# GovWait (npm · govwait-mcp)

Source-backed government processing times with current values, history, comparisons, and provenance.

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-26

## Components

- npm · `govwait-mcp`: 66/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/artwisdom-govwait/govwait-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/artwisdom-govwait/govwait-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `govwait-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-26.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 95 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 32/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - License check failed: the license (SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE) isn't a recognized OSI-approved license.
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 303 tokens (~75/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 88/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 63% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**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.

## Install

### How do I install the GovWait MCP server?

GovWait runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y govwait-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add artwisdom-govwait -- npx -y govwait-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "artwisdom-govwait": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "govwait-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "artwisdom-govwait": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "govwait-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add artwisdom-govwait -- npx -y govwait-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "artwisdom-govwait": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "govwait-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add artwisdom-govwait --command npx --arg -y --arg govwait-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  artwisdom-govwait:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "govwait-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "artwisdom-govwait": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "govwait-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add artwisdom-govwait -t stdio -c npx -a -y govwait-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "artwisdom-govwait": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "govwait-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-25 (score 66, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-21 (score 66)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_entities` (~95 tokens)

Search tracked government processing-time routes by free text (service and/or country, e.g. 'canada study permit pakistan'). Returns matching entity_ids with current values.

Input parameters:

- `jurisdiction` (string): Optional ISO country filter for the government, e.g. CA, GB, NZ or NO
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required): Free-text query; terms are matched against jurisdiction, service name and applicant country

### `get_entity` (~54 tokens)

Get one route by entity_id (e.g. 'ca-visitor-visa--in'): current value plus full recorded history. Forward-looking IRCC routes also include application-month cohort estimates.

Input parameters:

- `entity_id` (string, required)

### `get_latest_value` (~97 tokens)

Get the current official processing time for a service, optionally for a specific applicant country. New Zealand services return both 50% and 80% records.

Input parameters:

- `applicant_country` (string): ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 of the applicant's country (omit for global service metrics)
- `service_key` (string, required): e.g. ca-visitor-visa, nz-visitor-visa, or any key from search results

### `compare_values` (~57 tokens)

Compare current official processing times for one service across several applicant countries, sorted fastest first.

Input parameters:

- `applicant_countries` (array, required): ISO alpha-2 codes, e.g. ['IN','NG','PH']
- `service_key` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/artwisdom-govwait/govwait-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-26: 66
- 2026-09-25: 66
- 2026-09-24: 66
- 2026-09-23: 66
- 2026-09-22: 66
- 2026-09-21: 66

## Common questions

### What is the GovWait MCP server?

GovWait is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.artwisdom/govwait. Source-backed government processing times with current values, history, comparisons, and provenance. This page covers its npm package (govwait-mcp).

### Is the GovWait MCP server safe to use?

GovWait scores 66 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 26 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 GovWait MCP server expose?

GovWait exposes 4 tools: search_entities, get_entity, get_latest_value, compare_values. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 303 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the GovWait MCP server still maintained?

GovWait is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 26 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/govwait-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/govwait-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/artwisdom/govwait
- Website: https://govwait.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/artwisdom-govwait/govwait-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/artwisdom-govwait/govwait-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/artwisdom-govwait/govwait-mcp