# Ca Grants (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-ca-grants)

California Grants Portal MCP — open State of California grant funding opportunities (keyless).

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- 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-ca-grants/ca-grants-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ca-grants/ca-grants-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-ca-grants`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ca-grants/pipeworx-mcp-ca-grants.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ca-grants/pipeworx-mcp-ca-grants)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-ca-grants`
- Version: `0.2.2`
- 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-ca-grants).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 4 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 64/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1194 tokens (~238/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 20/100
  - Stability observed for 6 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 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 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 Ca Grants MCP server?

Ca Grants runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-ca-grants. 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-ca-grants -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-ca-grants
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-03 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 80, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-31 (score 64, −15)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.1 → 0.2.2

### 2026-10-30 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `ca_search_grants` (~390 tokens)

Search open State of California grant funding opportunities from the official California Grants Portal (grants.ca.gov) on data.ca.gov. Free-text search across grant titles, purposes and descriptions, with optional filters for status, category, and eligible applicant type. Each result returns the grant title, the administering California state department or agency, its categories, who is eligible to apply, estimated funding available, the application deadline, and a link to the official grant page. Defaults to currently-open (active) opportunities. Answers questions like "what California state grants can a nonprofit apply for right now", "state climate resilience funding in California", or "CalRecycle grant opportunities for tribal governments". This is CALIFORNIA STATE grant data, refreshed daily.

Input parameters:

- `applicant_type` (string): Match one eligible-applicant type, case-insensitive, against the semicolon-joined ApplicantType list. Known values: "Nonprofit", "Public Agency", "Tribal Government", "Business", "Individual", "Other…
- `category` (string): Match one grant category, case-insensitive, against the semicolon-joined Categories list, e.g. "Environment & Water", "Housing", "Education". Call ca_list_grant_categories to see the values present i…
- `limit` (number|string): Max records to return (default 20, max 100).
- `offset` (number|string): Number of matching records to skip, for pagination (default 0).
- `query` (string): Free-text search across every field (title, purpose, description, agency), e.g. "climate", "wildfire resilience", "youth literacy".
- `status` (string): Which opportunities to include: "active" = currently open for applications (default), "forecasted" = announced but not yet open, "closed" = past deadline, "all" = every status.

### `ca_get_grant` (~147 tokens)

Fetch the complete detail record for one California state grant opportunity by its California Grants Portal ID (PortalID). Returns the full narrative purpose and description, eligible applicant types and eligibility notes, geography served, funding source, whether matching funds are required, estimated funds available and per-award amounts, funding method (reimbursement vs advance), the open date and application deadline, whether electronic submission is accepted, agency contact information, and links to the official grant page and agency site. Use after ca_search_grants to read the full terms of a specific California state grant.

Input parameters:

- `portal_id` (string|number, required): The California Grants Portal ID from a search result, e.g. "189801".

### `ca_grants_closing_soon` (~235 tokens)

List currently-open State of California grant opportunities whose application deadline falls within the next N days, soonest deadline first, so an applicant can see what is about to expire. Returns each grant with its days remaining, deadline timestamp, administering California state department, eligible applicant types, estimated funding available, and official link. Also reports separately how many active grants accept applications on a rolling "Ongoing" basis with no fixed due date, and how many rows carried an unreadable deadline. Answers "which California state grants close this month", "urgent CA grant deadlines", "what should I apply for before it closes".

Input parameters:

- `applicant_type` (string): Optional: restrict to one eligible-applicant type, case-insensitive, e.g. "Nonprofit", "Tribal Government".
- `category` (string): Optional: restrict to one grant category, case-insensitive, e.g. "Environment & Water".
- `days` (number|string): Deadline window in days from today (default 30, max 365).
- `limit` (number|string): Max records to return (default 25, max 100).

### `ca_grants_by_agency` (~224 tokens)

List the grant opportunities administered by a given California state department, agency, commission, or conservancy, matching the agency name as a forgiving case-insensitive substring so partial names like "Water Resources" or "Recycling" work. Returns the matched official agency names, a count breakdown by status, and the grant records with title, categories, eligible applicants, estimated funding, and deadline. Answers "what grants does CalRecycle offer", "grant programs from the California Energy Commission", "Department of Parks and Recreation funding opportunities".

Input parameters:

- `agency` (string, required): California state department / agency name or fragment, case-insensitive, e.g. "Recycling", "Energy Commission", "Parks and Recreation", "Fish and Wildlife".
- `limit` (number|string): Max records to return (default 25, max 100).
- `offset` (number|string): Number of matching records to skip, for pagination (default 0).
- `status` (string): Which opportunities to include (default "all"; use "active" for only what is open now).

### `ca_list_grant_categories` (~144 tokens)

Enumerate the grant category values, eligible-applicant-type values, and administering agency names that actually occur in the California Grants Portal data, each with the number of grants carrying it, so filter values for ca_search_grants can be chosen from real data rather than guessed. Categories and applicant types are stored as semicolon-joined lists and are split into individual values here. Also reports the total row count and the count of currently-active opportunities. Call this first when a category or applicant-type filter returns nothing.

Input parameters:

- `status` (string): Tally values over only this status (default "all"); use "active" to see what is available among currently-open grants.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 82
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 80
- 2026-10-31: 64
- 2026-10-30: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Ca Grants MCP server?

Ca Grants is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/ca-grants. California Grants Portal MCP, open State of California grant funding opportunities (keyless). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-ca-grants).

### Is the Ca Grants MCP server safe to use?

Ca Grants scores 82 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 Ca Grants MCP server expose?

Ca Grants exposes 5 tools: ca_search_grants, ca_get_grant, ca_grants_closing_soon, ca_grants_by_agency, ca_list_grant_categories. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,140 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Ca Grants MCP server still maintained?

Ca Grants 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 Ca Grants MCP server under?

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

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Ca Grants MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Ca Grants, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-ca-grants
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-ca-grants
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-ca-grants
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/ca-grants
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ca-grants/pipeworx-mcp-ca-grants.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ca-grants/pipeworx-mcp-ca-grants/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ca-grants/pipeworx-mcp-ca-grants.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-ca-grants/pipeworx-mcp-ca-grants