# Kineticist (remote · www.kineticist.com)

Pinball news, games and editions, designers, places to play and the Hype Index from Kineticist.

- Trust score: 74/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- remote · `www.kineticist.com`: 74/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-kineticist-mcp-server/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-kineticist-mcp-server/api-mcp)
- npm · `@kineticist/mcp-server`: 33/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-kineticist-mcp-server/kineticist-mcp-server.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-kineticist-mcp-server/kineticist-mcp-server)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.4.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, 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 2026-10-18.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2255 tokens (~205/item across 11 items; 10 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 3/100
  - Stability observed for 1 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 10 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 12 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### How do I install the Kineticist MCP server?

Kineticist is a hosted endpoint at https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-kineticist-mcp-server 'https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-kineticist-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-kineticist-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-kineticist-mcp-server]
url = "https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-kineticist-mcp-server": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-kineticist-mcp-server --url 'https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-kineticist-mcp-server:
    url: "https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-kineticist-mcp-server": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-kineticist-mcp-server -t streamable-http -u 'https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-kineticist-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## 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.

### 2026-10-18 (score 74, +2)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “get_game_details” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_pinball_games” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “whats_new” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “where_to_play” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] The server now declares the “resources” capability
- [functional] First check of Capabilities: pass
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: 100
- [functional] New resource “kineticist-card”
- [functional] Server version: 1.2.0 → 1.3.0

### 2026-10-17 (score 72)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (10)

### `search_pinball_games` (~290 tokens)

Search pinball games

Find pinball machines: "what pinball games has Stern made?", "which machines are in production?", "pinball games from 1992". Searches and filters the Kineticist pinball game database. Supports text search, manufacturer filtering, year ranges, production status, and sorting. Returns game names, slugs, manufacturers, fun scores, edition counts, and each game's page URL on kineticist.com (link it when citing a game). `newest_edition_year` is the year the newest edition came out, not the year production ended; `in_production` says whether the game is still made.

Input parameters:

- `in_production` (boolean): Filter to only games currently in production (true) or out of production (false)
- `limit` (number): Results per page (1-100, default 25)
- `manufacturer` (string): Filter by manufacturer name or slug (fuzzy match — 'stern' works)
- `q` (string): Text search by game name (fuzzy, 2+ chars). Natural language works — 'that stern game with dinosaurs' will find Godzilla.
- `sort` (string): Sort field. Prefix with - for descending. Options: name, first_manufacture_year, average_fun_score, ratings_count
- `year_from` (number): Minimum manufacture year
- `year_to` (number): Maximum manufacture year

### `get_game_details` (~265 tokens)

Get game details

Tell me about a pinball machine: "what is Godzilla pinball?", "how much is the Jurassic Park Premium?", "is Medieval Madness still made?". Full details for one game including editions (Pro/Premium/LE with pricing), images, tags, description, and rules links. `url` is the game's page on kineticist.com (link it when citing); remakes carry their own `url`. Editions that belong to a remake are listed under that remake. `best_image` (when present) is the one picture to show for the game: its URL, what it shows (backglass, photo, cabinet, flyer or playfield) and its size. Accepts slug (godzilla-2021), OPDB group ID (weeP), or OPDB machine ID (GweeP-MW95j). Use ?include=credits to also get the design team. `newest_edition_year` is the year the newest edition came out, not the year production ended; `in_production` says whether the game is still made.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Game slug, OPDB ID, or Kineticist game ID
- `include_credits` (boolean): Include design team credits (designer, artist, programmer, etc.)

### `get_random_game` (~74 tokens)

Get a random game

Suggest a pinball machine: "surprise me", "pinball game of the day". A random pinball game with full details, including `best_image` (the one picture to show) when there is one. Different game every time. Great for discovery, recommendations, or 'game of the day' features.

### `get_pinball_stats` (~68 tokens)

Get database stats

How big is the pinball world: "how many pinball machines are in production?", "how many pinball manufacturers are there?". Kineticist database statistics: total games, games in production, total manufacturers, total designers, average fun score, most rated game, and newest game.

### `get_game_credits` (~193 tokens)

Get a game's design team

Who made a pinball machine: "who designed Attack from Mars?", "who did the art for Twilight Zone?". The design team for a pinball game — designer, artist, programmer, mechanical engineer, sound designer, animator, etc. Each credit includes the person's name and role. Every row carries `role` (slug, e.g. "design"), `role_name` (display name, e.g. "Design"), and, only where several people share a role on the game, `is_lead: true` on the first chair (no is_lead means no ranking, not "not the lead"). Read `role_name` for human display; `role` is the stable slug for filtering. Each person carries `url`, their page on kineticist.com, and `game_url` is the game's page (link them when citing).

