# Rescuegroups (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-rescuegroups)

RescueGroups.org MCP — adoptable animals and the rescues/shelters that list them, from the…

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-rescuegroups/rescuegroups-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-rescuegroups/rescuegroups-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-rescuegroups`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-rescuegroups/pipeworx-mcp-rescuegroups.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-rescuegroups/pipeworx-mcp-rescuegroups)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-rescuegroups`
- 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-rescuegroups).
  - 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**: 58/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2020 tokens (~404/item across 5 items; 5 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 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 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 Rescuegroups MCP server?

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

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 81, +1)

- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Stability: 0.17 → unverified
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-11-02 (score 80, +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 79, +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 78)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `rescuegroups_adoptable` (~845 tokens)

Search adoptable animals listed by rescues and shelters on RescueGroups.org: name, breed, age, sex, size, temperament flags (good with kids/dogs/cats), photos, and the listing organization. Filter by species, postal-code radius, breed, sex, age group and size. Requires your own RescueGroups API key. Example: rescuegroups_adoptable({ species: "dogs", postalcode: "15206", miles: 50, limit: 5, _apiKey: "your-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): Your own RescueGroups API key. Pipeworx has no shared key for this pack. Request a free public API key at https://rescuegroups.org/services/request-an-api-key/ — a short form (name, email, organisati…
- `age_group` (string): General age band as RescueGroups classifies it.
- `breed` (string): Breed to match, e.g. "Beagle". Matched as a substring against the animal's breed string, so "Retriever" matches "Golden Retriever". Call rescuegroups_breeds for exact names.
- `good_with_cats` (boolean): Only animals flagged OK with cats.
- `good_with_dogs` (boolean): Only animals flagged OK with other dogs.
- `good_with_kids` (boolean): Only animals flagged good with children.
- `include_adopted` (boolean): Search already-adopted animals instead of available ones. Default false (only animals available for adoption).
- `kilometers` (number): Radius in kilometres for a distance search. Provide exactly one of `miles` or `kilometers`.
- `lat` (number): Latitude to search around. Use with `lon` and `miles`/`kilometers`. More precise than `postalcode`.
- `limit` (number): Rows per page, 1-250. Default 25.
- `lon` (number): Longitude to search around. Use with `lat`.
- `miles` (number): Radius in miles for a distance search. Provide exactly one of `miles` or `kilometers`; the returned `distance` field is in the same unit.
- `name` (string): Match the animal's name (substring, e.g. "Curly").
- `org_id` (string): Restrict the search to one organization id (see rescuegroups_organizations).
- `page` (number): Page of results, starting at 1. Use with `limit`; the response `pagination` block tells you how many pages there are.
- `postalcode` (string): US or Canadian postal/zip code to search around, e.g. "15206". Requires `miles` or `kilometers`. RescueGroups uses the centre of the postal code, so this is less precise than lat/lon.
- `sex` (string): Restrict to one sex.
- `size_group` (string): Expected adult size band.
- `sort` (string): Field to sort by, prefixed with "-" for descending, e.g. "-animals.updatedDate" (most recently updated first) or "animals.name". On a distance search "distance" sorts nearest-first. Fully-qualified n…
- `species` (string): Species to search, spelled plural and lower-case as RescueGroups does (e.g. "dogs", "cats", "rabbits", "horses"). Omit to search every species at once. Call rescuegroups_species for the live list.
- `views` (array): Extra RescueGroups "views" to stack onto the search: "haspic" (has at least one photo), "isspecialneeds", "isneedingfoster", "urgent", "iscourtesylisting", "attending" (attending an adoption event).

### `rescuegroups_animal` (~208 tokens)

Full record for one adoptable animal by RescueGroups id — description, all photos, breeds, adoption fee, temperament and the listing rescue/shelter with its contact details. Requires your own RescueGroups API key. Example: rescuegroups_animal({ animal_id: "8013243", _apiKey: "your-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): Your own RescueGroups API key. Request a free public API key at https://rescuegroups.org/services/request-an-api-key/ — a short form (name, email, organisation, site URL). It is open to individual de…
- `animal_id` (string, required): RescueGroups animal id, as returned in the `id` field by rescuegroups_adoptable.

