# Podcastindex (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-podcastindex)

Podcast Index MCP — wraps the Podcast Index API (podcastindex.org)

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 85/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-podcastindex/podcastindex-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-podcastindex/podcastindex-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-podcastindex`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-podcastindex/pipeworx-mcp-podcastindex.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-podcastindex/pipeworx-mcp-podcastindex)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-podcastindex`
- 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-podcastindex).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - 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.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **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.

**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.

## Install

### 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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-podcastindex -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-podcastindex
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 81, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-11-04 (score 66)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_podcasts` (~141 tokens)

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 })

Input parameters:

- `_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, required): Search term — podcast name or keyword, e.g. "true crime", "javascript"

### `get_podcast` (~110 tokens)

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 })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional — your own Podcast Index credentials as KEY:SECRET for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key.
- `feed_id` (number, required): Podcast Index feed ID (from search_podcasts or trending podcasts results)

### `episodes` (~132 tokens)

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 })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional — your own Podcast Index credentials as KEY:SECRET for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key.
- `feed_id` (number, required): Podcast Index feed ID (from search_podcasts or trending podcasts results)
- `max` (number): Maximum number of episodes to return (default 10, max 100)

### `trending` (~156 tokens)

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" })

Input parameters:

- `_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)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 66

## Common questions

### 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.

## Links

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