# Listen Notes (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-listen-notes)

Listen Notes MCP.

- Trust score: 81/100 (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-listen-notes/listen-notes-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-listen-notes/listen-notes-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-listen-notes`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-listen-notes/pipeworx-mcp-listen-notes.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-listen-notes/pipeworx-mcp-listen-notes)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-listen-notes`
- 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-listen-notes).
  - 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**: 70/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 542 tokens (~77/item across 7 items; 7 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**: 73/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 19% 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 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 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 Listen Notes MCP server?

Listen Notes runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-listen-notes. 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-listen-notes -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-listen-notes
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 81, +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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 80, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-02 (score 65, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-31 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

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

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (7)

### `search` (~177 tokens)

Search the Listen Notes podcast index across podcasts, individual episodes, curated lists, and people, with filters for type, language, genre ids, episode length, and date sorting. Returns matching podcast or episode records with title, publisher, description, audio URL, publish date, and the Listen Notes id used by the other tools in this pack. Answers which podcast or episode covers a topic, guest, or show name.

Input parameters:

- `genre_ids` (string): Comma-sep ids.
- `language` (string)
- `len_max` (number)
- `len_min` (number)
- `offset` (number)
- `query` (string, required)
- `sort_by_date` (number): 0 (relevance, default) | 1 (date desc)
- `type` (string): podcast | episode | curated | person

### `podcast` (~47 tokens)

Fetch full details for a single podcast by Listen Notes `id`. Returns title, description, publisher, language, total episodes, latest episode date, and image URL.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

### `episode` (~46 tokens)

Fetch full details for a single podcast episode by Listen Notes `id`. Returns title, description, audio URL, duration, publish date, and parent podcast info.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

### `genres` (~42 tokens)

Return the full list of Listen Notes podcast genre categories with genre id and name. Use genre_id values to filter `best_podcasts` or `search` by genre.

### `best_podcasts` (~78 tokens)

Fetch the Listen Notes curated list of top podcasts, optionally filtered by `genre_id`, `region`, or `sort`. Returns title, publisher, image URL, and Listen Notes id per podcast.

Input parameters:

- `genre_id` (number)
- `page` (number)
- `region` (string)
- `sort` (string)

### `recommendations_for_podcast` (~48 tokens)

Fetch podcast recommendations similar to a given podcast by Listen Notes `id`. Returns a list of similar podcasts with title, publisher, description, and image URL.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

### `recommendations_for_episode` (~49 tokens)

Fetch episode recommendations similar to a given episode by Listen Notes `id`. Returns a list of similar episodes with title, audio URL, duration, and parent podcast info.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 2026-11-02: 65
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 78
- 2026-10-29: 78

## Common questions

### What is the Listen Notes MCP server?

Listen Notes is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/listen-notes. Listen Notes MCP. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-listen-notes).

### Is the Listen Notes MCP server safe to use?

Listen Notes scores 81 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 Listen Notes MCP server expose?

Listen Notes exposes 7 tools: search, podcast, episode, genres, best_podcasts, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 487 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Listen Notes MCP server still maintained?

Listen Notes 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 Listen Notes MCP server under?

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