# The Guardian (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian)

The Guardian Open Platform MCP.

- Trust score: 77/100 (medium)
- Change this week: 0
- 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-the-guardian/the-guardian-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-the-guardian/the-guardian-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian`: 77/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-the-guardian/pipeworx-mcp-the-guardian.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-the-guardian/pipeworx-mcp-the-guardian)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian`
- Version: `0.2.0`
- 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-the-guardian).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 505 tokens (~101/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - 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**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% 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.

**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 The Guardian MCP server?

The Guardian runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian. 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-the-guardian -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 77, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-11-04 (score 77, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-31 (score 77, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 77)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search` (~154 tokens)

Search The Guardian newspaper archive (UK-based international news outlet) for articles by keyword, section, tag, or date range. Returns headlines with author, section, publication date, web URL, and optional full body text. Use for "Guardian coverage of X" or UK/EU-perspective news on world events.

Input parameters:

- `from_date` (string)
- `order_by` (string)
- `page` (number)
- `page_size` (number)
- `q` (string)
- `section` (string)
- `show_elements` (string)
- `show_fields` (string)
- `show_tags` (string)
- `tag` (string)
- `to_date` (string)

### `item` (~97 tokens)

Fetch a single Guardian article by its content ID (e.g. "world/2024/jan/15/..."). Returns full body text, tags, related elements, and references. Use after search returns an article you want the full text of.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)
- `show_blocks` (string)
- `show_fields` (string)
- `show_references` (string)
- `show_tags` (string)

### `sections` (~54 tokens)

List The Guardian's content sections (Politics, World, Sport, Culture, Environment, etc.). Optionally filter by name substring via q. Returns section IDs and titles for use as filters in search().

Input parameters:

- `q` (string)

### `tags` (~96 tokens)

Browse The Guardian's content tags (topics, series, contributors, and keywords like "climate-change" or "long-read"). Filter by q substring, type (keyword/series/contributor), or section. Returns tag IDs for use in search(tag=...).

Input parameters:

- `page` (number)
- `page_size` (number)
- `q` (string)
- `section` (string)
- `type` (string)

### `editions` (~50 tokens)

List The Guardian's geographic editions (UK, US, Australia, International). Returns edition IDs and hostnames. Use to discover edition-specific content streams before filtering search() by edition.

Input parameters:

- `q` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 77
- 2026-11-04: 77
- 2026-11-03: 77
- 2026-11-02: 77
- 2026-11-01: 77
- 2026-10-31: 77
- 2026-10-30: 77
- 2026-10-29: 77

## Common questions

### What is the The Guardian MCP server?

The Guardian is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/the-guardian. The Guardian Open Platform MCP. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian).

### Is the The Guardian MCP server safe to use?

The Guardian scores 77 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 The Guardian MCP server expose?

The Guardian exposes 5 tools: search, item, sections, tags, editions. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 451 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the The Guardian MCP server still maintained?

The Guardian 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 The Guardian MCP server under?

The Guardian 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 The Guardian MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 15 checks on The Guardian, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 11 more. One item could not be completed, a gap on our side rather than a finding about The Guardian: Stability. One category scores 0 for that reason, because we only credit what we can confirm. 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-the-guardian
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-the-guardian
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-the-guardian
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/the-guardian
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-the-guardian/pipeworx-mcp-the-guardian.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-the-guardian/pipeworx-mcp-the-guardian/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-the-guardian/pipeworx-mcp-the-guardian.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-the-guardian/pipeworx-mcp-the-guardian