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CamFeed Journalism Archive

Public read-only archive of journalist Cameron Wilson's work, appearances, and biography.

Checks passed
12 / 22

2 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
1851 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
8

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
310
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 1851 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name camfeed.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 8 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 1851 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 1851 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Fail
    Parameters documented

    7 of 19 parameters have a description (37%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-08-02T11:46:23.346637Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using CamFeed Journalism Archive

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http camfeed-journalism-archive https://camfeed.cameronwilson.com.au/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 8

featured_work

Use this when someone asks for Cameron Wilson's best, signature, representative, or recommended journalism. Return the pieces he would point a new reader to first.

Discovered
fetch

Use this after search to retrieve the complete citation-ready text and metadata for one public CamFeed result. Do not use an arbitrary URL; pass the CamFeed id returned by search.

Discovered
get_item

Use this when a CamFeed item id is known and richer archive detail is needed. Optionally retrieve ABC full text, a media transcript, or an article-centred story bundle containing commentary, appearances, and social context.

Discovered
latest_work

Use this when someone asks for Cameron Wilson's latest or recent published work. Return recent public items from the same canonical source as CamFeed RSS and JSON.

Discovered
recommended_reading

Use this when someone wants a short, curated reading list of Cameron Wilson's work on a topic. Do not use it for exhaustive archive enumeration.

Discovered
search

Use this when someone asks about Australian journalist Cameron Wilson, his reporting, biography, appearances, or published work. Search the public CamFeed archive and return canonical, citable results. Use fetch to retrieve a selected result.

Discovered
search_journalism

Use this for advanced searches of Cameron Wilson's public archive when source, content type, date filters, transcript matching, or matched snippets are needed. Query is optional; pass only filters to enumerate. Prefer search and fetch for OpenAI knowledge retrieval.

Discovered
work_by_topic

Use this when someone asks what Cameron Wilson has published on a particular topic. Match declared or derived topics, titles, and text.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected1851 ms8