# Congress Trade Alerts (remote · congresstradealerts.com)

Congressional stock-trade disclosures (House + Senate PTRs) with each filing's lateness vs 45 days

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `congresstradealerts.com`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-congresstradealerts-cta/congresstradealerts.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-congresstradealerts-cta/congresstradealerts)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.1`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, 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 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 12 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 72/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1616 tokens (~134/item across 12 items; 12 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% 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 12 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 13 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.

## Install

### How do I install the Congress Trade Alerts MCP server?

Congress Trade Alerts is a hosted endpoint at https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. 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 --transport http com-congresstradealerts-cta 'https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-congresstradealerts-cta": {
      "url": "https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-congresstradealerts-cta": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-congresstradealerts-cta]
url = "https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-congresstradealerts-cta": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-congresstradealerts-cta --url 'https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-congresstradealerts-cta:
    url: "https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-congresstradealerts-cta": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-congresstradealerts-cta -t streamable-http -u 'https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-congresstradealerts-cta": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## 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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 67, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-03 (score 66)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (12)

### `get_committee_trading` (~123 tokens)

Committee Trading Activity

For a given congressional committee, returns which members have stock trades in CTA's records for the last N days, their trade counts, and the percentage of the committee with at least one recorded trade.

Input parameters:

- `committee_name` (string, required): Committee name or partial match, e.g. "Armed Services", "Finance"
- `days` (integer): Look-back window in days, measured on trade date (default 90). Disclosures can arrive up to 45 days after the trade (later if filed late), so the newest part of any window is incomplete.

### `get_member_trades` (~246 tokens)

Member Trades

Returns stock trades disclosed by one member of Congress, newest trade first, with optional ticker and date-window filters. member_name must exactly match the member name as stored: the STOCK Act filer name with honorifics removed, which is often a legal name rather than the name the member is commonly known by. A name that does not match returns count 0 and no error, so resolve a common or partial name with search_members_and_tickers first. Only trades filed under that exact spelling are returned; for a member who filed under more than one spelling, use get_trade_feed with a partial name to include the other spellings.

Input parameters:

- `days` (integer): Only trades whose trade date is within the last N days. Disclosures can arrive up to 45 days after the trade (later if filed late), so the newest part of the window is incomplete.
- `limit` (integer): Max trades to return (default 50)
- `member_name` (string, required): Exact stored member name, e.g. "Nancy Pelosi"; look it up with search_members_and_tickers
- `ticker` (string): Filter to a specific ticker symbol, e.g. "NVDA"

### `get_top_traders` (~116 tokens)

Top Traders

Returns the members of Congress with the most trades in CTA's records, by trade count, optionally filtered by chamber (House or Senate) and date window.

Input parameters:

- `chamber` (string): Filter by chamber
- `days` (integer): Look-back window in days, measured on trade date (default 90). Disclosures can arrive up to 45 days after the trade (later if filed late), so the newest part of any window is incomplete.
- `limit` (integer): Number of traders to return (default 10)

### `get_trade_feed` (~111 tokens)

Trade Feed

Get recently disclosed congressional stock trades from CTA's records, with optional filters for politician, ticker, party, chamber, and transaction type.

Input parameters:

- `chamber` (string): Filter by chamber
- `limit` (integer): Max results
- `party` (string): Filter by party
- `politician` (string): Case-insensitive partial match on the member name, e.g. "Pelosi"
- `ticker` (string): Filter by ticker symbol
- `tx_type` (string): Filter by transaction type

### `get_member_profile` (~145 tokens)

Member Profile

Returns a trading profile for one member of Congress from CTA's records: trade count, buys and sells, first and last trade dates, average disclosure lag, party, chamber, state, and committee assignments. member_name must exactly match the stored member name (the STOCK Act filer name with honorifics removed, often a legal name); a name that does not match returns total_trades 0 and no error, so resolve names with search_members_and_tickers first. The profile covers only trades filed under that exact spelling.

