xkcd#

Fetch xkcd comics programmatically. Because sometimes you need to cite "Standards" (927) in a technical argument, or share "Compiling" (303) while waiting for CI.

Three tools:

• get_latest -- Whatever Randall published most recently
• get_comic -- A specific comic by number
• random_comic -- Surprise me (skips #404, which is intentionally missing -- it's an xkcd joke)

Each comic comes with the title, alt text (the hover text!), image URL, date, transcript, and a permalink.

Example: fetch the classic "Python" comic (#353)#

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/xkcd/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_comic","arguments":{"number":353}}}'

Greatest hits#

#Title149Sandwich303Compiling327Exploits of a Mom (Bobby Tables)353Python386Duty Calls927Standards1053Ten Thousand2347Dependencyjson

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