# Cia Factbook (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-cia-factbook)

CIA World Factbook MCP — country profiles from The World Factbook.

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

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 68/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-cia-factbook/cia-factbook-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-cia-factbook/cia-factbook-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-cia-factbook`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-cia-factbook/pipeworx-mcp-cia-factbook.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-cia-factbook/pipeworx-mcp-cia-factbook)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-cia-factbook`
- 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-cia-factbook).
  - 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**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 727 tokens (~181/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**: 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 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 Cia Factbook MCP server?

Cia Factbook runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-cia-factbook. 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-cia-factbook -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-cia-factbook
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 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 82, +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 81, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-31 (score 65, −15)

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

### 2026-10-30 (score 80)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `factbook_country` (~238 tokens)

CIA World Factbook country profile (final 2026 edition): background history, geography, population and demographics, ethnic groups, languages, religions, government type, capital, constitution, legal system, executive and legislative branches, economy (GDP, growth, inflation, exports, imports, debt), energy, military, transnational issues. Use for "tell me about Kenya", "what type of government does Chile have", "Factbook profile of Vietnam". Accepts a country or territory name, an ISO code, or "gec:<code>". Returns the five core sections by default; pass sections to choose others or "all".

Input parameters:

- `country` (string, required): Country or territory name ("Kenya", "South Korea", "Greenland"), ISO 3166 code ("KE", "KOR"), or a Factbook code as "gec:ke".
- `sections` (array): Sections to return. Default: Introduction, Geography, People and Society, Government, Economy. Others: Environment, Energy, Communications, Transportation, Military and Security, Space, Terrorism, Tr…

### `factbook_compare` (~181 tokens)

Compare CIA World Factbook fields side by side across up to 10 countries — population, median age, life expectancy, real GDP per capita, GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, public debt, military expenditures, area, internet users, etc. Use for "compare population and GDP per capita of Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana" or "life expectancy in Japan vs Germany". Field names match the Factbook headings (case-insensitive, partial match allowed; "Economy > Exports" pins a section). factbook_fields lists the exact names.

Input parameters:

- `countries` (array, required): Two to ten country names or ISO codes, e.g. ["Kenya", "Nigeria", "Ghana"].
- `fields` (array, required): Factbook field names, e.g. ["Population", "Real GDP per capita", "Life expectancy at birth"]. Max 10.

### `factbook_fields` (~94 tokens)

List the sections and field names the CIA World Factbook carries for a country (e.g. Economy → "Real GDP per capita", "Inflation rate (consumer prices)", "Exports - partners"). Use before factbook_compare to find the exact field to ask for. Defaults to the United States profile, which carries the full field set.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Country name or ISO code. Default "United States".

### `factbook_entities` (~157 tokens)

List or search the 261 entities in the CIA World Factbook — sovereign countries, dependencies and territories, the oceans, the European Union and the World — with their Factbook (GEC) codes and regions. Use to find how the Factbook names a place ("Burma", "Congo (Brazzaville)", "DRC") or to list every entity in a region such as africa or central-america-n-caribbean.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max rows (default 50, max 300).
- `query` (string): Name substring to search, e.g. "guinea" or "island". Omit to list all.
- `region` (string): Restrict to one Factbook region.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-cia-factbook/pipeworx-mcp-cia-factbook#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: 65
- 2026-10-30: 80

## Common questions

### What is the Cia Factbook MCP server?

Cia Factbook is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/cia-factbook. CIA World Factbook MCP, country profiles from The World Factbook. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-cia-factbook).

### Is the Cia Factbook MCP server safe to use?

Cia Factbook 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 Cia Factbook MCP server expose?

Cia Factbook exposes 4 tools: factbook_country, factbook_compare, factbook_fields, factbook_entities. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 670 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Cia Factbook MCP server still maintained?

Cia Factbook 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 Cia Factbook MCP server under?

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