# Creative Cult (remote · creativecult.digital)

What players think of new video games, from their own reviews. No critic scores.

- Trust score: 75/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `creativecult.digital`: 75/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/digital-creativecult-research/creativecult.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/digital-creativecult-research/creativecult)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://creativecult.digital/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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 2026-11-05.

- **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. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation.
  - 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
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 523 tokens (~104/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - 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**: 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.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Creative Cult MCP server?

Creative Cult is a hosted endpoint at https://creativecult.digital/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 digital-creativecult-research 'https://creativecult.digital/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "digital-creativecult-research": {
      "url": "https://creativecult.digital/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "digital-creativecult-research": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://creativecult.digital/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.digital-creativecult-research]
url = "https://creativecult.digital/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "digital-creativecult-research": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://creativecult.digital/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add digital-creativecult-research --url 'https://creativecult.digital/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  digital-creativecult-research:
    url: "https://creativecult.digital/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "digital-creativecult-research": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://creativecult.digital/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add digital-creativecult-research -t streamable-http -u 'https://creativecult.digital/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "digital-creativecult-research": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://creativecult.digital/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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 75, +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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 74, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-03 (score 74)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search_games` (~106 tokens)

Search games

Find new video games Creative Cult follows, by name. Returns each game's release date, the latest share of player reviews that recommend it with its date, and a link to its page. Games with a slug have a full report you can read with get_game. Leave the query empty to list every game with a report, newest first.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many games to return.
- `query` (string): Part of a game's name, such as "wolverine".

Output parameters:

- `query` (string)
- `results` (array)

### `get_game` (~84 tokens)

Get what players say about a game

Creative Cult's report on how players received one game: the share of player reviews that recommend it and its date, what players praise and criticise, who the game suits, answers to common questions, and numbered sources. Takes the game's name or its slug from search_games.

Input parameters:

- `game` (string, required): The game's name, such as "Marvel's Wolverine", or its slug.

Output parameters:

- `developer` (string)
- `findings` (array)
- `found` (boolean)
- `matches` (array)
- `name` (string)
- `questions` (array)
- `recommend` (object|null): The share of player reviews that recommend the game, and the day they were counted.
- `releaseDate` (string)
- `slug` (string)
- `sources` (array)
- `summary` (string)
- `url` (string)
- `verdict` (string|null)
- `whatPlayersSay` (string)

### `get_release_calendar` (~118 tokens)

Get the release calendar

Notable video games releasing in a month, with dates from publishers and platform holders, platforms and US price where announced, and for games already out, the share of player reviews that recommend them. Defaults to the current month.

Input parameters:

- `month` (string): A month as YYYY-MM. Months with releases: 2026-08, 2026-09, 2026-10, 2026-11, 2026-12, 2027-01, 2027-02, 2027-03.

Output parameters:

- `asOf` (string)
- `label` (string)
- `month` (string)
- `releases` (array)
- `url` (string)

### `get_best_of_month` (~85 tokens)

Get a month's best games, ranked by players

A month's new video games ranked by the share of player reviews that recommend them. A game needs at least 500 reviews to be ranked. Critic scores are never used. Defaults to the latest ranked month.

Input parameters:

- `month` (string): A month as YYYY-MM. Ranked months: 2026-10, 2026-09, 2026-08.

Output parameters:

- `asOf` (string)
- `label` (string)
- `minReviews` (integer)
- `month` (string)
- `notRanked` (array)
- `ranked` (array)
- `url` (string)

### `list_research` (~47 tokens)

List research

Creative Cult's research pieces: teardowns of how launches landed with players, the monthly Reception Index, and how the firm runs player research. Returns titles, summaries, dates and links.

Output parameters:

- `items` (array)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/digital-creativecult-research/creativecult#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 75
- 2026-11-04: 74
- 2026-11-03: 74

## Common questions

### What is the Creative Cult MCP server?

Creative Cult is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as digital.creativecult/research. What players think of new video games, from their own reviews. No critic scores. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://creativecult.digital/mcp).

### Is the Creative Cult MCP server safe to use?

Creative Cult scores 75 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 Creative Cult MCP server expose?

Creative Cult exposes 5 tools: search_games, get_game, get_release_calendar, get_best_of_month, list_research. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 440 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Creative Cult MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Creative Cult MCP server still maintained?

Creative Cult is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Creative Cult MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on Creative Cult, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://creativecult.digital/mcp
- Website: https://creativecult.digital/developers
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/digital-creativecult-research/creativecult.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/digital-creativecult-research/creativecult/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/digital-creativecult-research/creativecult.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/digital-creativecult-research/creativecult