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Musicbrainz

NPM · @PIPEWORX/MCP-MUSICBRAINZ · 2 COMPONENTS

MusicBrainz MCP — wraps MusicBrainz Web Service v2 (free, no auth)

+3 this week 84 Trust /100

Last scanned (8 hours ago)

Scores higher than 81% of npm servers

Category Entertainment and Games

Trust breakdown (7 categories)

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-musicbrainz). View diagnostics → Pass
  • Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
  • Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).Pass
  • Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability75
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 281 tokens (~70/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management23
  • Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 5 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
Changelog

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.

  • 4 Nov 26 +16
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
  • 3 Nov 26 −15
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
    • Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1 functional
  • 2 Nov 26 +1
    • Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
  • 31 Oct 26 +1
    • Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
  • 29 Oct 26 81

    First indexed and scored.

Diagnostics

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 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/@pipeworx/mcp-musicbrainz@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-musicbrainz
Certificate issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com
Certificate SAN https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-musicbrainz/.github/workflows/publish.yml@refs/heads/main
Rekor log index 3655569672
Predicate type SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1
Subject digest sha512:ba9ff9f944ff05b62ef5ef5e218a07058d6242013ca69ce52a396ee8c58b5d1f928ddd7b08e6be0110af3ae0e302d559dad5cd268b68360c1404cd845

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Dependencies 0 packages
Packages resolved 0
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 4 exposed · ~226 tokens

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 →

Tool Tokens
get_artist ~46

Get artist details including biography, country, founding date, and complete release list. Requires artist ID from search_artists.

NameTypeReqDescription
idstringyesMusicBrainz artist ID (UUID).

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_release ~46

Get release details: full track listing, credits, media formats, and metadata. Requires release ID from search_releases.

NameTypeReqDescription
idstringyesMusicBrainz release ID (UUID).

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

search_artists ~70

Search for music artists by name. Returns artist IDs, names, types, and countries. Use get_artist to fetch full discography and biographical details.

NameTypeReqDescription
limitnumber–Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 10.
querystringyesArtist name or search query.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

search_releases ~64

Search for albums and releases by title or artist name. Returns release IDs, titles, artists, release dates, and formats.

NameTypeReqDescription
limitnumber–Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 10.
querystringyesRelease title or search query.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

Install

How do I install the Musicbrainz MCP server?

Musicbrainz runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-musicbrainz. 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-musicbrainz

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-musicbrainz -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-musicbrainz
Common questions

What is the Musicbrainz MCP server?

Musicbrainz is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/musicbrainz. MusicBrainz MCP, wraps MusicBrainz Web Service v2 (free, no auth). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-musicbrainz).

Is the Musicbrainz MCP server safe to use?

Musicbrainz scores 84 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 Musicbrainz MCP server expose?

Musicbrainz exposes 4 tools: search_artists, get_artist, search_releases, get_release. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 226 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the Musicbrainz MCP server still maintained?

Musicbrainz 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 Musicbrainz MCP server under?

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