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mcp-npm

npm MCP — wraps the npm Registry API (free, no auth)

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.

Tools

Tool

Description

search_packages

Search npm for packages by keyword. Returns package names, descriptions, latest versions, publish dates, and publishers. Use when discovering libraries for a task.

get_package

Get full details for a specific package: version, description, dependencies, homepage, repository, and license. Use after search_packages to evaluate a candidate package.

get_downloads

Fetch npm download counts for a package over a named period (last-day, last-week, last-month, last-year) or a custom date range like "2024-01-01:2024-06-30". Returns total downloads, start date, and end date.

list_versions

List published versions of an npm package with publish dates, dist-tags (latest/next/beta), and deprecation notices — answers "what versions of exist", "when was last published", "is the latest version deprecated". Returns versions newest-first, plus the package created/last-modified timestamps.

get_version_info

Get metadata for a SPECIFIC version (or dist-tag) of an npm package: dependencies, dev/peer dependencies, engines, license, tarball + integrity hash + unpacked size, and any deprecation notice. Use for "dependencies of @", pinned-version audits, or inspecting a particular release. Version accepts an exact version (e.g. "4.18.2"), a dist-tag (e.g. "latest", "next"), or omit for the latest.

Related MCP server: @yawlabs/npmjs-mcp

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "npm": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/npm/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What this endpoint actually serves

tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/npm/mcp returns the tools in the table above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-toolsask_pipeworx, discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and is the authoritative answer for a given day.

This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth, connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1476+ data sources. The only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx reaches all of them from either one.

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Npm data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

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License

MIT

No MCP client? Call it over HTTP

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/npm_search_packages \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"query":"http server framework"}'

No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/npm_search_packages. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.

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