# Citybikes (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-citybikes)

Citybikes MCP — wraps CityBik.es API (free, no auth required)

- Trust score: 84/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 63/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-citybikes/citybikes-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-citybikes/citybikes-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-citybikes`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-citybikes/pipeworx-mcp-citybikes.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-citybikes/pipeworx-mcp-citybikes)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-citybikes`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- 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 2026-11-05.

- **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**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-citybikes).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 5 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 450 tokens (~112/item across 4 items; 4 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.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 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.

## Install

### How do I install the Citybikes MCP server?

Citybikes runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-citybikes. 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 pipeworx-io-citybikes -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-citybikes
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-citybikes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-citybikes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-citybikes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-citybikes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-citybikes -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-citybikes
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-citybikes": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-citybikes"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-citybikes --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-citybikes
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-citybikes:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-citybikes"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-citybikes": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-citybikes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-citybikes -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-citybikes
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-citybikes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-citybikes"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 83, +1)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-31 (score 82, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-30 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 0 to 3. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 0 days of observed history at the previous scan, 1 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 81)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `list_networks` (~32 tokens)

Browse all bike-sharing networks worldwide. Returns network name, ID, city, country, and coordinates for each network.

### `get_network` (~75 tokens)

Check live bike availability at stations in a specific network (e.g., "citi-bike-nyc"). Returns station locations, available bikes, and empty slots.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Network id (e.g. "citi-bike-nyc", "velib" for Paris, "nextbike-berlin")

### `search_networks` (~55 tokens)

Find bike-sharing networks by city or country name. Returns matching networks with their locations and IDs.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): City or country name to search for (e.g. "New York", "France", "Berlin")

### `citybikes_networks_near` (~234 tokens)

Find bike-share networks near a lat/lon: "bike share near me", "find bike rental network by location", "citybikes nearby coordinates". Returns the closest networks sorted by distance with their id, name, city, country, and distance_km. If none fall within radius_km, returns count:0 plus a note naming the single nearest network beyond the radius. To then get live stations and free bikes for a returned network, call get_network with its id. Example: Göttingen (latitude 51.53, longitude 9.93) → nextbike-kassel ~39.5km away.

Input parameters:

- `latitude` (number, required): Latitude of the search center (e.g. 51.53)
- `limit` (number): Max networks to return, 1-20 (default 5)
- `longitude` (number, required): Longitude of the search center (e.g. 9.93)
- `radius_km` (number): Search radius in kilometers (default 50; bike networks are sparse, so the nearest city may be 30km+ away)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 84
- 2026-11-04: 84
- 2026-11-03: 84
- 2026-11-02: 83
- 2026-11-01: 83
- 2026-10-31: 82
- 2026-10-30: 82
- 2026-10-29: 81

## Common questions

### What is the Citybikes MCP server?

Citybikes is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/citybikes. Citybikes MCP, wraps CityBik.es API (free, no auth required). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-citybikes).

### Is the Citybikes MCP server safe to use?

Citybikes scores 84 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 Citybikes MCP server expose?

Citybikes exposes 4 tools: list_networks, get_network, search_networks, citybikes_networks_near. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 396 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Citybikes MCP server still maintained?

Citybikes 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 Citybikes MCP server under?

Citybikes declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Citybikes MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Citybikes, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-citybikes
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-citybikes
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-citybikes
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/citybikes
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-citybikes/pipeworx-mcp-citybikes.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-citybikes/pipeworx-mcp-citybikes/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-citybikes/pipeworx-mcp-citybikes.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-citybikes/pipeworx-mcp-citybikes