# Tmdb (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-tmdb)

TMDB v3 MCP.

- Trust score: 78/100 (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-tmdb/tmdb-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-tmdb/tmdb-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-tmdb`: 78/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-tmdb/pipeworx-mcp-tmdb.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-tmdb/pipeworx-mcp-tmdb)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-tmdb`
- 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-tmdb).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 7 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 72/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1396 tokens (~73/item across 19 items; 19 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**: 68/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 4% 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 19 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 20 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 Tmdb MCP server?

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

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 78, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-11-04 (score 78, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-31 (score 78, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 78)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (19)

### `configuration` (~44 tokens)

Fetch TMDB API configuration including base image URL, supported poster/backdrop sizes, and change keys. Use to construct full poster/backdrop image URLs from relative paths returned by other tools.

### `search_movie` (~109 tokens)

Search TMDB for movies by title keyword. Optionally filter by year or primary_release_year. Returns title, release date, overview, popularity, vote average, and TMDB movie_id needed by `movie` and `movie_credits`.

Input parameters:

- `include_adult` (boolean)
- `language` (string)
- `page` (number)
- `primary_release_year` (number)
- `query` (string, required)
- `region` (string)
- `year` (number)

### `search_tv` (~110 tokens)

TMDb (The Movie Database) — search TV shows by title. Returns show name, first-air date, popularity, overview, poster path, TMDb tv_id. Use to resolve a TV title into the tv_id needed by tv, tv_season, tv_episode.

Input parameters:

- `first_air_date_year` (number)
- `include_adult` (boolean)
- `language` (string)
- `page` (number)
- `query` (string, required)
- `year` (number)

### `search_person` (~83 tokens)

Search TMDB for actors, directors, or crew members by name. Returns person name, popularity, known-for department, profile path, and TMDB person_id needed by `person` and `person_combined_credits`.

Input parameters:

- `include_adult` (boolean)
- `language` (string)
- `page` (number)
- `query` (string, required)

### `search_multi` (~78 tokens)

Search TMDB across movies, TV shows, and people simultaneously with a single keyword query. Returns mixed results each tagged with media_type (movie/tv/person), useful when the content type is unknown.

Input parameters:

- `include_adult` (boolean)
- `language` (string)
- `page` (number)
- `query` (string, required)

### `movie` (~79 tokens)

Fetch full TMDB movie details by `movie_id`. Returns title, tagline, overview, runtime, genres, release date, budget, revenue, vote average, and production companies. Optionally append credits/videos/images via `append_to_response`.

Input parameters:

- `append_to_response` (string)
- `language` (string)
- `movie_id` (number, required)

### `movie_credits` (~68 tokens)

TMDb full cast + crew for a movie by ID. Returns actor names, characters, order, department, job. Use for "who played X in Y", "who directed Y", "behind-the-scenes credits".

Input parameters:

- `language` (string)
- `movie_id` (number, required)

### `movie_videos` (~67 tokens)

Fetch trailers, teasers, clips, and featurettes for a TMDB movie by `movie_id`. Returns video name, site (YouTube/Vimeo), key (video ID), type, and official flag.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string)
- `movie_id` (number, required)

### `movie_recommendations` (~69 tokens)

Fetch TMDB-recommended movies similar to a given movie by `movie_id`. Returns title, overview, release date, popularity, vote average, and poster path for each recommended film.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string)
- `movie_id` (number, required)
- `page` (number)

### `tv` (~70 tokens)

Fetch full TMDB TV show details by `tv_id`. Returns name, overview, first/last air date, number of seasons and episodes, genres, networks, status, and vote average.

Input parameters:

- `append_to_response` (string)
- `language` (string)
- `tv_id` (number, required)

### `tv_season` (~75 tokens)

Fetch details for a specific TV season by `tv_id` and `season_number`. Returns season name, overview, air date, episode count, and a list of episodes with name, air date, and overview.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string)
- `season_number` (number, required)
- `tv_id` (number, required)

### `tv_episode` (~80 tokens)

Fetch details for a specific TV episode by `tv_id`, `season_number`, and `episode_number`. Returns episode name, overview, air date, runtime, vote average, guest stars, and crew.

Input parameters:

- `episode_number` (number, required)
- `language` (string)
- `season_number` (number, required)
- `tv_id` (number, required)

### `person` (~65 tokens)

Fetch TMDB person details by `person_id`. Returns full name, biography, birthday, deathday, place of birth, known-for department, and profile image path.

Input parameters:

- `append_to_response` (string)
- `language` (string)
- `person_id` (number, required)

### `person_combined_credits` (~63 tokens)

Fetch all movie and TV credits for a TMDB person by `person_id`. Returns cast and crew entries with title, character/job, media type, release date, and vote average.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string)
- `person_id` (number, required)

### `trending` (~97 tokens)

TMDb trending movies, TV shows, or people for a time window (day or week). Returns ranked list with name, popularity, vote average, overview. Use for "what is popular this week", "trending celebrities", weekly entertainment summary.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string)
- `media_type` (string, required): all | movie | tv | person
- `page` (number)
- `time_window` (string, required): day | week

### `discover_movie` (~46 tokens)

Discover TMDB movies using advanced filters passed as query params (genre, year, certification, vote average, sort order, etc.). Use `genres_movie` to get valid genre IDs first.

### `discover_tv` (~49 tokens)

Discover TMDB TV shows using advanced filters passed as query params (genre, first_air_date, vote average, network, sort order, etc.). Use `genres_tv` to get valid genre IDs first.

### `genres_movie` (~45 tokens)

TMDb movie genre directory: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Documentary, etc. with genre IDs. Use to filter discover_movie by genre.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string)

### `genres_tv` (~47 tokens)

TMDb TV genre directory: Action & Adventure, Drama, Reality, Documentary, Animation, etc. with genre IDs. Use to filter discover_tv by genre.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

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

## Common questions

### What is the Tmdb MCP server?

Tmdb is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/tmdb. TMDB v3 MCP. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-tmdb).

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

Tmdb scores 78 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 Tmdb MCP server expose?

Tmdb exposes 19 tools: configuration, search_movie, search_tv, search_person, search_multi, and 14 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,344 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Tmdb MCP server still maintained?

Tmdb 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 Tmdb MCP server under?

Tmdb 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 Tmdb MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 15 checks on Tmdb, 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 Tmdb: 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-tmdb
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-tmdb
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-tmdb
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/tmdb
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-tmdb/pipeworx-mcp-tmdb.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-tmdb/pipeworx-mcp-tmdb/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-tmdb/pipeworx-mcp-tmdb.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-tmdb/pipeworx-mcp-tmdb