Input parameters:

- `member_name` (string, required): Exact stored member name, e.g. "Tommy Tuberville"; look it up with search_members_and_tickers

### `get_trades_by_ticker` (~101 tokens)

Trades by Ticker

Get the congressional trades in CTA's records for a specific stock ticker symbol, newest first.

Input parameters:

- `days` (integer): Look-back window in days, measured on trade date. Disclosures can arrive up to 45 days after the trade (later if filed late), so the newest part of any window is incomplete.
- `limit` (integer): Max results
- `ticker` (string, required): Ticker symbol, e.g. "AAPL"

### `get_ticker_buyers` (~100 tokens)

Ticker Buyers

Get the members of Congress with a recorded purchase of a specific ticker in CTA's records for the last N days, aggregated per politician.

Input parameters:

- `days` (integer): Look-back window in days, measured on trade date. Disclosures can arrive up to 45 days after the trade (later if filed late), so the newest part of any window is incomplete.
- `ticker` (string, required): Ticker symbol, e.g. "NVDA"

### `get_top_tickers` (~152 tokens)

Top Tickers

Get the tickers with the most congressional trades in CTA's records for the last N days. Set tx_type='Purchase' for most-bought tickers, or tx_type='Sale' for most-sold. Omit tx_type to rank purchases and sales together (default).

Input parameters:

- `days` (integer): Look-back window in days, measured on trade date. Disclosures can arrive up to 45 days after the trade (later if filed late), so the newest part of any window is incomplete.
- `limit` (integer): Max results
- `tx_type` (string): Filter by transaction type: "Purchase" = buys only, "Sale" = sells only. Omit for all trades.

### `get_party_breakdown` (~78 tokens)

Party Breakdown

Get counts of the trades in CTA's records broken down by party (D/R/I), with optional date filter.

Input parameters:

- `days` (integer): Look-back window in days, measured on trade date. Disclosures can arrive up to 45 days after the trade (later if filed late), so the newest part of any window is incomplete.

### `get_chamber_breakdown` (~97 tokens)

Chamber Breakdown

Get counts of the trades in CTA's records broken down by chamber (House vs Senate), with optional date filter. Senate counts since October 23, 2026 are partial (see the server instructions).

Input parameters:

- `days` (integer): Look-back window in days, measured on trade date. Disclosures can arrive up to 45 days after the trade (later if filed late), so the newest part of any window is incomplete.

### `get_aggregate_stats` (~46 tokens)

Aggregate Stats

Get high-level stats on CTA's records: trades recorded (since records began + 30/60/90d), members with recorded trades, avg filing delay, sector breakdown.

### `search_members_and_tickers` (~145 tokens)

Search

Case-insensitive substring search over member names, ticker symbols, and company names. Returns up to `limit` matching members and up to `limit` matching tickers, each ordered by trade count. Use it to turn a common or partial name into the exact stored name that get_member_trades and get_member_profile require. A member who filed under several spellings appears once, under one of them, with trade_count summed across those spellings, so get_member_trades on that name can return fewer trades. It matches substrings only and does not correct misspellings.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max results
- `query` (string, required): Search query

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-congresstradealerts-cta/congresstradealerts#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 67
- 2026-11-04: 67
- 2026-11-03: 66

## Common questions

### What is the Congress Trade Alerts MCP server?

Congress Trade Alerts is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.congresstradealerts/cta. Congressional stock-trade disclosures (House + Senate PTRs) with each filing's lateness vs 45 days. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp).

### Is the Congress Trade Alerts MCP server safe to use?

Congress Trade Alerts scores 67 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 Congress Trade Alerts MCP server expose?

Congress Trade Alerts exposes 12 tools: get_committee_trading, get_member_trades, get_top_traders, get_trade_feed, get_member_profile, and 7 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,460 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Congress Trade Alerts MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Congress Trade Alerts without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Congress Trade Alerts MCP server still maintained?

Congress Trade Alerts is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://congresstradealerts.com/mcp
- Website: https://congresstradealerts.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-congresstradealerts-cta/congresstradealerts.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-congresstradealerts-cta/congresstradealerts.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-congresstradealerts-cta/congresstradealerts