Africa Data Bank
OCI · DOCKER.IO/JMATRIXJNR/AFRIDB-MCP-SERVER:1.0.1 · SCANNED SEP 21
Trusted African data, provenance, citations, and catalog search for AI agents.
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How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security0
- Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
- Known CVEs could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM, so there is no dependency list to read. Publishing one would let us assess it.Unverified
- Install-script risk not yet assessed.Unverified
- Dependency health could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM, so there is no dependency list to read. Publishing one would let us assess it.Unverified
Provenance & Transparency6
- Repository check failed: the declared repository URL returned HTTP 404. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- License check failed: no license is declared. See how to fix → Fail
- Actively maintained (last published 49 days ago).Pass
- Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.Unverified
Schema Quality & AI Usability40
- 0% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Fail
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 340 tokens (~37/item across 9 items; 8 tools + 1 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management90
- Stability observed for 27 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage71
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 10 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.
How do I install the Africa Data Bank MCP server?
Africa Data Bank runs locally as a container image, launched with docker run --rm -i docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 3 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
oci · docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1
claude mcp add africa-data-bank-africadb -- docker run --rm -i docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1
{
"mcpServers": {
"africa-data-bank-africadb": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"--rm",
"-i",
"docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1"
]
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"africa-data-bank-africadb": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"--rm",
"-i",
"docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1"
]
}
}
} codex mcp add africa-data-bank-africadb -- docker run --rm -i docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"africa-data-bank-africadb": {
"type": "local",
"command": [
"docker",
"run",
"--rm",
"-i",
"docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1"
],
"enabled": true
}
}
} mcp_servers:
africa-data-bank-africadb:
command: "docker"
args: ["run", "--rm", "-i", "docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1"] {
"McpServers": {
"africa-data-bank-africadb": {
"Transport": "stdio",
"Command": "docker",
"Arguments": [
"run",
"--rm",
"-i",
"docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1"
]
}
}
} {
"mcpServers": {
"africa-data-bank-africadb": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"--rm",
"-i",
"docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1"
]
}
}
} Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 21 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 19 Sept 26 −2
- Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
- 18 Sept 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 17 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 15 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 13 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 12 Sept 26 −3
- Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
- 11 Sept 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 21 Sept 2026 · Analysed oci/docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | oci |
| Reason | No attestation published |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
get_account_access Get account access ~24
Inspect the registered account's plan, daily API usage, and reset time.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| access | – | yes | – |
| citations | – | – | – |
| data | – | yes | – |
| ok | boolean | – | – |
| provenance | – | – | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_citation Generate citation ~43
Generate APA, MLA, Chicago, BibTeX, and plain citations with verification IDs.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country_code | string | yes | – |
| indicator_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| access | – | yes | – |
| citations | – | – | – |
| data | – | yes | – |
| ok | boolean | – | – |
| provenance | – | – | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_indicator Get indicator metadata ~29
Get one indicator's metadata, methodology, unit, and freshness.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| indicator_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| access | – | yes | – |
| citations | – | – | – |
| data | – | yes | – |
| ok | boolean | – | – |
| provenance | – | – | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_observations Get observations ~57
Query cited observations for one indicator across up to 20 countries.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| countries | array | yes | – |
| end_year | – | – | – |
| indicator_id | string | yes | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| start_year | – | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| access | – | yes | – |
| citations | – | – | – |
| data | – | yes | – |
| ok | boolean | – | – |
| provenance | – | – | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_provenance Get provenance ~40
Explain source, ingestion, normalization, run ID, and transform hash.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country_code | string | yes | – |
| indicator_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| access | – | yes | – |
| citations | – | – | – |
| data | – | yes | – |
| ok | boolean | – | – |
| provenance | – | – | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
search_catalog Search AfricaDB catalog ~40
Search harvested re3data repositories and openAFRICA datasets.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| kind | – | – | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| access | – | yes | – |
| citations | – | – | – |
| data | – | yes | – |
| ok | boolean | – | – |
| provenance | – | – | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
search_indicators Search indicators ~34
Find statistical indicators and country profiles by name or code.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| access | – | yes | – |
| citations | – | – | – |
| data | – | yes | – |
| ok | boolean | – | – |
| provenance | – | – | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
verify_run Verify ingestion run ~26
Verify an immutable ingestion run against its retained snapshot.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| run_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| access | – | yes | – |
| citations | – | – | – |
| data | – | yes | – |
| ok | boolean | – | – |
| provenance | – | – | – |
| tool | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
What is the Africa Data Bank MCP server?
Africa Data Bank is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Africa-Data-Bank/africadb. Trusted African data, provenance, citations, and catalog search for AI agents. This page covers its container image (docker.io/jmatrixjnr/afridb-mcp-server:1.0.1).
Is the Africa Data Bank MCP server safe to use?
Africa Data Bank scores 37 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Africa Data Bank MCP server expose?
Africa Data Bank exposes 8 tools: search_catalog, search_indicators, get_indicator, get_observations, get_provenance, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 293 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Africa Data Bank MCP server still maintained?
Africa Data Bank is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.