# io.github.ofershap/npm-search (npm · mcp-server-npm-search)

npm search MCP — find packages, view details, compare, check downloads.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +18
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `mcp-server-npm-search`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ofershap-npm-search/mcp-server-npm-search.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ofershap-npm-search/mcp-server-npm-search)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `mcp-server-npm-search`
- 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 145 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 51/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 199 tokens (~33/item across 6 items; 6 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 ofershap-npm-search -- npx -y mcp-server-npm-search
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add ofershap-npm-search -- npx -y mcp-server-npm-search
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ofershap-npm-search --command npx --arg -y --arg mcp-server-npm-search
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ofershap-npm-search:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "mcp-server-npm-search"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ofershap-npm-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-npm-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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 64, +28)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → fair
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-08-02 (score 36, +31)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100

### 2026-08-01 (score 5, −16)

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

### 2026-07-31 (score 21, −7)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 28, −18)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

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

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `npm_search` (~33 tokens)

Search npm packages by keyword

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Search query
- `size` (integer): Number of results

### `npm_info` (~31 tokens)

Get detailed info about an npm package

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): Package name (e.g. 'express')

### `npm_downloads` (~35 tokens)

Get download statistics for an npm package

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): Package name
- `period` (string): Time period

### `npm_versions` (~37 tokens)

List recent versions of an npm package

Input parameters:

- `count` (integer): Number of versions to show
- `name` (string, required): Package name

### `npm_compare` (~38 tokens)

Compare two npm packages side by side

Input parameters:

- `packageA` (string, required): First package name
- `packageB` (string, required): Second package name

### `npm_deps` (~25 tokens)

List dependencies of an npm package

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): Package name

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 64
- 2026-08-02: 36
- 2026-08-01: 5
- 2026-07-31: 21
- 2026-07-30: 28
- 2026-07-28: 46
- 2026-07-27: 46

## Links

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