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Game slug or ID

### `list_game_files` (~226 tokens)

List a game's files

Find a pinball manual or schematic: "where's the Firepower manual?", "schematics for Fish Tales". Lists a pinball game's downloadable files (manuals, ROMs, schematics, parts lists, bulletins) grouped by the machine each file is for. Each file line ends with a one-line description of what sets it apart (edition, print, language, format) when the title alone doesn't say. Use it to answer 'which file is for which machine' — e.g. Firepower's page also carries Taito's Fire Action files, and this tool tells them apart. Pass `machine` (trm_ id, slug, UUID or OPDB machine id) to narrow to one machine. Lists metadata only and ends with the game page's Documentation link; downloading a file needs a free Kineticist account, so send readers to that page to sign in and download.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Game slug or ID
- `machine` (string): Optional machine filter: trm_ id, slug, UUID or OPDB machine id

### `where_to_play` (~295 tokens)

Find where to play

Where to play pinball: "where can I play pinball in Chicago?", "where can I play Godzilla near 97214?", "pinball bars in Portland". Finds pinball venues near a place: a postal code ("60601", "SW1A 1AA" with country gb) or a city ("Chicago", "Portland, OR"). Pass `game` (name or slug) to find venues that have that machine. Returns up to 10 venues, nearest first, with city, distance in miles, machine count, venue kind (bar, arcade…) and `url`, the venue's page on kineticist.com (link it; it has the address and full machine list). `searched` says which place distances are measured from ("central Chicago, IL" is the city centre; "(middle of our venues there)" means a smaller city placed by its venues); `note` says when these are the nearest anywhere rather than nearby. Machine lists come from Pinball Map and can lag.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Two-letter country code for postal codes outside the US (gb, ca, de…). Default us.
- `game` (string): Only venues that have this game: a name ("Godzilla") or slug (godzilla-2021)
- `place` (string, required): Postal code or city, e.g. "60601", "Chicago", "Portland, OR"

### `search` (~173 tokens)

Search Kineticist

Look up anything pinball on Kineticist: "who is Steve Ritchie?", "tell me about Spooky Pinball", "Kineticist articles about Pinburgh". Searches everything on Kineticist: games, news articles, places to play, manufacturers, people, mods, Hype Index entries and creators. Returns up to 10 matches, best first, each with its type, title, a short subtitle and `url` (its page on kineticist.com). Pass `type` to look in one kind only. For game details use get_game_details; for any other result, pass its url to `get`.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): What to look for, e.g. "Steve Ritchie", "Stern", "Pinburgh"
- `type` (string): Only this kind of result

### `get` (~141 tokens)

Read a Kineticist page

Read what Kineticist says about something: "what does Kineticist say about Logan Arcade?", or any www.kineticist.com link. Reads a Kineticist page by its link, as markdown: a game, Hype Index entry, place to play, manufacturer, person, mod or creator. News articles come back as headline, date, summary and link only; send readers to the link for the full article. Use the `url` from search or another tool.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): A www.kineticist.com page link, e.g. https://www.kineticist.com/people/steve-ritchie

### `whats_new` (~264 tokens)

What's new in pinball

What's new in pinball: "what's new in pinball this week?", "latest pinball news", "what's climbing the Hype Index?". The latest Kineticist news articles (headline, date, summary and link; `members_section` means part of the article is for members; `games` lists the machines an article covers, so call get_game_details with a game's slug for its editions, prices and design team rather than searching the web; a release announced in the last few days may not have its new editions in the database yet, so check the edition dates against the article before quoting prices), new videos, podcasts and posts from the pinball creators Kineticist follows (`from_creators`: title, creator, format, date, summary, link), and Kineticist's Hype Index ranking (the current top 10 and this week's biggest climbers; `change_this_week` and `up` are places moved on the index since a week ago, positive is up, and a missing change means there's no rank from a week ago). This covers the week in pinball; link the articles and creator items rather than retelling them.

Input parameters:

- `days` (integer): How far back to look for news, in days (default 7)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-kineticist-mcp-server/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 74
- 2026-10-17: 72

## Common questions

### What is the Kineticist MCP server?

Kineticist is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.kineticist/mcp-server. Pinball news, games and editions, designers, places to play and the Hype Index from Kineticist. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp).

### Is the Kineticist MCP server safe to use?

Kineticist scores 74 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Kineticist MCP server expose?

Kineticist exposes 10 tools: search_pinball_games, get_game_details, get_random_game, get_pinball_stats, get_game_credits, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,989 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Kineticist MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Kineticist without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Kineticist MCP server still maintained?

Kineticist is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://www.kineticist.com/api/mcp
- Website: https://www.kineticist.com/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-kineticist-mcp-server/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-kineticist-mcp-server/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-kineticist-mcp-server/api-mcp