# Craft Color Codes (npm · craft-color-codes)

Bead, floss, yarn, LEGO and Minecraft color codes: look up, find closest, convert between brands.

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-25

## Components

- npm · `craft-color-codes`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/makebead-craft-color-codes/craft-color-codes.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/makebead-craft-color-codes/craft-color-codes)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `craft-color-codes`
- Version: `1.0.0`
- 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 2026-10-25.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 32/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - License check failed: the license ((MIT AND CC-BY-4.0)) isn't a recognized OSI-approved license.
  - Actively maintained (last published 27 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1016 tokens (~203/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 93/100
  - Stability observed for 28 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 97/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 92% 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 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 supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Craft Color Codes MCP server?

Craft Color Codes runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y craft-color-codes. 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 makebead-craft-color-codes -- npx -y craft-color-codes
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "makebead-craft-color-codes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "craft-color-codes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "makebead-craft-color-codes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "craft-color-codes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add makebead-craft-color-codes -- npx -y craft-color-codes
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "makebead-craft-color-codes": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "craft-color-codes"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add makebead-craft-color-codes --command npx --arg -y --arg craft-color-codes
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  makebead-craft-color-codes:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "craft-color-codes"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "makebead-craft-color-codes": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "craft-color-codes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add makebead-craft-color-codes -t stdio -c npx -a -y craft-color-codes
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "makebead-craft-color-codes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "craft-color-codes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-10-24 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-22 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-20 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-19 (score 76, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-18 (score 76, +1)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-16 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-11 (score 73, +3)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (5)

### `list_palettes` (~82 tokens)

List color charts

List every color chart available: fuse beads (Perler, Hama, Artkal, Nabbi, MARD), Miyuki Delica seed beads, DMC embroidery floss and diamond painting drills, Red Heart yarn, LEGO, Minecraft blocks and map colors. Returns each palette id, brand, product, number of colors and how the values were obtained (status).

### `get_color` (~183 tokens)

Look up a color code

Look up one color by its code in a palette, e.g. DMC 310, Miyuki DB0010 (also written DB10 or DB-010), Perler P38, Hama H18, MARD A1. Returns the name, hex and RGB.

Input parameters:

- `code` (string, required): The color code as printed on the bag, tube or skein.
- `palette` (string, required): Palette ids or names (e.g. "dmc", "delica", "perler", "mard"). Ids: perler-midi, hama-midi, artkal-s, nabbi, mard-185, mard-221, mard-291, miyuki-delica, dmc-floss, dmc-diamond, lego, minecraft-block…

### `find_closest` (~260 tokens)

Closest color codes to a color

Find the closest colors to a hex or RGB color in one or more palettes, ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (deltaE: under 1 looks identical, under 3 is a close match, over 10 is a different color). Use it to turn a picked color into a bead, thread or yarn to buy.

Input parameters:

- `color` (string, required): Hex (#FF8800, #F80) or rgb(255, 136, 0).
- `include_discontinued` (boolean): Include discontinued colors (default false).
- `limit` (integer): Matches per palette (default 3).
- `palettes` (array): Palette ids or names (e.g. "dmc", "delica", "perler", "mard"). Ids: perler-midi, hama-midi, artkal-s, nabbi, mard-185, mard-221, mard-291, miyuki-delica, dmc-floss, dmc-diamond, lego, minecraft-block…

### `convert_color` (~287 tokens)

Convert a color code to another brand

Convert a color code from one brand to its closest equivalents in another, e.g. Perler P38 → Hama, DMC 310 → Miyuki Delica, MARD A1 → Artkal. Ranked by CIEDE2000 deltaE.

Input parameters:

- `code` (string, required): The color code in the source palette.
- `from_palette` (string, required): Palette ids or names (e.g. "dmc", "delica", "perler", "mard"). Ids: perler-midi, hama-midi, artkal-s, nabbi, mard-185, mard-221, mard-291, miyuki-delica, dmc-floss, dmc-diamond, lego, minecraft-block…
- `limit` (integer): Number of matches (default 3).
- `to_palette` (string, required): Palette ids or names (e.g. "dmc", "delica", "perler", "mard"). Ids: perler-midi, hama-midi, artkal-s, nabbi, mard-185, mard-221, mard-291, miyuki-delica, dmc-floss, dmc-diamond, lego, minecraft-block…

### `search_colors` (~152 tokens)

Search colors by name or code

Search color names (every word must appear, e.g. "dusty rose", "light blue") or codes across palettes.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum results (default 20).
- `palettes` (array): Palette ids or names (e.g. "dmc", "delica", "perler", "mard"). Ids: perler-midi, hama-midi, artkal-s, nabbi, mard-185, mard-221, mard-291, miyuki-delica, dmc-floss, dmc-diamond, lego, minecraft-block…
- `query` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/makebead-craft-color-codes/craft-color-codes#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-25: 79
- 2026-10-24: 79
- 2026-10-23: 78
- 2026-10-22: 78
- 2026-10-21: 77
- 2026-10-20: 77
- 2026-10-19: 76
- 2026-10-18: 76
- 2026-10-17: 75
- 2026-10-16: 75
- 2026-10-15: 74
- 2026-10-14: 74
- 2026-10-13: 73
- 2026-10-12: 73
- 2026-10-11: 73
- 2026-10-06: 70
- 2026-10-05: 70
- 2026-10-04: 66
- 2026-10-03: 66
- 2026-10-02: 66
- 2026-10-01: 66
- 2026-09-30: 66
- 2026-09-29: 66
- 2026-09-28: 66
- 2026-09-27: 66

## Common questions

### What is the Craft Color Codes MCP server?

Craft Color Codes is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.makebead/craft-color-codes. Bead, floss, yarn, LEGO and Minecraft color codes: look up, find closest, convert between brands. This page covers its npm package (craft-color-codes).

### Is the Craft Color Codes MCP server safe to use?

Craft Color Codes scores 79 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 25 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 Craft Color Codes MCP server expose?

Craft Color Codes exposes 5 tools: list_palettes, get_color, find_closest, convert_color, search_colors. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 964 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Craft Color Codes MCP server still maintained?

Craft Color Codes is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/craft-color-codes
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/craft-color-codes
- Repository: https://github.com/makebead/craft-color-codes
- Website: https://makebead.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/makebead-craft-color-codes/craft-color-codes.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/makebead-craft-color-codes/craft-color-codes.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/makebead-craft-color-codes/craft-color-codes