# Tcgdex (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-tcgdex)

TCGdex MCP — multi-language open trading card game database (Pokémon TCG and more). Keyless.…

- Trust score: 86/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-07

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 86/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-tcgdex/tcgdex-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-tcgdex/tcgdex-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-tcgdex`: 86/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-tcgdex/pipeworx-mcp-tcgdex.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-tcgdex/pipeworx-mcp-tcgdex)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-tcgdex`
- 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 2026-11-07.

- **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-tcgdex).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 385 tokens (~96/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 30/100
  - Stability observed for 9 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 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.

## Install

### How do I install the Tcgdex MCP server?

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

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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.

### 2026-11-06 (score 86, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-05 (score 85, +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] Security disclosure: unverified → fail
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-11-04 (score 82, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-29 (score 82)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_cards` (~102 tokens)

Search Pokémon TCG (and other trading card games) cards by name in the TCGdex card database. Returns brief matches (id, localId, name, image thumbnail). Use get_card with an id for full card details.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max cards to return (default 30, max 100).
- `name` (string): Card name or partial name to search for, e.g. "pikachu". Omit to list cards.

### `get_card` (~92 tokens)

Look up a single Pokémon TCG (or other trading card game) card by its TCGdex id (e.g. "swsh3-136"). Returns full card details: category, rarity, hp, types, stage, set, illustrator, attacks, abilities, and a high-quality image URL.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): TCGdex card id, e.g. "swsh3-136".

### `list_sets` (~56 tokens)

List all Pokémon TCG (and other trading card game) sets/expansions in the TCGdex database, with id, name, and card counts. Use get_set with an id for the full set including its card list.

### `get_set` (~80 tokens)

Look up a single Pokémon TCG (or other trading card game) set by its TCGdex id (e.g. "swsh3"). Returns full set details: serie, release date, card counts, and the list of cards in the set.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): TCGdex set id, e.g. "swsh3".

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-07: 86
- 2026-11-06: 86
- 2026-11-05: 85
- 2026-11-04: 82
- 2026-11-03: 82
- 2026-11-02: 82
- 2026-11-01: 82
- 2026-10-31: 82
- 2026-10-30: 82
- 2026-10-29: 82

## Common questions

### What is the Tcgdex MCP server?

Tcgdex is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/tcgdex. TCGdex MCP, multi-language open trading card game database (Pokémon TCG and more). Keyless.… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-tcgdex).

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

Tcgdex scores 86 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 7 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 Tcgdex MCP server expose?

Tcgdex exposes 4 tools: search_cards, get_card, list_sets, get_set. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 330 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Tcgdex MCP server still maintained?

Tcgdex is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 7 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 Tcgdex MCP server under?

Tcgdex 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 Tcgdex MCP server?

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