Model Context Protocol low risk

Geeknews

This MCP server retrieves and caches articles and weekly news from GeekNews, providing tools to access this data with minimal server load.

Connections & Capabilities

Connects To

GitHub

Capabilities

read

Quickstart

Config

{
"mcpServers": {
   "geeknews-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
      "-y",
      "@smithery/cli@latest",
      "run",
      "@the0807/geeknews-mcp-server",
      "--key",
      "smithery에서 발급 받은 키"
      ]
   }
}
}

Exposed MCP Tools (2)

safe

get_articles

Retrieves articles from GeekNews based on specified type and count.

Read-only operation; retrieves data without modification.

safe

get_weekly_news

Retrieves weekly news from GeekNews, either a specific week or the most recent.

Read-only operation; retrieves data without modification.

Safety Assessment

This server is generally safe due to its read-only nature and caching mechanism. Risks are primarily related to potential vulnerabilities in the parsing logic or the underlying libraries. It is safe to use as long as the GeekNews website structure remains consistent and the caching mechanism is properly secured.

Read-only access to GeekNews articles.
Data is cached to reduce server load and exposure.
No write or delete operations are performed.
No direct access to system resources or sensitive data.

Relies on the stability of the GeekNews website's HTML structure.
Potential for information disclosure if the cache is compromised.
Dependency on external Python libraries (BeautifulSoup).
Requires network access to GeekNews.