# @pokemontcgapi/mcp

MCP server for the Pokémon TCG API: search cards, sets, illustrators and prices from any MCP client.

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Trust:** 85/100 (A), scored on the package rubric
- **Verification:** verified (build provenance)
- **Version:** 0.1.7
- **Author:** Unknown
- **License:** MIT
- **npm:** @pokemontcgapi/mcp
- **Source:** https://github.com/pokemontcgapi/mcp-server
- **Compatible clients:** claude-code, cursor, copilot, gemini (basis: transport)

## Trust

85/100 (A), scored on the package rubric
- Publisher verified: no
- Build provenance: verified attestation
- npm trusted publishing (OIDC): yes
- Install scripts: nothing suspicious found
- Prompt-injection scan: not run
- Obfuscation scan: not run
- Evidence age: 7 days

## Security scan

- **Status:** clean
- **Scanned:** 2026-09-16T11:26:50.433Z
- **Version scanned:** 0.1.5
- **CVEs:** none found by OSV at scan time

## Tools

8 declared. Statically extracted from the shipped source — a floor on the surface, not a census.
- `ptcg_search_cards` — Search the Pokémon TCG card catalogue by name, set, print region, rarity, artist or release window.
- `ptcg_get_cards` — Fetch one or many cards by id, in a single call. Ids are the printed coordinate — set code, dash,
- `ptcg_get_card_prices` — Every current price observation for one card, each with its source, basis, printing, grade, sample
- `ptcg_list_sets` — Every set with its code, series, print region, release date and, where we hold it, printed total: no Japanese set has one. One call answers
- `ptcg_get_reference` — The exact strings the catalogue uses for types, supertypes, subtypes and rarities. Call this before
- `ptcg_list_artists` — Illustrators with the number of cards each has drawn, deduplicated across 30 years of printings.
- `ptcg_get_catalogue_status` — Live counts and coverage for the catalogue: sets per print region, card total, which locales carry
- `ptcg_identify_card_from_image` — Recognise a Pokemon card from a photograph and return ranked candidates. Use this instead of guessing

## Install

**Verdict: install** — No blocking findings and no open coverage gaps — safe to install as configured.
**Config** (claude-code):
```json
"{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"mcp\": {\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"-y\",\n        \"@pokemontcgapi/mcp\"\n      ],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"PTCG_API_KEY\": \"<YOUR_PTCG_API_KEY>\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}"
```
**Credentials it will ask for** (names only — Forge never holds a value):
- `PTCG_API_KEY` — Ptcg API Key (required)
Placeholders only. Forge never holds, brokers, or transmits a credential value — replace each <YOUR_NAME> in your own config file. Do not send a value back to Forge; no Forge endpoint accepts one.
- This entry needs 1 credential (1 required). The generated config carries placeholders, so it will fail in the editor rather than at runtime if they are left unset.

## Blast radius

Moderate blast radius — holds an api key; runs on your machine.
- Floor 22, ceiling 22 (tier: moderate)
- This is impact, not likelihood. A high radius is not a defect: a filesystem server is supposed to write files. It is never part of the trust score.

## Machine-readable views of this entry

- Signed JSON: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/packages/%40pokemontcgapi%2Fmcp
- Install plan: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/packages/%40pokemontcgapi%2Fmcp/install-plan
- Alternatives: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/alternatives/%40pokemontcgapi%2Fmcp
- HTML page: https://forgeregistry.com/registry/%40pokemontcgapi%2Fmcp
- MCP: POST https://forgeregistry.com/api/mcp → `forge_get_package` / `forge_install_plan`

## About this document

Generated by Forge (https://forgeregistry.com) — a compact rendering of the same record served, signed, at the JSON URL above. Trust and scan facts are the registry's own measurements; anything Forge did not measure is named as unmeasured rather than omitted.