# Smartipedia (npm · smartipedia-mcp)

Read, search and edit Smartipedia, an open AI-native encyclopedia. No API key, no signup.

- Trust score: 80/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-23

## Components

- remote · `smartipedia.com`: 61/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sksareen-smartipedia-mcp/smartipedia.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sksareen-smartipedia-mcp/smartipedia)
- npm · `smartipedia-mcp`: 80/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sksareen-smartipedia-mcp/smartipedia-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sksareen-smartipedia-mcp/smartipedia-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `smartipedia-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- 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 2026-09-23.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 18 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 609 tokens (~87/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 63/100
  - Stability observed for 19 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 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 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 Smartipedia MCP server?

Smartipedia runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y smartipedia-mcp. 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 sksareen-smartipedia-mcp -- npx -y smartipedia-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sksareen-smartipedia-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "smartipedia-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "sksareen-smartipedia-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "smartipedia-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add sksareen-smartipedia-mcp -- npx -y smartipedia-mcp
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add sksareen-smartipedia-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg smartipedia-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  sksareen-smartipedia-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "smartipedia-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "sksareen-smartipedia-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "smartipedia-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add sksareen-smartipedia-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y smartipedia-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sksareen-smartipedia-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "smartipedia-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-09-23 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-21 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-19 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-12 (score 75, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.27

### 2026-09-04 (score 71)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (7)

### `search_topics` (~56 tokens)

Search topics

Keyword search over Smartipedia article titles and text. Returns slugs and summaries; call read_topic with a slug for the full article.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max results to return
- `query` (string, required): Search terms

### `discover_topics` (~109 tokens)

Discover topics (semantic)

Semantic/vector search with optional filters. Use when keyword search misses, or to browse a category by meaning rather than exact wording.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Filter by category
- `difficulty` (string): Filter by difficulty level
- `limit` (integer): Max results to return
- `min_views` (integer): Only topics with at least this many views
- `quality` (string): Filter by quality/review status
- `query` (string, required): Natural-language description of what you're looking for

### `read_topic` (~63 tokens)

Read a topic

Fetch the full Markdown article for a topic slug, with infobox, related topics and citations.

Input parameters:

- `include_sources` (boolean): Append the citation list
- `slug` (string, required): Topic slug, e.g. 'quantum-computing' (from search results)

### `create_topic` (~68 tokens)

Create a topic

Generate a new sourced encyclopedia article from a title (web search + LLM, ~15s). Returns the existing article instead if the topic is already covered. Daily rate limit applies — search first.

Input parameters:

- `title` (string, required): Title of the topic to create, e.g. 'Quantum Computing'

### `preview_phrase` (~51 tokens)

Preview a phrase

Get a short AI explanation of any phrase without generating a full article. Cheap and fast — use it to decide whether a topic is worth creating.

Input parameters:

- `text` (string, required): The phrase or highlighted text to explain

### `edit_section` (~146 tokens)

Edit a section

Replace one section of an article with corrected Markdown. Preferred over creating a duplicate topic when you find an error. Pass expected_revision (from read_topic) to avoid clobbering a concurrent edit.

Input parameters:

- `content` (string, required): New Markdown content for that section
- `edit_summary` (string): Brief description of what you changed and why
- `editor` (string): Attribution name (defaults to $SMARTIPEDIA_EDITOR)
- `expected_revision` (integer): revision_number from read_topic; the edit is rejected if the article moved on
- `section` (string, required): Heading text of the section to replace (case-insensitive)
- `slug` (string, required): Topic slug to edit

### `list_missing_topics` (~45 tokens)

List missing topics

Topics people searched for that don't exist yet, ranked by demand. The highest-leverage queue for deciding what to write next.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many to return

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-23: 80
- 2026-09-22: 79
- 2026-09-21: 79
- 2026-09-20: 78
- 2026-09-19: 78
- 2026-09-18: 77
- 2026-09-17: 77
- 2026-09-16: 76
- 2026-09-15: 76
- 2026-09-14: 75
- 2026-09-13: 75
- 2026-09-12: 75
- 2026-09-11: 71
- 2026-09-10: 71
- 2026-09-09: 71
- 2026-09-08: 71
- 2026-09-07: 71
- 2026-09-06: 71
- 2026-09-05: 71
- 2026-09-04: 71

## Common questions

### What is the Smartipedia MCP server?

Smartipedia is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.sksareen/smartipedia-mcp. Read, search and edit Smartipedia, an open AI-native encyclopedia. No API key, no signup. This page covers its npm package (smartipedia-mcp).

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

Smartipedia scores 80 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 23 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 Smartipedia MCP server expose?

Smartipedia exposes 7 tools: search_topics, discover_topics, read_topic, create_topic, preview_phrase, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 538 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Smartipedia MCP server still maintained?

Smartipedia is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 September 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 Smartipedia MCP server under?

Smartipedia declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/smartipedia-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/smartipedia-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/sksareen/smartipedia-mcp
- Website: https://smartipedia.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sksareen-smartipedia-mcp/smartipedia-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sksareen-smartipedia-mcp/smartipedia-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sksareen-smartipedia-mcp/smartipedia-mcp