# Bis (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-bis)

BIS MCP — Bank for International Settlements statistics (no auth)

- Trust score: 83/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 63/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-bis/bis-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-bis/bis-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-bis`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-bis/pipeworx-mcp-bis.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-bis/pipeworx-mcp-bis)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-bis`
- 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-bis).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 5 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 68/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 722 tokens (~180/item across 4 items; 4 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 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 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 Bis MCP server?

Bis runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-bis. 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-bis -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-bis
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-bis -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-bis
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-bis --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-bis
```

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 83, +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 82, +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.

### 2026-11-02 (score 81, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-11-01 (score 81, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-31 (score 81, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-30 (score 65, −15)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-29 (score 80)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `list_curated_flows` (~76 tokens)

List BIS dataflow refs we have pre-vetted, grouped by topic (rates, fx, banking, debt, credit, property, derivatives, finance). Use the flow_ref with fetch_dataset. For everything else use search_dataflows or browse https://stats.bis.org.

Input parameters:

- `topic` (string): Optional topic filter

### `search_dataflows` (~97 tokens)

Search the BIS SDMX dataflow registry by keyword against dataflow name and ID. Returns matched flow_refs (e.g., 'BIS,WS_CBPOL_D,1.0') ready to pass to fetch_dataset, capped at limit (default 25, max 100).

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max results (default 25, max 100)
- `query` (string, required): Keyword (matches dataflow name)

### `fetch_dataset` (~258 tokens)

Fetch tidy rows from a BIS dataflow. flow_ref is "BIS,<id>,<version>" and the VERSION IS NOT ALWAYS 1.0 — "BIS,WS_CBPOL,1.0" (central bank policy rates), "BIS,WS_XRU,1.0" (US-dollar exchange rates), but "BIS,WS_TC,2.0" (total credit). BIS re-versions flows in place, so a guessed version returns no data rather than an error; take the exact ref from list_curated_flows or search_dataflows instead of assuming one. The key string is a dot-separated dimension filter (e.g., "D.US" — frequency.country). ALWAYS pass start_period / end_period ("2020", "2020-Q1", "2020-01"): the big banking and debt flows are multi-megabyte and an unbounded request can time out.

Input parameters:

- `end_period` (string): Inclusive end
- `flow_ref` (string, required): SDMX dataflow reference
- `key` (string): Dot-separated dimension key (empty for all)
- `limit` (number): Cap rows (default 5000)
- `start_period` (string): Inclusive start

### `bis_credit_gap` (~240 tokens)

Credit-to-GDP gap for one country from the BIS early-warning indicators: the credit-to-GDP ratio, its long-run one-sided HP-filter trend, and the gap between them in percentage points of GDP. The gap is the Basel III common reference point for setting the countercyclical capital buffer and a standard banking-crisis early-warning signal, so a large positive gap means private non-financial credit is running above its long-run trend and a negative gap means it is running below. Quarterly, 44 economies plus the euro area aggregate, history back to the 1960s for the longest series. Accepts a country name or an ISO alpha-2 code.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string, required): Country name or ISO alpha-2 code, e.g. "United States" or "US". "Euro area" returns the XM aggregate.
- `end_period` (string): Inclusive end, e.g. "2025-Q4"
- `limit` (number): Max quarters returned, most recent first (default 20)
- `start_period` (string): Inclusive start, e.g. "2020" or "2020-Q1"

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 83
- 2026-11-04: 82
- 2026-11-03: 82
- 2026-11-02: 81
- 2026-11-01: 81
- 2026-10-31: 81
- 2026-10-30: 65
- 2026-10-29: 80

## Common questions

### What is the Bis MCP server?

Bis is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/bis. BIS MCP, Bank for International Settlements statistics (no auth). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-bis).

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

Bis scores 83 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 Bis MCP server expose?

Bis exposes 4 tools: list_curated_flows, search_dataflows, fetch_dataset, bis_credit_gap. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 671 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Bis MCP server still maintained?

Bis 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 Bis MCP server under?

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