Igdb
NPM · @PIPEWORX/MCP-IGDB · 2 COMPONENTS
IGDB — the Internet Game Database (Twitch/Amazon), the reference catalogue for video games.
Available components
Last scanned (4 hours ago)
Scores higher than 72% of npm servers
Category Entertainment and Games
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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency97
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-igdb). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 3 days ago).Pass
- Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.Unverified
Schema Quality & AI Usability65
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 845 tokens (~211/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management23
- Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Nov 26 0
- Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- 4 Nov 26 +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.
- 3 Nov 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 2 Nov 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1 functional
- 1 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 30 Oct 26 +1
- Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- 29 Oct 26 79
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/@pipeworx/mcp-igdb@0.2.1
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | pipeworx-io/mcp-igdb |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-igdb/.github/workflows/publish.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 3637413304 |
| Predicate type | SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:b184494d1fd308c2b56e00431c30b52a00240355e410eb631d23ae373a1c7e0b8af0d2fd430797d4c6dc6218cf3b5b3f8fc2a221f00086f1e82ece157 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 0 packages
| Packages resolved | 0 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
igdb_companies ~176
Find video-game companies in IGDB by name — developers, publishers, studios — with country, founding date, description, logo, and how many games each developed and published, with a sample of titles. Answers "who made this" and "what else has this studio shipped". Example: igdb_companies({ query: "Nintendo" }).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _apiKey | string | – | Twitch app credentials as "CLIENT_ID:CLIENT_SECRET" (IGDB is gated by Twitch OAuth). Optional — omit to use the shared Pipeworx credential. Get your own at https://dev.twitch.tv/console. |
| limit | number | – | Max companies to return, 1-50. Default 10. |
| query | string | yes | Company name or part of one, e.g. "Nintendo", "FromSoftware". |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
igdb_game ~191
One video game in full from IGDB, by numeric id or slug: summary and storyline, per-platform release dates and regions, genres, themes, game modes, player perspectives, franchise, developer and publisher, critic and user ratings, DLC, expansions, similar games and cover art. Use after igdb_search_games. Example: igdb_game({ slug: "the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild" }).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _apiKey | string | – | Twitch app credentials as "CLIENT_ID:CLIENT_SECRET" (IGDB is gated by Twitch OAuth). Optional — omit to use the shared Pipeworx credential. Get your own at https://dev.twitch.tv/console. |
| id | number | – | Numeric IGDB game id. |
| slug | string | – | IGDB slug, e.g. "the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild". |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
igdb_platforms ~176
List or search the ~200 gaming platforms IGDB tracks — consoles, handhelds, computers, arcade systems and digital storefronts — with abbreviation, hardware generation and platform family. Its ids are what igdb_search_games({ platform_id }) filters on. Example: igdb_platforms({ query: "PlayStation" }).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _apiKey | string | – | Twitch app credentials as "CLIENT_ID:CLIENT_SECRET" (IGDB is gated by Twitch OAuth). Optional — omit to use the shared Pipeworx credential. Get your own at https://dev.twitch.tv/console. |
| limit | number | – | Max platforms to return, 1-200. Default 50. |
| query | string | – | Substring of the platform name, e.g. "PlayStation". Omit to list platforms alphabetically. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
igdb_search_games ~249
Search the Internet Game Database (IGDB) for video games by title and get back real catalogue records: release date, summary, genres, themes, platforms, game modes, critic and user ratings, developer, publisher and cover art. Optionally restrict to one platform or to games released after a date. AUTHORITATIVE for video-game metadata — the same catalogue Twitch categorises streams against. Example: igdb_search_games({ query: "Breath of the Wild", limit: 5 }).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _apiKey | string | – | Twitch app credentials as "CLIENT_ID:CLIENT_SECRET" (IGDB is gated by Twitch OAuth). Optional — omit to use the shared Pipeworx credential. Get your own at https://dev.twitch.tv/console. |
| limit | number | – | Max games to return, 1-50. Default 10. |
| platform_id | number | – | Restrict to one IGDB platform id — find it with igdb_platforms. |
| query | string | yes | Game title or part of one, e.g. "Breath of the Wild". |
| released_after | string | – | Only games first released after this date, YYYY-MM-DD. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Igdb MCP server?
Igdb runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-igdb. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · @pipeworx/mcp-igdb
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-igdb -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-igdb
What is the Igdb MCP server?
Igdb is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/igdb. IGDB, the Internet Game Database (Twitch/Amazon), the reference catalogue for video games. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-igdb).
Is the Igdb MCP server safe to use?
Igdb scores 82 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 Igdb MCP server expose?
Igdb exposes 4 tools: igdb_search_games, igdb_game, igdb_companies, igdb_platforms. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 792 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Igdb MCP server still maintained?
Igdb 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 Igdb MCP server under?
Igdb declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.