# Mhra Alerts (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-mhra-alerts)

MHRA drug and device safety alerts, recalls and Drug Safety Update bulletins, sourced from the…

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 71/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-mhra-alerts/mhra-alerts-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-mhra-alerts/mhra-alerts-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-mhra-alerts`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-mhra-alerts/pipeworx-mcp-mhra-alerts.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-mhra-alerts/pipeworx-mcp-mhra-alerts)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-mhra-alerts`
- 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-mhra-alerts).
  - 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**: 62/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 832 tokens (~277/item across 3 items; 3 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**: 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 Mhra Alerts MCP server?

Mhra Alerts runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-mhra-alerts. 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-mhra-alerts -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-mhra-alerts
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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, +2)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.17
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-30 (score 79, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `mhra_safety_alerts` (~385 tokens)

UK medicines and medical device safety alerts published by the MHRA on GOV.UK: Class 1-4 medicines recalls with affected batch numbers, Field Safety Notices from device manufacturers, device safety information, and National Patient Safety Alerts. Answers "has this medicine or device been recalled in the UK", "which batches were withdrawn", and "what safety alerts were issued last month". Returns each alert with its title, alert category, issue date, one-line summary and GOV.UK URL; filter by free text, category, issue-date range and clinical specialism.

Input parameters:

- `alert_type` (string): Restrict to one alert category. One of: field-safety-notices, medicines-recall-notification, device-safety-information, national-patient-safety, mhra-safety-round-up.
- `issued_from` (string): Earliest issue date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `issued_to` (string): Latest issue date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `limit` (number): Alerts to return, 1-100 (default 20).
- `offset` (number): Results to skip, for paging (default 0).
- `query` (string): Free-text search over alert titles and summaries, e.g. a medicine name ("fingolimod"), a manufacturer ("Zentiva") or a device type ("infusion pump").
- `sort` (string): "newest_issued" (default) orders by the date MHRA issued the alert; "newest_published" orders by when the GOV.UK page went live. They differ — a weekly notice issued on the 31st can publish on the 9t…
- `specialism` (string): Clinical specialism slug the alert is tagged for, e.g. "pharmacy", "dispensing-gp-practices", "medical-devices".

### `mhra_alert_detail` (~175 tokens)

Full text of one MHRA safety alert or recall from GOV.UK, given the alert URL or path returned by mhra_safety_alerts. Returns the complete notice as plain text — for a medicines recall that means the affected batch numbers and expiry dates, the marketing authorisation (PL) number, the active ingredient, the recall class and the action the recipient must take — plus the issue date, alert category and any withdrawal notice.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): The alert URL or GOV.UK path, e.g. "/drug-device-alerts/class-2-medicines-recall-zentiva-pharma-uk-limited-fingolimod-zentiva-0-dot-5-mg-capsules-el-26-a-slash-37" or the full https://www.gov.uk/...…

### `mhra_drug_safety_update` (~216 tokens)

Articles from Drug Safety Update, the MHRA monthly bulletin that tells UK prescribers about new safety signals: new contraindications, updated warnings, restricted indications and monitoring advice for medicines already in use. The UK counterpart to an FDA drug safety communication. Answers "what new safety advice has the MHRA issued about this medicine". Returns title, publication date, summary and GOV.UK URL; filter by free text and date range, then pass a URL to mhra_alert_detail for the full article.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Articles to return, 1-100 (default 20).
- `offset` (number): Results to skip, for paging (default 0).
- `published_from` (string): Earliest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `published_to` (string): Latest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `query` (string): Free-text search, e.g. a drug name ("metformin", "domperidone") or a safety topic ("angioedema").

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 82
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Mhra Alerts MCP server?

Mhra Alerts is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/mhra-alerts. MHRA drug and device safety alerts, recalls and Drug Safety Update bulletins, sourced from the… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-mhra-alerts).

### Is the Mhra Alerts MCP server safe to use?

Mhra Alerts 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 Mhra Alerts MCP server expose?

Mhra Alerts exposes 3 tools: mhra_safety_alerts, mhra_alert_detail, mhra_drug_safety_update. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 776 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Mhra Alerts MCP server still maintained?

Mhra Alerts 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 Mhra Alerts MCP server under?

Mhra Alerts declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Mhra Alerts MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Mhra Alerts, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

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