# io.github.bguillow-rgb/pour-picks (npm · pour-picks-mcp)

Search the Pour Picks bourbon & whiskey database: 4,700+ bottles with tasting profiles and prices.

- Trust score: 69/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-18

## Components

- npm · `pour-picks-mcp`: 69/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/bguillow-rgb-pour-picks/pour-picks-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/bguillow-rgb-pour-picks/pour-picks-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `pour-picks-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.2`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-18.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 30 of 98 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 4 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 78/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 707 tokens (~88/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 99/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 96% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add bguillow-rgb-pour-picks -- npx -y pour-picks-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add bguillow-rgb-pour-picks -- npx -y pour-picks-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "bguillow-rgb-pour-picks": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "pour-picks-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add bguillow-rgb-pour-picks --command npx --arg -y --arg pour-picks-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  bguillow-rgb-pour-picks:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "pour-picks-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bguillow-rgb-pour-picks": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pour-picks-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-13 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `search_bottles` (~143 tokens)

Search the Pour Picks catalog

Full-text search across 4,700+ bourbons, ryes, scotches, and other spirits in the Pour Picks database. Filter by category, price (USD), and proof. Returns structured tasting profiles with source attribution.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Spirit category filter
- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 10)
- `price_max` (number): Maximum price in USD
- `price_min` (number): Minimum price in USD
- `proof_max` (number): Maximum proof
- `proof_min` (number): Minimum proof
- `query` (string): Free-text search: distillery, bottle name, or expression

### `get_bottle` (~65 tokens)

Get bottle details

Detailed record for one bottle: tasting profile, flavor notes, pairings, price, community ratings. Accepts a Pour Picks bottle ID (UUID) or a bottle name.

Input parameters:

- `slug_or_id` (string, required): Bottle UUID or a name like 'Eagle Rare 10'

### `find_similar` (~72 tokens)

Find similar bottles

Bottles with a similar flavor profile to a given bottle, ranked by shared flavor notes and body/sweetness/char proximity. Deterministic scoring over the Pour Picks structured tasting data.

Input parameters:

- `bottle_id` (string, required): Bottle UUID or name
- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 5)

### `find_cheaper_alternative` (~70 tokens)

Find a cheaper alternative

Bottles in the same style with a similar flavor profile at a lower price than the given bottle. Great for 'what tastes like X without the price tag' questions.

Input parameters:

- `bottle_id` (string, required): Bottle UUID or name
- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 5)

### `get_recommendations` (~142 tokens)

Get personalized recommendations

Personalized bottle picks from taste preferences (flavor keywords like 'caramel', 'smoke', 'cherry'), a budget in USD, and an occasion (e.g. 'gift', 'everyday sipper', 'celebration', 'introducing a friend to bourbon').

Input parameters:

- `budget` (number): Max price in USD
- `category` (string): Restrict to one spirit category
- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 5)
- `occasion` (string): What the bottle is for
- `taste_preferences` (array, required): Flavor keywords the drinker enjoys, e.g. ['caramel','vanilla','oak']

### `compare_bottles` (~65 tokens)

Compare two bottles

Side-by-side comparison of two bottles: proof, age, price, flavor profile, shared and distinct tasting notes, and community ratings.

Input parameters:

- `bottle_a` (string, required): First bottle — UUID or name
- `bottle_b` (string, required): Second bottle — UUID or name

### `trending_bottles` (~63 tokens)

Trending bottles

Bottles Pour Picks users are adding to their cellars most over the last 30 days (falls back to catalog popularity when live activity data is unavailable). The method used is labeled in the response.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 10)

### `pour_tonight_suggestion` (~87 tokens)

What should I pour tonight?

A pour suggestion for right now, based on mood (e.g. 'unwinding', 'celebratory', 'contemplative'), occasion (e.g. 'nightcap', 'with friends', 'after dinner'), and season.

Input parameters:

- `mood` (string): How you're feeling
- `occasion` (string): The setting
- `season` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/bguillow-rgb-pour-picks/pour-picks-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-18: 69
- 2026-08-17: 69
- 2026-08-16: 69
- 2026-08-15: 69
- 2026-08-14: 69
- 2026-08-13: 69

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pour-picks-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/pour-picks-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/bguillow-rgb/pour-picks-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/bguillow-rgb-pour-picks/pour-picks-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/bguillow-rgb-pour-picks/pour-picks-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/bguillow-rgb-pour-picks/pour-picks-mcp