@pipeworx/igdb

Connect: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/igdb/mcp · Install: one-click buttons

No MCP client? Skip the connection: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs {"query":"..."} to find a tool below, GET /v1/tools/<name> for its schema, POST the same URL with arguments for the data — see For AI agents.

Tools: 4

IGDB (Internet Game Database, Twitch/Amazon) — the reference catalogue for ~300,000 video games: release dates per platform, genres, ratings, developers, publishers, franchises and cover art.

Tools

• igdb_search_games(query) — search games by title, optionally scoped to a platform or a release window.
• igdb_game(id | slug) — one game in full, with per-platform release dates, DLC, expansions and similar titles.
• igdb_companies(query) — developers and publishers, with what they shipped.
• igdb_platforms(query) — the ~200 platforms, whose ids scope a game search.

Auth

Platform key (PLATFORM_TWITCH_KEY) with BYO override via _apiKey.

The credential is the same Twitch app the twitch pack uses — IGDB is gated by Twitch OAuth, so _apiKey is "CLIENT_ID:CLIENT_SECRET" and the pack exchanges it for an app access token per call. No new gateway binding was added for this pack; it declares the existing PLATFORM_TWITCH_KEY.

Callers who want their own rate budget get credentials free at https://dev.twitch.tv/console.

Data sources

• https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/token — client-credentials grant.
• https://api.igdb.com/v4/games, /companies, /platforms — POST, Apicalypse body.

Notes the next person would otherwise rediscover:

• The API is POST-only and the body is a DSL, not JSON. fields name,summary; search "zelda"; limit 10; — every clause ends in a semicolon.
• fields is mandatory and omitting it returns empty objects, not an error. That is the silent-zero trap here; this pack always sends an explicit list.
• search and sort cannot appear in the same query. search "x" is relevance-ranked; where name ~ *"x"* is a sortable substring filter. The game and company tools use the first, igdb_platforms the second.
• first_release_date and start_date are unix seconds, not strings. Every date is also returned as an ISO day.
• Cover/logo image_id values become URLs as https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/<size>/<image_id>.jpg.
• IGDB game ids and Twitch game ids are the same id space, which is what makes this pack pair with twitch.

Tools

• igdb_search_games — Search the Internet Game Database (IGDB) for video games by title and get back real catalogue records: release date, summary, genres, themes, platforms, game modes, critic and user ratings, developer,
• igdb_game — One video game in full from IGDB, by numeric id or slug: summary and storyline, per-platform release dates and regions, genres, themes, game modes, player perspectives, franchise, developer and publis
• igdb_companies — Find video-game companies in IGDB by name — developers, publishers, studios — with country, founding date, description, logo, and how many games each developed and published, with a sample of titles.
• igdb_platforms — List or search the ~200 gaming platforms IGDB tracks — consoles, handhelds, computers, arcade systems and digital storefronts — with abbreviation, hardware generation and platform family. Its ids are