Podcastindex
NPM · @PIPEWORX/MCP-PODCASTINDEX · 2 COMPONENTS
Podcast Index MCP — wraps the Podcast Index API (podcastindex.org)
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Last scanned (11 hours ago)
Scores higher than 69% of npm servers
Category Entertainment and Games
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-podcastindex). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability73
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 592 tokens (~148/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
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
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.
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.
- 5 Nov 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- 4 Nov 26 66
First indexed and scored.
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-podcastindex@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-podcastindex |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-podcastindex/.github/workflows/publish.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 3685304689 |
| Predicate type | SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:d99353ce62abf5ab09197ba822850b0d391a0824d92a0aa1c8c21b3090ac9022a2d3da2799362e15e4ad9c884a720983401180a631e4d34590f998882 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 0 packages
| Packages resolved | 0 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
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 →
episodes ~132
List recent episodes for a podcast by its Podcast Index feed ID. Returns episode title, description, publish date, duration, audio URL, and episode/season numbers. Example: episodes({ feed_id: 920666, max: 10 })
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _apiKey | string | – | Optional — your own Podcast Index credentials as KEY:SECRET for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key. |
| feed_id | number | yes | Podcast Index feed ID (from search_podcasts or trending podcasts results) |
| max | number | – | Maximum number of episodes to return (default 10, max 100) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_podcast ~110
Get full metadata for a single podcast by its Podcast Index feed ID. Returns title, author, description, owner, episode count, categories, language, and artwork. Example: get_podcast({ feed_id: 920666 })
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _apiKey | string | – | Optional — your own Podcast Index credentials as KEY:SECRET for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key. |
| feed_id | number | yes | Podcast Index feed ID (from search_podcasts or trending podcasts results) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_podcasts ~141
Podcast search by term. Find podcasts in the open podcast database by name or keyword. Returns matching podcasts with title, author, description, categories, episode count, and artwork. Example: search_podcasts({ query: "true crime", max: 10 })
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _apiKey | string | – | Optional — your own Podcast Index credentials as KEY:SECRET for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key. |
| max | number | – | Maximum number of podcasts to return (default 10, max 40) |
| query | string | yes | Search term — podcast name or keyword, e.g. "true crime", "javascript" |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
trending ~156
Get trending podcasts across the open podcast database, ranked by recent activity. Optionally filter by language or category. Returns podcast title, author, categories, artwork, and trend score. Example: trending({ max: 10, lang: "en", cat: "Technology" })
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _apiKey | string | – | Optional — your own Podcast Index credentials as KEY:SECRET for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key. |
| cat | string | – | Optional category filter, e.g. "Technology", "News" |
| lang | string | – | Optional language filter, e.g. "en", "es" |
| max | number | – | Maximum number of trending podcasts to return (default 10, max 40) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Podcastindex MCP server?
Podcastindex runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-podcastindex. 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-podcastindex
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-podcastindex -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-podcastindex
What is the Podcastindex MCP server?
Podcastindex is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/podcastindex. Podcast Index MCP, wraps the Podcast Index API (podcastindex.org). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-podcastindex).
Is the Podcastindex MCP server safe to use?
Podcastindex 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 Podcastindex MCP server expose?
Podcastindex exposes 4 tools: search_podcasts, get_podcast, episodes, trending. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 539 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Podcastindex MCP server still maintained?
Podcastindex 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 Podcastindex MCP server under?
Podcastindex declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.