MCP server health, State of MCP census
Mukoko News
io.github.nyuchi/mukoko-news
Pan-African news & analytics for Zimbabwe and 15 African countries: briefings and trends.
Checks
The exact rows akashi check io.github.nyuchi/mukoko-news prints, from the 2026-08-03 census.
| Check | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| registry status | pass | active |
| server.json valid | pass | validates against its declared JSON Schema |
| repo reachable | pass | exists |
| repo freshness | pass | pushed 18d ago |
| package npm | pass | published (1.3.0) |
| remote reachable | pass | HTTP 200 via initialize |
| MCP conformance | pass | initialize handshake ok |
| tools/list | pass | 16 tools: get_briefing, track_story, get_location_news, compare_locations, get_source_view, find_stories, get_article, list_categories, ... |
| at least one live entrypoint | pass | 3 alive |
| license present | warn | none detected |
| spec 2026-07-28 | warn | needs-migration: no server/discover, routing headers not enforced |
Spec 2026-07-28 readiness
Verdict: needs-migration(no server/discover; routing headers not enforced). Measured against the 2026-07-28 specification (ruleset 2026-07-28-rc, compiled from the draft and re-diffed against the final text with no verdict-bearing rule changed) with read-only, keyless calls; see the ecosystem readiness report for how this server compares.
| Accepts handshake-free calls | yes |
| server/discover implemented | no |
| Session independence | yes |
| Routing headers enforced | ignored |
Advisory: no resultType on results; no cache metadata on list results; negotiates 2024-11-05.
Evidence
Packages
- npm @nyuchi/mukoko-news-mcp · published(1.3.0)
Remote endpoints
- https://news.mukoko.dev/mcp
streamable-http · reachable· HTTP 200· initialize_ok
16 tools: get_briefing, track_story, get_location_news, compare_locations, get_source_view, find_stories, get_article, list_categories, ...
server.json
validagainst its declared schema
One of 19804 servers in the 2026-08-03 State of MCP census: 15974 healthy (80.7%), 2792 degraded (14.1%), 851 dead (4.3%), 187 unknown (0.9%).
Verify it yourself
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$ akashi check io.github.nyuchi/mukoko-newsInstall Akashi - single Go binary, zero keys, MIT licensed.
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