### `rescuegroups_organizations` (~455 tokens)

Find animal rescues and shelters with RescueGroups.org accounts: name, type (Rescue or Shelter), address, phone, email, website, adoption process, areas served and services. Filter by postal-code radius, state or name. Requires your own RescueGroups API key. Example: rescuegroups_organizations({ postalcode: "15206", miles: 25, limit: 5, _apiKey: "your-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): Your own RescueGroups API key. Request a free public API key at https://rescuegroups.org/services/request-an-api-key/ — a short form (name, email, organisation, site URL). It is open to individual de…
- `city` (string): City name.
- `kilometers` (number): Radius in kilometres. Provide exactly one of `miles` or `kilometers`.
- `lat` (number): Latitude to search around. Use with `lon`.
- `limit` (number): Rows per page, 1-250. Default 25.
- `lon` (number): Longitude to search around. Use with `lat`.
- `miles` (number): Radius in miles. Provide exactly one of `miles` or `kilometers`.
- `name` (string): Match the organization name (substring).
- `org_id` (string): Fetch one organization by id instead of searching.
- `page` (number): Page of results, starting at 1.
- `postalcode` (string): US or Canadian postal/zip code to search around. Requires `miles` or `kilometers`.
- `sort` (string): Field to sort by, "-" prefixed for descending, e.g. "orgs.name". On a distance search "distance" sorts nearest-first.
- `state` (string): Two-letter state or province code, e.g. "PA".
- `type` (string): Restrict to rescues or to shelters. Omit for both.

### `rescuegroups_species` (~214 tokens)

The species vocabulary RescueGroups uses — singular, plural and young-animal words for each species it lists. Use it to get the exact `species` value rescuegroups_adoptable expects. Requires your own RescueGroups API key. Example: rescuegroups_species({ _apiKey: "your-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): Your own RescueGroups API key. Request a free public API key at https://rescuegroups.org/services/request-an-api-key/ — a short form (name, email, organisation, site URL). It is open to individual de…
- `limit` (number): Rows per page, 1-250. Default 250 (the whole list is small).
- `page` (number): Page of results, starting at 1.

### `rescuegroups_breeds` (~245 tokens)

Breeds RescueGroups recognises for a species, for building an exact breed filter. Requires your own RescueGroups API key. Example: rescuegroups_breeds({ species: "dogs", limit: 50, _apiKey: "your-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): Your own RescueGroups API key. Request a free public API key at https://rescuegroups.org/services/request-an-api-key/ — a short form (name, email, organisation, site URL). It is open to individual de…
- `limit` (number): Rows per page. This endpoint allows up to 10000. Default 250.
- `page` (number): Page of results, starting at 1.
- `species` (string): Species whose breeds to list, plural and lower-case, e.g. "dogs". Omit for every breed across all species (thousands of rows — page it).

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 78
- 2026-10-29: 78

## Common questions

### What is the Rescuegroups MCP server?

Rescuegroups is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/rescuegroups. RescueGroups.org MCP, adoptable animals and the rescues/shelters that list them, from the… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-rescuegroups).

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

Rescuegroups 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 Rescuegroups MCP server expose?

Rescuegroups exposes 5 tools: rescuegroups_adoptable, rescuegroups_animal, rescuegroups_organizations, rescuegroups_species, rescuegroups_breeds. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,967 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Rescuegroups MCP server still maintained?

Rescuegroups 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 Rescuegroups MCP server under?

Rescuegroups 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 Rescuegroups MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Rescuegroups, 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-rescuegroups
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-rescuegroups
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-rescuegroups
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/rescuegroups
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-rescuegroups/pipeworx-mcp-rescuegroups.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-rescuegroups/pipeworx-mcp-rescuegroups/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-rescuegroups/pipeworx-mcp-rescuegroups.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-rescuegroups/pipeworx-mcp-rescuegroups