# China Customs (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-china-customs) China Customs (GACC English) — monthly merchandise trade statistics. - Trust score: 82/100 (high trust) - Change this week: +3 - Registry status: active - Liveness: live - Owner verified: no - Last scored: 2026-11-05 ## Components - remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 71/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-china-customs/china-customs-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-china-customs/china-customs-mcp) - npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-china-customs`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-china-customs/pipeworx-mcp-china-customs.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-china-customs/pipeworx-mcp-china-customs) ## Channel facts - Registry: `npm` - Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-china-customs` - 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-china-customs). - 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**: 65/100 - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent). - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1097 tokens (~219/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**: 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 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 China Customs MCP server? China Customs runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-china-customs. 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-china-customs -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-china-customs ``` ### Cursor ```json { "mcpServers": { "pipeworx-io-china-customs": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-china-customs" ] } } } ``` ### VS Code ```json { "servers": { "pipeworx-io-china-customs": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-china-customs" ] } } } ``` ### Codex ```bash codex mcp add pipeworx-io-china-customs -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-china-customs ``` ### opencode ```json { "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json", "mcp": { "pipeworx-io-china-customs": { "type": "local", "command": [ "npx", "-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-china-customs" ], "enabled": true } } } ``` ### OpenClaw ```bash openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-china-customs --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-china-customs ``` ### Hermes ```yaml mcp_servers: pipeworx-io-china-customs: command: "npx" args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-china-customs"] ``` ### Netclaw ```json { "McpServers": { "pipeworx-io-china-customs": { "Transport": "stdio", "Command": "npx", "Arguments": [ "-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-china-customs" ] } } } ``` ### Vellum ```bash assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-china-customs -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-china-customs ``` ### Other ```json { "mcpServers": { "pipeworx-io-china-customs": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-china-customs" ] } } } ``` ## 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 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. ### 2026-11-01 (score 81, +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. ### 2026-10-31 (score 80, 0) - [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 (5) ### `china_trade_summary` (~189 tokens) China's total monthly merchandise trade — exports, imports, balance — in both USD and CNY (unit: 100 million), with official month-on-month and year-on-year percent changes, exactly as published by the General Administration of Customs (GACC) on its English site's 'preliminary' flash release. Defaults to the latest published month; pass `month` ("YYYY-MM") for an earlier one within the currently-linked range (see `available_months` in the response). Published on roughly a 1-week-after-month-end lag; a revised 'final' figure follows in GACC's next monthly cycle. 中国海关总署（GACC）月度进出口总值（美元、人民币），含环比、同比百分比。 Input parameters: - `month` (string): Month as "YYYY-MM", e.g. "2026-07". Omit for the latest published month. ### `china_trade_by_country` (~153 tokens) China's merchandise exports/imports/balance by trading partner country or region, for the month and year-to-date, with year-on-year percent change — from GACC's English site 'final' monthly report. Optionally filter to one partner (substring match, e.g. "United States", "Japan", "Asia"). Values in US$1,000. 中国海关分国别（地区）进出口统计（美元）。 Input parameters: - `month` (string): Month as "YYYY-MM", e.g. "2026-07". Omit for the latest published month. - `partner` (string): Optional country/region name filter, e.g. "United States", "Korea", "Asia". ### `china_trade_major_commodities` (~234 tokens) China's major export or import commodities in quantity and value (crude oil, soybeans, iron ore, steel, machinery, vehicles, chips and more), for the month and year-to-date, with published percentage change — from the General Administration of Customs (GACC) official English monthly bulletin, table 13 (exports) / 14 (imports). Defaults to the latest published month; the response lists `available_months`, so a month GACC has not yet released is reported as unavailable rather than guessed. Values in US$1,000. Optional `commodity` text filter. 中国海关总署主要进出口商品量值表。 Input parameters: - `commodity` (string): Optional filter on the commodity line, e.g. "crude oil", "soybean", "steel". - `direction` (string): "exports" (default) or "imports". - `limit` (number): Max lines returned (default 60, max 250). - `month` (string): Month as "YYYY-MM", e.g. "2026-08". Omit for the latest published month. ### `china_trade_by_commodity` (~197 tokens) China's merchandise exports/imports by HS Section and 2-digit HS chapter (Division), for the month and year-to-date, with year-on-year percent change — from GACC's English site 'final' monthly report. Without `hs_section`, returns the 21 HS sections plus TOTAL; with it (a 2-digit HS chapter code like "84", or free text like "machinery"), also returns that section's individual chapters. Values in US$1,000. 中国海关分商品类别（HS 分类）进出口统计（美元）。 Input parameters: - `hs_section` (string): Optional filter: a 2-digit HS chapter code (e.g. "84") or free text matching a section/chapter name (e.g. "machinery", "textiles"). - `month` (string): Month as "YYYY-MM", e.g. "2026-07". Omit for the latest published month. ### `china_trade_indices` (~269 tokens) China's trade indices — unit-value, quantum and value indices for exports or imports, base = same month of the prior year = 100 — from GACC's English site trade-index tables. Choose a classification via `series` (hs2, sitc2, bec, industry, hs4, sitc3) and `direction` (exports/imports); `chained` selects the chained-index variant. Returns TOTAL + section-level rows by default; pass a 2-digit HS2 `hs2` chapter code to drill into one chapter. NOTE: chapter/section labels in this specific GACC table are Chinese-only. 中国海关进出口价格、数量、金额指数（上年同月=100）。 Input parameters: - `chained` (boolean): true for the chained-index variant. Default false. - `direction` (string): "exports" (default) or "imports". - `hs2` (string): Optional 2-digit HS chapter code to drill into, e.g. "84". - `month` (string): Month as "YYYY-MM", e.g. "2026-07". Omit for the latest published month. - `series` (string): Classification: hs2 (default), sitc2, bec, industry, hs4, or sitc3. ## Diagnostics Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-china-customs/pipeworx-mcp-china-customs#diagnostics ## Score history - 2026-11-05: 82 - 2026-11-04: 82 - 2026-11-03: 81 - 2026-11-02: 81 - 2026-11-01: 81 - 2026-10-31: 80 - 2026-10-30: 80 - 2026-10-29: 79 ## Common questions ### What is the China Customs MCP server? China Customs is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/china-customs. China Customs (GACC English), monthly merchandise trade statistics. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-china-customs). ### Is the China Customs MCP server safe to use? China Customs 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 China Customs MCP server expose? China Customs exposes 5 tools: china_trade_summary, china_trade_by_country, china_trade_major_commodities, china_trade_by_commodity, china_trade_indices. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,042 tokens of context every time the server is loaded. ### Is the China Customs MCP server still maintained? China Customs 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 China Customs MCP server under? China Customs 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 China Customs MCP server? VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on China Customs, 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-china-customs - Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-china-customs - Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-china-customs - Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/china-customs - Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-china-customs/pipeworx-mcp-china-customs.xml - Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-china-customs/pipeworx-mcp-china-customs/changelog.json - Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-china-customs/pipeworx-mcp-china-customs.json - HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-china-customs/pipeworx-mcp-china-customs