XKCD MCP
An MCP server that wraps the xkcd.com JSON API to retrieve live webcomics. It provides tools to fetch the latest comic, a specific comic by number, or a random comic from the archive, returning metadata such as title, image URL, alt text, and publication date.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Fetch the most recently published XKCD comic
- Retrieve a specific XKCD comic by its number
- Get a randomly selected comic from the archive
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@pipeworx/mcp-xkcd 1.1.0
{
"version": "1.1.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-xkcd",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
"description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
}
]
}Tools
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"xkcd-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-xkcd@1.1.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"xkcd-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-xkcd@1.1.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"xkcd-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-xkcd@1.1.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"xkcd-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-xkcd@1.1.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
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