# Itunes Search (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-itunes-search)

iTunes Search MCP — Apple's public catalog search

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- 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-itunes-search/itunes-search-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-itunes-search/itunes-search-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-itunes-search`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-itunes-search/pipeworx-mcp-itunes-search.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-itunes-search/pipeworx-mcp-itunes-search)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-itunes-search`
- 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-itunes-search).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - 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.
  - 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**: 90/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 71% 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 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 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 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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-itunes-search -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-itunes-search
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-itunes-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-itunes-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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-03 (score 81, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-02 (score 65, −13)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.13
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-29 (score 78)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search` (~218 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `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, required): Search query

### `lookup` (~141 tokens)

Exact-ID lookup. Provide any one of id / bundle_id / isbn / upc / amg_artist_id / amg_album_id.

Input parameters:

- `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

### `top_movies` (~80 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): ISO alpha-2 (default us)
- `limit` (number): 1-100 (default 25)

### `top_podcasts` (~97 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string)
- `limit` (number)

### `top_books` (~108 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string)
- `free_or_paid` (string): top-free | top-paid (default top-free)
- `limit` (number)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 82
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 65
- 2026-11-01: 78
- 2026-10-31: 78
- 2026-10-30: 78
- 2026-10-29: 78

## Common questions

### 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 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 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 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 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.

## Links

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