Urdb MCP Server

Search URDB for product integrity scores, enshittification events, and change tracking.

Local serverstdio

What is the Urdb MCP server?

Urdb MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Urdb directly instead of describing what you should do. Search URDB for product integrity scores, enshittification events, and change tracking.

What you get

MCP server for URDB — the product integrity database. Connect Claude Desktop (or any MCP-compatible AI) to real, sourced data on product downgrades, shrinkflation, warranty cuts, and enshittification.

Setting it up

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

What the assistant can call

Once Urdb is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • urdb_search — Search products by name or keyword, with integrity scores
  • urdb_get_product — Full integrity breakdown across 7 dimensions
  • urdb_get_changes — Documented enshittification events for a product
  • urdb_list_products — List/filter products by category, brand, score

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: URDB_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the urdb mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Urdb's toolset — urdb_search, urdb_get_product, urdb_get_changes and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by GetMystAdmin; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
urdb_searchSearch products by name or keyword, with integrity scores
urdb_get_productFull integrity breakdown across 7 dimensions
urdb_get_changesDocumented enshittification events for a product
urdb_list_productsList/filter products by category, brand, score

How to install the Urdb MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "urdb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["urdb-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "URDB_API_KEY": "urdb_live_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
URDB_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Urdb to urdb search.
  • Use Urdb to urdb get product.
  • Use Urdb to urdb get changes.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Urdb to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 4 tools (urdb_search, urdb_get_product, urdb_get_changes, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Urdb directly.