# Datagov Au (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-datagov-au)

data.gov.au MCP — Australia open-data CKAN catalogue.

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-datagov-au/datagov-au-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-datagov-au/datagov-au-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-datagov-au`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-datagov-au/pipeworx-mcp-datagov-au.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-datagov-au/pipeworx-mcp-datagov-au)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-datagov-au`
- 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-datagov-au).
  - 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**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 418 tokens (~69/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - 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**: 85/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 55% 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 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 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 Datagov Au MCP server?

Datagov Au runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-datagov-au. 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-datagov-au -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-datagov-au
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 81, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-11-04 (score 81, +1)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-11-02 (score 80, +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 79, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-31 (score 64, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.07
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-30 (score 78, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 78)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `search` (~124 tokens)

Search the data.gov.au CKAN catalogue for Australian open datasets by keyword, with optional Solr filter (e.g. "organization:abs"), sort, and pagination; returns dataset metadata including resource URLs.

Input parameters:

- `fq` (string): Solr filter, e.g. "organization:abs"
- `query` (string, required): e.g. "bushfire", "transport".
- `rows` (number): 1-1000 (default 25).
- `sort` (string): e.g. "metadata_modified desc"
- `start` (number): 0-based offset.

### `package` (~24 tokens)

Single package (dataset) by id or name.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

### `organizations` (~101 tokens)

data.gov.au, Australia's federal open-data CKAN catalogue — list the publishing organizations, the Australian government agencies and departments (ABS, Geoscience Australia, state bodies) that hold datasets there. Returns each organization's CKAN slug, display title, description and dataset count; the slug is what search takes as fq organization. Answers which Australian agencies publish open data and how many datasets each has.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): 1-1000 (default 100).

### `groups` (~44 tokens)

List all thematic groups (topic categories) in the data.gov.au CKAN catalogue with names and slugs; useful for discovering available subject-area filters.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number)

### `tags` (~45 tokens)

List or keyword-search tags in the data.gov.au CKAN catalogue; returns tag names useful as filters in `search`.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number)
- `query` (string)

### `resource` (~24 tokens)

Single resource (downloadable file) by id.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 64
- 2026-10-30: 78
- 2026-10-29: 78

## Common questions

### What is the Datagov Au MCP server?

Datagov Au is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/datagov-au. data.gov.au MCP, Australia open-data CKAN catalogue. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-datagov-au).

### Is the Datagov Au MCP server safe to use?

Datagov Au scores 81 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 Datagov Au MCP server expose?

Datagov Au exposes 6 tools: search, package, organizations, groups, tags, resource. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 362 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Datagov Au MCP server still maintained?

Datagov Au 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 Datagov Au MCP server under?

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