# io.github.nuance-dev/rival (npm · rival-mcp)

Query AI model benchmarks, pricing, and comparisons from rival.tips

- Trust score: 59/100 (low)
- Change this week: +19
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `rival-mcp`: 59/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/nuance-dev-rival/rival-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/nuance-dev-rival/rival-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `rival-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.2`
- 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**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: the declared repository URL returned HTTP 404.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 178 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 70/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 401 tokens (~100/item across 4 items; 4 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.
- **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

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add nuance-dev-rival -- npx -y rival-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add nuance-dev-rival -- npx -y rival-mcp
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add nuance-dev-rival --command npx --arg -y --arg rival-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  nuance-dev-rival:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "rival-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nuance-dev-rival": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "rival-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.

### 2026-08-02 (score 59, +43)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-08-01 (score 16, −15)

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

### 2026-07-31 (score 31, +13)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-29 (score 18, −1)

- [functional regression] Dependency health: partial → unverified

### 2026-07-28 (score 19, −21)

- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-07-27 (score 40)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `list-models` (~155 tokens)

List all AI models on rival.tips with filtering options. Returns model names, providers, capabilities, pricing, and benchmarks.

Input parameters:

- `capability` (string): Filter by capability (e.g. 'chat', 'code', 'vision', 'image-gen', 'function-calling')
- `category` (string): Filter by category (e.g. 'flagship', 'reasoning', 'coding', 'small', 'free', 'image-gen')
- `provider` (string): Filter by provider name (e.g. 'OpenAI', 'Anthropic', 'Google', 'Meta', 'Mistral')
- `q` (string): Free-text search query to match against model name, ID, provider, or description

### `get-model` (~81 tokens)

Get detailed information about a specific AI model including benchmarks, pricing, capabilities, unique features, and available providers.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): The model ID (e.g. 'gpt-4.1', 'claude-3.7-sonnet', 'gemini-2.5-pro'). Use dots for version numbers, not hyphens.

### `compare-models` (~97 tokens)

Compare 2-3 AI models side by side — benchmarks, pricing, capabilities, and common challenges they both handle.

Input parameters:

- `models` (string, required): Comma-separated model IDs to compare (2-3 models). Example: 'gpt-4.1,claude-3.7-sonnet' or 'gpt-4.1,claude-3.7-sonnet,gemini-2.5-pro'

### `search-models` (~68 tokens)

Search for AI models by name, description, or capability. Useful for finding models when you don't know the exact ID.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Search query to match against model names, IDs, providers, and descriptions (e.g. 'vision', 'cheap coding', 'fast reasoning')

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 59
- 2026-08-02: 59
- 2026-08-01: 16
- 2026-07-31: 31
- 2026-07-29: 18
- 2026-07-28: 19
- 2026-07-27: 40

## Links

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