# com.thehikingworld.www/mcp (npm · @thehikingworld/mcp)

Sourced trail facts. Tiers verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified. Gaps stay empty.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- npm · `@thehikingworld/mcp`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thehikingworld-www-mcp/thehikingworld-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thehikingworld-www-mcp/thehikingworld-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@thehikingworld/mcp`
- Version: `1.1.3`
- 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 2026-10-18.

- **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.
  - 31 of 93 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: the declared repository URL redirects; it must resolve directly.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 72/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1055 tokens (~117/item across 9 items; 9 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 81/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 42% 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 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 9 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.

## Install

### How do I install the com.thehikingworld.www/mcp server?

com.thehikingworld.www/mcp runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @thehikingworld/mcp. 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 com-thehikingworld-www-mcp -- npx -y @thehikingworld/mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-thehikingworld-www-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@thehikingworld/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-thehikingworld-www-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@thehikingworld/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add com-thehikingworld-www-mcp -- npx -y @thehikingworld/mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-thehikingworld-www-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@thehikingworld/mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-thehikingworld-www-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg @thehikingworld/mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-thehikingworld-www-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@thehikingworld/mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-thehikingworld-www-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@thehikingworld/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-thehikingworld-www-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y @thehikingworld/mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-thehikingworld-www-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@thehikingworld/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.

### 2026-10-18 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-16 (score 63)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (9)

### `plan_permits` (~102 tokens)

Structured permit plan from stored rows only. The model does not author fees. A missing total means no confident total. Figures are sourced and dated. They may be provisional. Cite the trail URL and the verifiedDate. Permit status is verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified, or null when the feed has none. Null means not recorded. This server does not invent figures.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Trail name or permit question. No fee figures.

### `get_trail` (~124 tokens)

Full sourced trail record from /api/v1/trails/{slug}, including permits, provenance, and geometryUrl. Unknown slug returns not found. Figures are sourced and dated. They may be provisional. Cite the trail URL and the verifiedDate. Permit status is verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified, or null when the feed has none. Null means not recorded. This server does not invent figures. A returned figure can be verified with get_provenance and the record signature.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Trail slug, for example inca-trail

### `search_trails` (~171 tokens)

Filter trail summaries from /api/v1/trails. Each distance and elevation stays the feed object (value, source, verifiedDate, provisional). Figures are sourced and dated. They may be provisional. Cite the trail URL and the verifiedDate. Permit status is verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified, or null when the feed has none. Null means not recorded. This server does not invent figures. A returned figure can be verified with get_provenance and the record signature.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string)
- `maxDistanceKm` (number)
- `maxTypicalDays` (number)
- `minDistanceKm` (number)
- `permitRequired` (boolean)
- `region` (string)
- `sacScale` (string): SAC grade such as T3

### `get_permit` (~156 tokens)

Sourced permit fee for a named trail: local-currency costLocal, tier, issuer, source URL, and read-date. tier is verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified. Do not quote reported-secondary or unverified as official. A null costLocal is not a number. Ambiguous names return candidates. Figures are sourced and dated. They may be provisional. Cite the trail URL and the verifiedDate. Permit status is verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified, or null when the feed has none. Null means not recorded. This server does not invent figures. A returned figure can be verified with get_provenance and the record signature.

Input parameters:

- `trail` (string, required): Slug or trail name

### `list_regions` (~99 tokens)

Distinct region and country names on /api/v1/trails, so an agent can see coverage. Figures are sourced and dated. They may be provisional. Cite the trail URL and the verifiedDate. Permit status is verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified, or null when the feed has none. Null means not recorded. This server does not invent figures. A returned figure can be verified with get_provenance and the record signature.

### `list_countries` (~90 tokens)

Distinct countries on /api/v1/trails. Figures are sourced and dated. They may be provisional. Cite the trail URL and the verifiedDate. Permit status is verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified, or null when the feed has none. Null means not recorded. This server does not invent figures. A returned figure can be verified with get_provenance and the record signature.

### `get_geojson` (~115 tokens)

Trail line from /api/v1/trails/{slug}/geojson. A schematic line has schematic: true and is not a GPS track. Figures are sourced and dated. They may be provisional. Cite the trail URL and the verifiedDate. Permit status is verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified, or null when the feed has none. Null means not recorded. This server does not invent figures. A returned figure can be verified with get_provenance and the record signature.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required)

### `get_provenance` (~84 tokens)

Published public key, signing policy, and the verification recipe from /api/v1/provenance. Figures are sourced and dated. They may be provisional. Cite the trail URL and the verifiedDate. Permit status is verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified, or null when the feed has none. Null means not recorded. This server does not invent figures.

### `get_updates` (~114 tokens)

Confirmed permit-fee changes from /updates.json, newest first. Each row has the old figure, the new figure, the issuer, the source URL, and a citation. Figures are sourced and dated. They may be provisional. Cite the trail URL and the verifiedDate. Permit status is verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified, or null when the feed has none. Null means not recorded. This server does not invent figures.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many changes to return. Default 20.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thehikingworld-www-mcp/thehikingworld-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 64
- 2026-10-17: 63
- 2026-10-16: 63

## Common questions

### What is the com.thehikingworld.www/mcp server?

com.thehikingworld.www/mcp is listed in the public MCP registry as com.thehikingworld.www/mcp. Sourced trail facts. Tiers verified-official, reported-secondary, or unverified. Gaps stay empty. This page covers its npm package (@thehikingworld/mcp).

### Is the com.thehikingworld.www/mcp server safe to use?

com.thehikingworld.www/mcp scores 64 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 18 October 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 com.thehikingworld.www/mcp server expose?

com.thehikingworld.www/mcp exposes 9 tools: plan_permits, get_trail, search_trails, get_permit, list_regions, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,055 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the com.thehikingworld.www/mcp server still maintained?

com.thehikingworld.www/mcp 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.

### What licence is the com.thehikingworld.www/mcp server under?

com.thehikingworld.www/mcp declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@thehikingworld/mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@thehikingworld/mcp
- Website: https://www.thehikingworld.com/developers
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thehikingworld-www-mcp/thehikingworld-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thehikingworld-www-mcp/thehikingworld-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-thehikingworld-www-mcp/thehikingworld-mcp