# PoetryDB MCP Server (npm · mcp-poetry)

Classic poetry search and discovery via PoetryDB.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +22
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `mcp-poetry`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/lacausecrypto-poetrydb/mcp-poetry.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/lacausecrypto-poetrydb/mcp-poetry)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `mcp-poetry`
- Version: `1.0.1`
- 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 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 87/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **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 112 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 444 tokens (~37/item across 12 items; 12 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 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.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add lacausecrypto-poetrydb -- npx -y mcp-poetry
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add lacausecrypto-poetrydb -- npx -y mcp-poetry
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "lacausecrypto-poetrydb": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "mcp-poetry"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add lacausecrypto-poetrydb --command npx --arg -y --arg mcp-poetry
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  lacausecrypto-poetrydb:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "mcp-poetry"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lacausecrypto-poetrydb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-poetry"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-02 (score 67, +46)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.20
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-08-01 (score 21, +16)

- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100

### 2026-07-31 (score 5, −41)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-27 (score 46)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (12)

### `catalog_overview` (~23 tokens)

Overview of all PoetryDB MCP tools. Start here to discover categories.

### `catalog_category` (~35 tokens)

Show the tools and description for a specific category.

Input parameters:

- `category_id` (string, required): Category identifier: catalog, search, or discovery.

### `search_by_author` (~56 tokens)

Find poems by author name. Supports exact or partial author matches.

Input parameters:

- `author` (string, required): Author name or partial name.
- `fields` (string): Optional output fields: author, title, lines, linecount (comma-separated).

### `search_by_title` (~35 tokens)

Find a poem by title. Supports exact or partial title matches.

Input parameters:

- `title` (string, required): Poem title or partial title.

### `search_by_lines` (~32 tokens)

Search for poems containing specific text in their lines.

Input parameters:

- `text` (string, required): Text to search inside poem lines.

### `search_by_linecount` (~39 tokens)

Find poems with a specific number of lines.

Input parameters:

- `linecount` (integer, required): Exact number of lines, such as 14 for sonnets.

### `search_combined` (~84 tokens)

Run a combined PoetryDB search across multiple fields.

Input parameters:

- `fields` (string, required): Search fields, comma-separated. Allowed: author, title, lines, linecount.
- `output` (string): Optional output fields: author, title, lines, linecount (comma-separated).
- `values` (string, required): Search values, semicolon-separated, in the same order as fields.

### `list_authors` (~17 tokens)

List all available authors in PoetryDB.

### `random_poem` (~36 tokens)

Get one or more random poems.

Input parameters:

- `count` (integer): Number of random poems to fetch, from 1 to 10.

### `get_sonnets` (~36 tokens)

Find 14-line sonnets, optionally filtered by author.

Input parameters:

- `author` (string): Optional author name or partial author name.

### `get_haikus` (~35 tokens)

Find 3-line poems, optionally filtered by author.

Input parameters:

- `author` (string): Optional author name or partial author name.

### `list_titles` (~16 tokens)

List all poem titles in PoetryDB.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 68
- 2026-08-02: 67
- 2026-08-01: 21
- 2026-07-31: 5
- 2026-07-30: 46
- 2026-07-28: 46
- 2026-07-27: 46

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcp-poetry
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/mcp-poetry
- Repository: https://github.com/lacausecrypto/mcp-poetrydb
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/lacausecrypto-poetrydb/mcp-poetry/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/lacausecrypto-poetrydb/mcp-poetry/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/lacausecrypto-poetrydb/mcp-poetry