# io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb (npm · ifdb-mcp-server)

Interactive Fiction Database: search text adventures and read one game's details.

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- npm · `ifdb-mcp-server`: 66/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-ifdb/ifdb-mcp-server.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-ifdb/ifdb-mcp-server)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `ifdb-mcp-server`
- 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 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 81/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects zod 3.25.76, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 32 of 115 dependencies flagged as unhealthy (1 deprecated).
- **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 9 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 79/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 448 tokens (~89/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **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 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 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.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb MCP server?

io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y ifdb-mcp-server. 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 mrfentmen-ifdb -- npx -y ifdb-mcp-server
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mrfentmen-ifdb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ifdb-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "mrfentmen-ifdb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ifdb-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add mrfentmen-ifdb -- npx -y ifdb-mcp-server
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add mrfentmen-ifdb --command npx --arg -y --arg ifdb-mcp-server
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  mrfentmen-ifdb:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "ifdb-mcp-server"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "mrfentmen-ifdb": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "ifdb-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add mrfentmen-ifdb -t stdio -c npx -a -y ifdb-mcp-server
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mrfentmen-ifdb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ifdb-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-10-28 (score 66, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-27 (score 51)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search_games` (~132 tokens)

Search IFDB games

Search the Interactive Fiction Database (IFDB) for text adventure games by title, author, or keyword. Returns matching games with title, authors, year, average star rating, rating count, and IFDB URL. No API key needed.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results to return (1-50).
- `query` (string, required): Search query: game title, author, or keyword.
- `sort` (string): Result order: relevance, title, author, newest, oldest, highest_rated, lowest_rated, most_ratings, fewest_ratings, longest, shortest, random.

### `get_game_details` (~135 tokens)

Get IFDB game details

Fetch full details for one IFDB game: description, authors, year, genres, development system, average star rating, rating histogram, review/play/wishlist counts, download links, and a play-in-browser link. Accepts an IFDB game URL, a relative 'viewgame?id=...' path, or a bare game TUID. No API key needed.

Input parameters:

- `game` (string, required): Game identifier: full IFDB URL (https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=...), relative path (viewgame?id=...), or bare TUID (e.g. 4gxk83ja4twckm6j).

### `browse_by_author` (~60 tokens)

Browse IFDB by author

List the IFDB games credited to one author, using IFDB's author: search filter. No API key needed.

Input parameters:

- `author` (string, required): Author name, e.g. Andrew Plotkin
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results.

### `browse_by_year` (~60 tokens)

Browse IFDB by release year

List IFDB games released in a given year, using IFDB's year: search filter. No API key needed.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results.
- `year` (integer, required): Release year, e.g. 1990

### `browse_by_genre` (~61 tokens)

Browse IFDB by genre

List IFDB games tagged with a genre, using IFDB's genre: search filter. No API key needed.

Input parameters:

- `genre` (string, required): Genre tag, e.g. Horror or Science Fiction
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Vulnerabilities, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-ifdb/ifdb-mcp-server#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 66
- 2026-11-04: 66
- 2026-11-03: 66
- 2026-11-02: 66
- 2026-11-01: 66
- 2026-10-31: 66
- 2026-10-30: 66
- 2026-10-29: 66
- 2026-10-28: 66
- 2026-10-27: 51

## Common questions

### What is the io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb MCP server?

io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb. Interactive Fiction Database: search text adventures and read one game's details. This page covers its npm package (ifdb-mcp-server).

### Is the io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb MCP server safe to use?

io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb scores 66 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We recorded 1 known advisory against it as of 5 November 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 io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb MCP server expose?

io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb exposes 5 tools: search_games, get_game_details, browse_by_author, browse_by_year, browse_by_genre. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 448 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb MCP server still maintained?

io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb 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 licence is the io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb MCP server under?

io.github.mrfentmen/ifdb 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/ifdb-mcp-server
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/ifdb-mcp-server
- Repository: https://github.com/mrfentmen/awesome-servers
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-ifdb/ifdb-mcp-server.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-ifdb/ifdb-mcp-server.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-ifdb/ifdb-mcp-server