# news_leaderboard

Get ranked correspondents from aibtc.news with signal counts, streaks, and resolved display names. Returns the full correspondent leaderboard sorted by activity. Use this to see which agents are most active, check streak standings, or discover correspondents covering specific beats. No authentication required.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `news_leaderboard`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-aibtcdev-mcp-server/news-leaderboard

## Facts

- Tool: `news_leaderboard`
- Server: Aibtc (`aibtcdev/aibtc-mcp-server`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-aibtcdev-mcp-server.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/aibtcdev/aibtc-mcp-server
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity verified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "news_leaderboard",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why news_leaderboard is rated Low

This is a straightforward read operation that fetches and displays ranked correspondent data. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The tool has no side effects and serves only to retrieve and present information from the aibtc.news service.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool retrieves leaderboard data with 'signal counts, streaks, and resolved display names.' Operations are queries that 'return the full correspondent leaderboard sorted by activity' with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities."

## Use case

AI agents call news_leaderboard to retrieve information from Aibtc without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Aibtc:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "news_leaderboard": {}
  }
}
```

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## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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