# Movies (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-movies)

Movies MCP — wraps iTunes Search API (movies, free, no auth) and TVmaze API (TV shows, free, no…

- Trust score: 85/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 84/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-movies/movies-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-movies/movies-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-movies`: 85/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-movies/pipeworx-mcp-movies.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-movies/pipeworx-mcp-movies)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-movies`
- 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-movies).
  - 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**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 437 tokens (~109/item across 4 items; 4 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**: 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 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 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 Movies MCP server?

Movies runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-movies. 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-movies -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-movies
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 85, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-03 (score 69, −15)

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

### 2026-11-02 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 83, +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 82)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_movies` (~65 tokens)

Search for movies by title or keyword. Returns title, director, release date, genre, description, and artwork.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Number of results to return (1-25, default 10)
- `query` (string, required): Movie title or keyword to search for

### `search_tv_shows` (~143 tokens)

Look up a TV SERIES BY NAME on TVmaze and get its facts in one call — "tell me about the TV show Breaking Bad", "when did The Sopranos air", "how was Chernobyl rated", "what network was Mad Men on", "is The Bear still running". Returns the show name, genres, premiere and end dates, status (Running/Ended), rating, network, summary and images for each match. THE entry point for a named series: it takes the TITLE directly, so a show known by name is answered here without resolving an id first.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): TV show name or keyword to search for

### `get_tv_show` (~103 tokens)

Full TVmaze record for ONE TV series by its numeric TVmaze show id — the episode list with air dates, plus network, status and rating. The id is an internal TVmaze number, so resolve it with search_tv_shows first and pass what that returns; when the caller names the show rather than an id, search_tv_shows answers directly.

Input parameters:

- `id` (number, required): TVmaze show ID (e.g., 1 for "Under the Dome")

### `get_tv_schedule` (~75 tokens)

Check what's broadcasting on a specific date and country (e.g., 'US', 'GB'). Returns shows, times, and channels.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (default "US")
- `date` (string): Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (default: today)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 85
- 2026-11-04: 85
- 2026-11-03: 69
- 2026-11-02: 84
- 2026-11-01: 83
- 2026-10-31: 83
- 2026-10-30: 82
- 2026-10-29: 82

## Common questions

### What is the Movies MCP server?

Movies is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/movies. Movies MCP, wraps iTunes Search API (movies, free, no auth) and TVmaze API (TV shows, free, no… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-movies).

### Is the Movies MCP server safe to use?

Movies scores 85 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 Movies MCP server expose?

Movies exposes 4 tools: search_movies, search_tv_shows, get_tv_show, get_tv_schedule. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 386 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Movies MCP server still maintained?

Movies 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 Movies MCP server under?

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