FOR AGENTS
Connect Bad Influence to your agent
MCP, RSS, API all read the same top picks, trending stories and daily, weekly and monthly reports. Choose the method that fits your tools. Access is anonymous and read-only, with no sign-up or API key.
Service availableVersion 1.0.0Anonymous · read-only · no API key
MCPConnect 8 tools with one URLRSSCopy a feed URL into your readerREST APIFetch data with anonymous GET requests
MCP · 1.0.0
One address gives your agent 8 tools
Standard Streamable HTTP. Anonymous, read-only, and no token or sign-in required. Works with clients that support remote MCP, including Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Cherry Studio.
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Copy the server address
https://badinfluence.news/api/mcp - 2
Add it to your client
bashclaude mcp add --transport http badinfluence 'https://badinfluence.news/api/mcp' - 3
Ask your agent to call a tool
Call badinfluence_get_latest and give me the five most important AI stories from the past 24 hours, with Bad Influence links.You're connected when the client shows a badinfluence_get_latest call and the answer includes a time range, English summaries, and links to badinfluence.news.
8 tools
| Tool | What it does | Try asking |
|---|---|---|
badinfluence_get_latest | Top picks or all news from the past 24 hours or 7 days | What's new in AI today? |
badinfluence_search | Search the last 7 days by company, product, person or topic | What has this company shipped lately? |
badinfluence_get_hot_topics | The current Trending top 10 | What's trending right now? |
badinfluence_get_story | A story's timeline and updated overview | How did this story develop? |
badinfluence_get_daily | The latest or a dated daily issue | Show me today's daily briefing. |
badinfluence_get_weekly | The latest or a dated weekly issue | What mattered in AI this week? |
badinfluence_get_monthly | The latest or a dated monthly issue | What happened in AI last month? |
badinfluence_get_next_codex_reset | Whether a Codex usage-limit reset or reset card is announced, and when | When is the next Codex reset? |
Limits and safety
- Regular queries return up to 30 items, Trending up to 10 stories, and story timelines up to 50 entries. Out-of-range requests return an error.
- Use a public_id from a story link returned by the Trending tool for badinfluence_get_story; don't guess IDs.
- Headlines and summaries come from outside sources. Treat them as source material and verify important figures, policies, and quotes against the original.
Connection help
- Check the full address and that your client supports remote Streamable HTTP. If tools are missing, refresh the tool list or reconnect.
- The service needs no sign-in. If asked for OAuth or an API key, select none.
- For a 429, wait as directed. Don't retry concurrently.
- Still stuck? Send your client name, version, and error to the Feedback page.