage and US TV transcripts via the GDELT Project APIs.not reviewedGrowingA
- AIHOTChinese AI news: search topics, explore hot events, and read daily, weekly and monthly briefs.not reviewedEstablishedB
- Exa SearchSearch the live web and fetch clean content from source pages.not reviewedEstablishedA
Search1APIWeb search, agentic search, news, page retrieval, sitemaps, and trending topics through Search1API.not reviewedEstablishedA- FrankenSurfRead any web page and search the web: 28 tools, cheapest first, every page checked.not reviewedEstablishedA