# Ebay (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-ebay)

eBay MCP — Browse + Taxonomy APIs via client_credentials OAuth

- 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`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ebay/ebay-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ebay/ebay-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-ebay`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ebay/pipeworx-mcp-ebay.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ebay/pipeworx-mcp-ebay)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-ebay`
- 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-ebay).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 4 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 75/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 357 tokens (~119/item across 3 items; 3 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 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 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 Ebay MCP server?

Ebay runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-ebay. 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-ebay -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-ebay
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 82, +1)

- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.10
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

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

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `ebay_search` (~178 tokens)

Search active eBay listings (US marketplace). Returns title, price, condition, seller, thumbnail, and item_id per hit. Use ebay_get_item with the returned item_id for full detail.

Input parameters:

- `category_id` (string): eBay category ID to scope to (see ebay_get_categories)
- `filter` (string): Advanced Browse API filter, e.g. "price:[20..100],conditions:{NEW},buyingOptions:{FIXED_PRICE}". See Browse docs.
- `limit` (number): 1–200 (default 25)
- `offset` (number): Pagination offset (default 0)
- `q` (string, required): Keyword query (e.g. "iPhone 15 Pro 256GB")
- `sort` (string): price (asc) | -price (desc) | newlyListed | endingSoonest

### `ebay_get_item` (~70 tokens)

Get full detail for a single eBay item. Accepts either the RESTful item ID ("v1|123456789|0") or the legacy numeric ID ("123456789").

Input parameters:

- `item_id` (string, required): RESTful ID (v1|XXX|0) or legacy numeric ID

### `ebay_get_categories` (~58 tokens)

Get the eBay category subtree under category_id. Omit category_id for the top-level US categories. Returned ids feed into ebay_search.category_id.

Input parameters:

- `category_id` (string): Parent category ID. Omit for top-level US categories.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

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

## Common questions

### What is the Ebay MCP server?

Ebay is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/ebay. eBay MCP, Browse + Taxonomy APIs via client_credentials OAuth. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-ebay).

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

Ebay 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 Ebay MCP server expose?

Ebay exposes 3 tools: ebay_search, ebay_get_item, ebay_get_categories. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 306 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Ebay MCP server still maintained?

Ebay 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 Ebay MCP server under?

Ebay 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/@pipeworx/mcp-ebay
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-ebay
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-ebay
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/ebay
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ebay/pipeworx-mcp-ebay.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ebay/pipeworx-mcp-ebay.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ebay/pipeworx-mcp-ebay