# Aphis Animal Care (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care)

APHIS Animal Care MCP — USDA Animal Welfare Act licensees, registrants and Animal Care inspection…

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care/aphis-animal-care-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care/aphis-animal-care-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care/pipeworx-mcp-aphis-animal-care.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care/pipeworx-mcp-aphis-animal-care)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- 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 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-aphis-animal-care).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 55/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1317 tokens (~439/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 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 3 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.

## Install

### How do I install the Aphis Animal Care MCP server?

Aphis Animal Care runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care. 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 pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-aphis-animal-care": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-03 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 78, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-29 (score 77)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `aphis_licensee_search` (~558 tokens)

Find USDA Animal Welfare Act licence and registration holders — commercial dog breeders (Class A), animal dealers (Class B), exhibitors/zoos (Class C), carriers, intermediate handlers and research facilities. Answers "USDA licensed dog breeders in Missouri", "who holds an AWA exhibitor licence in Texas", "look up certificate 43-A-6814", "is this kennel USDA licensed". Returns the licensee name, certificate number, licence class, certificate status (Active / Cancelled / Revoked) and facility city/county/ZIP. Sourced from the USDA APHIS eFile Public Search Tool, the official federal register of AWA licensees. NOTE: most rows in any state are CANCELLED historical licences — pass status:"active" for currently licensed holders only.

Input parameters:

- `certificate_number` (string): Exact certificate number in the form XX-X-XXXX, e.g. "43-A-6814".
- `city` (string): Facility city, e.g. "Springfield".
- `customer_number` (string): APHIS customer number, e.g. "4315".
- `kind` (string): "license" (default — Class A/B/C licensees, incl. breeders and exhibitors) or "registration" (registrants: research facilities, carriers, intermediate handlers).
- `license_type` (string): Licence class, e.g. "BREEDER" (Class A, commercial dog/animal breeders), "DEALER" (Class B), "EXHIBITOR" (Class C), "RESEARCH FACILITY", "CARRIER", "INTERMEDIATE HANDLER". The full label ("Class A -…
- `limit` (number): Rows per page (1-100, default 20).
- `name` (string): Customer / organization name, partial match, e.g. "KENNEL", "Royal Canin".
- `page` (number): 0-based page number (default 0). page * limit must stay <= 2000 — an upstream hard cap.
- `state` (string): State name or two-letter code, e.g. "Missouri" or "MO". Covers all 50 states plus DC, PR, GU, VI, AS and MP.
- `status` (string): "all" (default) or "active" for currently-active certificates only. Use "active" for any "who is licensed" question: most rows in this register are Cancelled historical licences and the upstream neit…
- `zip` (string): Facility ZIP code.

### `aphis_inspection_reports` (~504 tokens)

Search USDA APHIS Animal Care inspection reports — the inspections behind Animal Welfare Act enforcement. Answers "inspection reports for USDA dog breeders in Missouri", "which breeders had critical violations", "show me inspections citing 3.1(a) housing", "inspection history for certificate 43-A-6814". Each report carries the inspection date, the licensee and facility location, counts of critical / direct / non-critical violations and teachable moments, and report_pdf_url — a direct link to the official signed inspection report. Sourced from the USDA APHIS eFile Public Search Tool. Filter by animal_category (e.g. "DOGS") or by the specific regulation cited; there is no date filter upstream, so narrow by inspection_date on the returned rows.

Input parameters:

- `animal_category` (string): Restrict to inspections covering this animal category, e.g. "DOGS", "CATS", "NONHUMAN PRIMATES", "MARINE MAMMALS". Call aphis_inspection_filter_options for all 34.
- `certificate_number` (string): Exact certificate number, e.g. "43-A-6814" — the inspection history for one licensee.
- `citation` (string): Restrict to inspections citing this AWA regulation section, e.g. "3.1(a)" or "3.1(a) - Housing facilities, general". 2,165 section codes exist — call aphis_inspection_filter_options with a query to f…
- `city` (string): Facility city.
- `customer_number` (string): APHIS customer number.
- `license_type` (string): Licence class of the inspected facility, e.g. "BREEDER", "EXHIBITOR", "DEALER", "RESEARCH FACILITY".
- `limit` (number): Rows per page (1-100, default 20).
- `name` (string): Customer / organization name, partial match.
- `page` (number): 0-based page number (default 0). page * limit must stay <= 2000 — an upstream hard cap.
- `state` (string): State name or two-letter code, e.g. "Missouri" or "MO".
- `teachable_moments_only` (boolean): Only inspections that recorded a teachable moment (an issue corrected on the spot rather than cited). Default false.
- `zip` (string): Facility ZIP code.

### `aphis_inspection_filter_options` (~196 tokens)

List the filter vocabularies aphis_inspection_reports accepts: the 34 animal categories (DOGS, CATS, NONHUMAN PRIMATES, MARINE MAMMALS, ...) and the 2,165 Animal Welfare Act citation section codes (e.g. "3.1(a) - Housing facilities, general"). Use this to find the exact citation string before filtering an inspection search. Sourced from the USDA APHIS eFile Public Search Tool.

Input parameters:

- `kind` (string): "all" (default), "animals" for animal categories only, or "citations" for AWA section codes only.
- `limit` (number): Max entries per list (1-500, default 50).
- `query` (string): Filter both lists to entries containing this text, e.g. "3.1", "housing", "primate", "veterinary care".

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 80
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 78
- 2026-10-30: 78
- 2026-10-29: 77

## Common questions

### What is the Aphis Animal Care MCP server?

Aphis Animal Care is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/aphis-animal-care. APHIS Animal Care MCP, USDA Animal Welfare Act licensees, registrants and Animal Care inspection… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-aphis-animal-care).

### Is the Aphis Animal Care MCP server safe to use?

Aphis Animal Care scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 Aphis Animal Care MCP server expose?

Aphis Animal Care exposes 3 tools: aphis_licensee_search, aphis_inspection_reports, aphis_inspection_filter_options. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,258 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Aphis Animal Care MCP server still maintained?

Aphis Animal Care 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.

### What licence is the Aphis Animal Care MCP server under?

Aphis Animal Care declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

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