# Pollar News (news.pollar/pollar-news): tool descriptions scored

- tools/list taken: 2026-11-02 (UTC)
- From: [Official MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/news.pollar%2Fpollar-news/versions/latest)
- Connected to: https://mcp.pollar.news/mcp
- Scoring rules: v2
- Tools: 24
- Average: 48.6 / 100 (Cloudy)
- Near-identical pairs: 0

This page shows how Pollar News (news.pollar/pollar-news)'s tool descriptions scored, the issues found and the names of its tools and parameters. The descriptions are the server's own: read them where the copy came from.

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## Across the server

No server-wide issues.

## Tools

- `get_daily_brief`: 37 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: locale.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `list_explainers`: 37 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: locale, limit.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `list_live_moments`: 37 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: locale.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `list_threads`: 37 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: locale.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `render_news_list`: 38 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: heading, items, items[].title, items[].lead, items[].url, items[].publishedAt.
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: items[].lead, items[].publishedAt.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
- `list_films`: 42 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: locale, limit.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `list_sounds`: 42 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: locale.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `list_trending_entities`: 42 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: type, locale, limit.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
- `get_entity`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: type, slug, locale, withTimeline.
  - Minor: The meaning of the boolean argument withTimeline is unclear.
- `get_film`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: slug, locale.
- `get_live_moment`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: id, locale.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `get_live_story`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: id, locale.
- `get_sound_episode`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: slug, locale, withTranscript.
  - Minor: The meaning of the boolean argument withTranscript is unclear.
- `list_live_stories`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Arguments without a description: locale.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `list_top_news`: 49 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: locale, limit.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
- `news_near`: 51 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: radiusKm, locale, limit.
- `get_markets`: 54 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: range.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `search`: 55 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: locale.
- `search_news`: 57 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Major: Arguments without a description: locale, limit.
- `get_event`: 60 / 100
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: locale.
- `get_explainer`: 60 / 100
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: locale.
- `list_categories`: 61 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `fetch`: 62 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `get_thread`: 63 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Arguments without a description: locale, withHistory.
  - Minor: The meaning of the boolean argument withHistory is unclear.

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