# Resident Advisor (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-resident-advisor)

Resident Advisor (ra.co) MCP.

- Trust score: 84/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 78/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-resident-advisor/resident-advisor-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-resident-advisor/resident-advisor-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-resident-advisor`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-resident-advisor/pipeworx-mcp-resident-advisor.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-resident-advisor/pipeworx-mcp-resident-advisor)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-resident-advisor`
- 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-resident-advisor).
  - 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**: 76/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 658 tokens (~131/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 Resident Advisor MCP server?

Resident Advisor runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-resident-advisor. 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-resident-advisor -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-resident-advisor
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 84, +3)

- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.20
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-11-03 (score 81, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-31 (score 81, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-29 (score 81)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `ra_search_areas` (~108 tokens)

Look up Resident Advisor area ids by city/region/country name (e.g. "London", "Berlin", "Tokyo"). Returns each matching area with its numeric id, event/venue counts and country — the id is what ra_event_listings needs for its area_id argument.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max areas to return (default 10, max 20).
- `query` (string, required): City, region or country name to search for, e.g. "London".

### `ra_event_listings` (~211 tokens)

List Resident Advisor electronic music events for an area (city) and date range, optionally filtered by genre (e.g. "techno", "house", "disco"). Get area_id from ra_search_areas first. Returns event id, title, date, venue and genres for each listing, plus the total match count.

Input parameters:

- `area_id` (number, required): Numeric RA area id from ra_search_areas, e.g. 13 for London.
- `date_from` (string, required): Start date, inclusive, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `date_to` (string): End date, inclusive, YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to date_from + 30 days if omitted.
- `genre` (string): Optional genre filter, e.g. "techno", "house", "disco", "drum-and-bass".
- `page` (number): Page number, 1-based (default 1).
- `page_size` (number): Results per page (default 20, max 50).

### `ra_event` (~64 tokens)

Get full details for a single Resident Advisor event by its numeric id (from ra_event_listings): description, times, cost, venue, lineup/artists, genres and promoters.

Input parameters:

- `event_id` (string, required): Numeric RA event id, e.g. "2537526".

### `ra_artist` (~108 tokens)

Look up a Resident Advisor artist/DJ by name (resolved via RA search) or by numeric id, returning their profile (follower count, country, links) and upcoming/latest listed events.

Input parameters:

- `artist_id` (string): Numeric RA artist id, if already known.
- `event_limit` (number): Max events to return (default 10).
- `name` (string): Artist/DJ name to search for, e.g. "Carl Cox". Ignored if artist_id is given.

### `ra_venue` (~112 tokens)

Look up a Resident Advisor venue/club by name (resolved via RA search) or by numeric id, returning its profile (address, capacity, area, top artists) and upcoming/latest listed events.

Input parameters:

- `event_limit` (number): Max events to return (default 10).
- `name` (string): Venue/club name to search for, e.g. "Ministry Of Sound". Ignored if venue_id is given.
- `venue_id` (string): Numeric RA venue id, if already known.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 84
- 2026-11-04: 84
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 81
- 2026-11-01: 81
- 2026-10-31: 81
- 2026-10-30: 81
- 2026-10-29: 81

## Common questions

### What is the Resident Advisor MCP server?

Resident Advisor is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/resident-advisor. Resident Advisor (ra.co) MCP. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-resident-advisor).

### Is the Resident Advisor MCP server safe to use?

Resident Advisor 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 Resident Advisor MCP server expose?

Resident Advisor exposes 5 tools: ra_search_areas, ra_event_listings, ra_event, ra_artist, ra_venue. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 603 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Resident Advisor MCP server still maintained?

Resident Advisor 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 Resident Advisor MCP server under?

Resident Advisor 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 Resident Advisor MCP server?

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