# Estat Japan (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-estat-japan)

e-Stat (Japan) MCP — government statistics

- Trust score: 83/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 87/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-estat-japan/estat-japan-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-estat-japan/estat-japan-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-estat-japan`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-estat-japan/pipeworx-mcp-estat-japan.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-estat-japan/pipeworx-mcp-estat-japan)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-estat-japan`
- 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-estat-japan).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 3 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 598 tokens (~149/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 Estat Japan MCP server?

Estat Japan runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-estat-japan. 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-estat-japan -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-estat-japan
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-estat-japan -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-estat-japan
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-estat-japan --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-estat-japan
```

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 83, +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 82, +2)

- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.10
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-30 (score 80, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 80)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_stats` (~98 tokens)

Search e-Stat statistical tables. Returns IDs and names for tables matching the query. Use the IDs with get_data / get_metadata.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): J (Japanese, default) | E (English)
- `limit` (number): 1-100000 (default 20)
- `query` (string, required): Free-text (Japanese or English)
- `start_position` (number): 1-based row offset (default 1)

### `get_metadata` (~69 tokens)

Fetch the dimension definitions and code lists for a specific e-Stat statistics table (statsDataId). Returns category codes needed to construct filters for get_data. Requires _apiKey.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): J | E
- `stats_data_id` (string, required): Table ID (statsDataId)

### `get_data` (~104 tokens)

Fetch observations from a stats table. Optionally filter by dimension codes.

Input parameters:

- `filters` (object): Dimension code filters as { "cdCat01":"A03503", "cdTime":"2023" }
- `lang` (string): J | E
- `limit` (number): 1-100000 (default 100)
- `start_position` (number): 1-based row offset
- `stats_data_id` (string, required): Table ID (statsDataId)

### `list_data_catalog` (~272 tokens)

Browse the e-Stat high-level data catalog (dataset/table groupings) with an optional free-text filter. Returns catalog entries with dataset IDs, names, and organization metadata. This endpoint is slow at e-Stat and often exceeds its 35s budget, in which case it returns {found:false, reason:"upstream_timeout"}; search_stats answers "which Japanese statistics table covers X" faster. Requires _apiKey.

Input parameters:

- `data_type` (string): Restrict to one file format: XLS | CSV | PDF | XML | XLS_REP | DB
- `lang` (string): J (Japanese, default) | E (English)
- `limit` (number): Page size, 1-100. Defaults to 20 when omitted, so a bare call is already bounded.
- `query` (string): Optional free-text filter, Japanese or English
- `start_position` (number): 1-based offset (default 1)
- `stats_code` (string): Government statistics code, e.g. "00200521" (population census)
- `stats_field` (string): Statistical field code, 2 digits (major) or 4 digits (minor)
- `survey_years` (string): Survey period: yyyy, yyyymm, or yyyymm-yyyymm

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 83
- 2026-11-04: 83
- 2026-11-03: 83
- 2026-11-02: 82
- 2026-11-01: 82
- 2026-10-31: 80
- 2026-10-30: 80
- 2026-10-29: 80

## Common questions

### What is the Estat Japan MCP server?

Estat Japan is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/estat-japan. e-Stat (Japan) MCP, government statistics. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-estat-japan).

### Is the Estat Japan MCP server safe to use?

Estat Japan 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 Estat Japan MCP server expose?

Estat Japan exposes 4 tools: search_stats, get_metadata, get_data, list_data_catalog. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 543 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Estat Japan MCP server still maintained?

Estat Japan 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 Estat Japan MCP server under?

Estat Japan 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 Estat Japan MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Estat Japan, 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-estat-japan
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-estat-japan
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-estat-japan
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/estat-japan
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-estat-japan/pipeworx-mcp-estat-japan.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-estat-japan/pipeworx-mcp-estat-japan/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-estat-japan/pipeworx-mcp-estat-japan.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-estat-japan/pipeworx-mcp-estat-japan