Itunes Search
NPM · @PIPEWORX/MCP-ITUNES-SEARCH · 2 COMPONENTS
iTunes Search MCP — Apple's public catalog search
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Last scanned (22 hours ago)
Scores higher than 69% 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-itunes-search). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability66
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 698 tokens (~139/item across 5 items; 5 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 Management20
- Stability observed for 6 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage90
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 71% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 6 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.
- 3 Nov 26 +16
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 2 Nov 26 −13
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.13 ▲ functional
- Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1 functional
- 29 Oct 26 78
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 4 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/@pipeworx/mcp-itunes-search@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-itunes-search |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-itunes-search/.github/workflows/publish.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 3649435792 |
| Predicate type | SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:0fd23579219cf666028ee5e5cc8fd60da68a2e6d85ecc4dbf0788a736071fdd2a691d170cf65667392c687f76755f40a18437e25dbec7fe6316f67840 |
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 →
lookup ~141
Exact-ID lookup. Provide any one of id / bundle_id / isbn / upc / amg_artist_id / amg_album_id.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| amg_album_id | string | – | All Music Guide album id |
| amg_artist_id | string | – | All Music Guide artist id |
| bundle_id | string | – | iOS / macOS app bundle id |
| country | string | – | – |
| entity | string | – | – |
| id | string | – | Apple ID(s), comma-separated |
| isbn | string | – | ISBN-13 of a book |
| limit | number | – | – |
| upc | string | – | UPC of an album/movie |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search ~218
Search the Apple iTunes catalog by keyword across music, movies, podcasts, TV shows, apps, ebooks, and more; filterable by media type, entity, country, and explicit flag; returns up to 200 matching items with metadata.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | string | – | Restrict matching field — e.g. "artistTerm", "albumTerm", "movieTerm" |
| country | string | – | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (default us) |
| entity | string | – | Refines media — e.g. "song", "album", "movieArtist", "tvSeason" |
| explicit | string | – | Yes (default) | No — exclude explicit content |
| lang | string | – | en_us | ja_jp (default en_us) |
| limit | number | – | 1-200 (default 50) |
| media | string | – | music | movie | podcast | musicVideo | audiobook | shortFilm | tvShow | software | ebook | all (default all) |
| term | string | yes | Search query |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
top_books ~108
Apple Books chart, read from Apple's RSS Marketing Tools feed — the top-free (default) or top-paid ebooks in one storefront country, up to 100 entries. Each entry returns the book title, author, Apple id, genres, release date, artwork URL and Apple Books link. Answers which ebooks are topping the Apple Books charts today.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | – | – |
| free_or_paid | string | – | top-free | top-paid (default top-free) |
| limit | number | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
top_movies ~80
DEPRECATED — Apple discontinued the iTunes movies chart (permanent 404). For popular, trending, or current movies use the tmdb pack instead: tmdb_trending, discover_movie, or get_movie.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | – | ISO alpha-2 (default us) |
| limit | number | – | 1-100 (default 25) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
top_podcasts ~97
Apple Podcasts chart, read from Apple's RSS Marketing Tools feed — the top-ranked shows in one storefront country (default us), up to 100 entries. Each entry returns the show name, publisher, Apple id, genre list, release date, artwork URL and Apple Podcasts link. Answers which podcasts are most popular on Apple Podcasts right now in the US or another country.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | – | – |
| limit | number | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Itunes Search MCP server?
Itunes Search runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-itunes-search. 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-itunes-search
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-itunes-search -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-itunes-search
What is the Itunes Search MCP server?
Itunes Search is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/itunes-search. iTunes Search MCP, Apple's public catalog search. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-itunes-search).
Is the Itunes Search MCP server safe to use?
Itunes Search scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 4 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 Itunes Search MCP server expose?
Itunes Search exposes 5 tools: search, lookup, top_movies, top_podcasts, top_books. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 644 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Itunes Search MCP server still maintained?
Itunes Search is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 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 Itunes Search MCP server under?
Itunes Search declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.