# Census Trade (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-census-trade)

Census Trade MCP — US Census Bureau International Trade data

- Trust score: 83/100 (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-census-trade/census-trade-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-census-trade/census-trade-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-census-trade`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-census-trade/pipeworx-mcp-census-trade.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-census-trade/pipeworx-mcp-census-trade)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-census-trade`
- 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-census-trade).
  - 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**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 975 tokens (~243/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 Census Trade MCP server?

Census Trade runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-census-trade. 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-census-trade -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-census-trade
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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.

### 2026-11-01 (score 81, +27)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-31 (score 54, −26)

- [security regression] Known CVEs: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Dependency health: pass → unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-30 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 0 to 3. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 0 days of observed history at the previous scan, 1 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `census_imports` (~282 tokens)

Search US import data by HS commodity code and/or country. Returns import values, quantities, and commodity details. Pass `country` as a plain English name (e.g. "China"). Omit hs_code for total imports from a country; omit country for all countries combined.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Country name in plain English (e.g., "Mexico", "South Korea", "European Union"). Preferred over country_code — this is resolved for you. Optional — omit for all countries combined.
- `country_code` (string): Census Schedule C country code if you already have one (e.g., "5700" China, "2010" Mexico). NOT an ISO code — "MX" and "CN" will not work. Prefer `country` and pass a name instead. Optional.
- `hs_code` (string): HS commodity code at 2, 4, or 6 digit level (e.g., "8471" for computers, "87" for vehicles). Optional — omit for total imports across all commodities.
- `limit` (number): Maximum number of records to return (default 20)
- `month` (string): Trade month 01-12 (e.g., "06" for June). Optional — omit for annual data.
- `year` (string, required): Trade year (e.g., "2024")

### `census_exports` (~266 tokens)

Search US export data by HS commodity code and/or country. Returns export values, quantities, and commodity details. Pass `country` as a plain English name (e.g. "Mexico"). Omit hs_code for total exports to a country; omit country for all countries combined.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Country name in plain English (e.g., "Mexico", "South Korea", "European Union"). Preferred over country_code — this is resolved for you. Optional — omit for all countries combined.
- `country_code` (string): Census Schedule C country code if you already have one (e.g., "5700" China, "2010" Mexico). NOT an ISO code — "MX" and "CN" will not work. Prefer `country` and pass a name instead. Optional.
- `hs_code` (string): HS commodity code at 2, 4, or 6 digit level (e.g., "8471" for computers). Optional — omit for total exports across all commodities.
- `limit` (number): Maximum number of records to return (default 20)
- `month` (string): Trade month 01-12. Optional — omit for annual data.
- `year` (string, required): Trade year (e.g., "2024")

### `census_trade_balance` (~120 tokens)

Check US trade balance with a specific country for a given year. Returns net trade value and breakdown by end-use commodity category.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Country name in plain English (e.g., "Mexico", "China"). Preferred — resolved for you. Pass this OR country_code.
- `country_code` (string): Census Schedule C country code (e.g., "5700" China, "2010" Mexico). NOT an ISO code. Prefer `country`.
- `year` (string, required): Trade year (e.g., "2024")

### `census_trade_trends` (~252 tokens)

Monthly US trade trends with ONE trading partner — month-by-month imports and exports for a country, optionally narrowed to an HS commodity, to show seasonality and shifts. A country is required: an unfiltered monthly query spans every partner and the Census API cannot return it in time. For all-countries totals use census_imports / census_exports instead.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Country name in plain English (e.g., "Mexico"). Preferred — resolved for you. REQUIRED unless you pass country_code.
- `country_code` (string): Census Schedule C country code (e.g. "5700" China, "2010" Mexico). NOT an ISO code. Prefer `country`. Satisfies the country requirement.
- `end_year` (string): End year (e.g., "2024"). Optional — defaults to the last fully-published year (last calendar year; Census publishes on a lag).
- `hs_code` (string): HS commodity code. Optional — omit for aggregate trade.
- `start_year` (string): Start year (e.g., "2022"). Optional — defaults to the same year as end_year, i.e. a single year. Maximum span 3 years.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-census-trade/pipeworx-mcp-census-trade#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: 54
- 2026-10-30: 80
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Census Trade MCP server?

Census Trade is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/census-trade. Census Trade MCP, US Census Bureau International Trade data. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-census-trade).

### Is the Census Trade MCP server safe to use?

Census Trade 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 Census Trade MCP server expose?

Census Trade exposes 4 tools: census_imports, census_exports, census_trade_balance, census_trade_trends. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 920 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Census Trade MCP server still maintained?

Census Trade 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 Census Trade MCP server under?

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