# Gbizinfo (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-gbizinfo)

gBizINFO — Japanese corporate registry, from METI (経済産業省).

- Trust score: 82/100 (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-gbizinfo/gbizinfo-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gbizinfo/gbizinfo-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-gbizinfo`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gbizinfo/pipeworx-mcp-gbizinfo.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gbizinfo/pipeworx-mcp-gbizinfo)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-gbizinfo`
- 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-gbizinfo).
  - 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**: 61/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1443 tokens (~288/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 Gbizinfo MCP server?

Gbizinfo runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-gbizinfo. 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-gbizinfo -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-gbizinfo
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 82, +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 81, +1)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-11-02 (score 80, +2)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.13
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-31 (score 78, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

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

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `gbiz_company_search` (~481 tokens)

Find Japanese companies and their 13-digit corporate numbers (法人番号) in gBizINFO, the Japanese government corporate registry run by METI. Search by company name, prefecture, corporate form, capital, employee count, revenue, or by whether the company has government procurement awards, subsidies, patents or filed financials. Returns each match with its corporate number, Japanese legal name, romanised name, registered address, capital and headcount.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional. Your own gBizINFO API token, if you would rather use your own quota than the shared one. Register free at https://info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/various_registration/form — pick 個人利用者 (individual) u…
- `capital_max` (number): Maximum capital stock in yen.
- `capital_min` (number): Minimum capital stock in yen.
- `city` (string): Municipality code from the same JIS scheme.
- `corporate_type` (string): Corporate form code: 301 株式会社 (joint-stock), 302 有限会社, 303 合名会社, 304 合資会社, 305 合同会社, 201 local government, 101 national body.
- `employees_max` (number): Maximum employee count.
- `employees_min` (number): Minimum employee count.
- `founded_year` (string): Year of establishment, or several comma-separated.
- `has` (string): Restrict to companies that have records of a given kind: procurement, commendation, certification, subsidy, patent, finance.
- `limit` (number): Companies to return, 1-100 (default 20).
- `name` (string): Company name, partial match. PASS THE JAPANESE NAME WHERE YOU CAN ("トヨタ自動車"): a Latin-script query is matched against the romanised name field, which is sparse and dominated by municipal bodies — "To…
- `page` (number): Result page, 1-10 (default 1).
- `prefecture` (string): Prefecture code, 2 digits from the JIS local-government code (13 = Tokyo, 23 = Aichi, 27 = Osaka).

### `gbiz_company_profile` (~220 tokens)

Registry profile for one Japanese company by its 13-digit corporate number (法人番号), from gBizINFO (METI). Returns the Japanese legal name, kana and romanised forms, registered address and postcode, representative director, capital stock in yen, employee count, date of establishment, business summary and corporate website, plus dissolution date if the company has closed.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional. Your own gBizINFO API token, if you would rather use your own quota than the shared one. Register free at https://info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/various_registration/form — pick 個人利用者 (individual) u…
- `corporate_number` (string, required): The company: its 13-digit Japanese corporate number (法人番号), e.g. "1180301018771", or its name. A name is resolved to a corporate number, and the Japanese name resolves far more reliably than a romani…

### `gbiz_company_procurement` (~203 tokens)

Japanese government contracts awarded to one company, by its 13-digit corporate number, from gBizINFO (METI). Each award returns the order date, the contract title, the amount in yen and the ministry or agency that placed it — the Japanese counterpart to a USAspending award history.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional. Your own gBizINFO API token, if you would rather use your own quota than the shared one. Register free at https://info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/various_registration/form — pick 個人利用者 (individual) u…
- `corporate_number` (string, required): The company: its 13-digit Japanese corporate number (法人番号) or its name — a name is resolved, and the Japanese form resolves far more reliably than a romanised one.
- `limit` (number): Awards to return, newest first, 1-500 (default 50).

### `gbiz_company_subsidies` (~193 tokens)

Japanese government subsidies and grants received by one company, by its 13-digit corporate number, from gBizINFO (METI). Each record returns the approval date, the subsidy programme name, the amount in yen and the granting ministry.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional. Your own gBizINFO API token, if you would rather use your own quota than the shared one. Register free at https://info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/various_registration/form — pick 個人利用者 (individual) u…
- `corporate_number` (string, required): The company: its 13-digit Japanese corporate number (法人番号) or its name — a name is resolved, and the Japanese form resolves far more reliably than a romanised one.
- `limit` (number): Subsidies to return, newest first, 1-500 (default 50).

### `gbiz_company_records` (~292 tokens)

Patents and trademarks, statutory certifications, government commendations, filed financial results, or workplace statistics for one Japanese company, by its 13-digit corporate number, from gBizINFO (METI). Pick the record type with `kind`. Workplace statistics carry headcount by sex, average tenure, average age, overtime hours and childcare-leave take-up — the disclosure Japanese employers file under the 女性活躍推進法.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional. Your own gBizINFO API token, if you would rather use your own quota than the shared one. Register free at https://info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/various_registration/form — pick 個人利用者 (individual) u…
- `corporate_number` (string, required): The company: its 13-digit Japanese corporate number (法人番号) or its name — a name is resolved, and the Japanese form resolves far more reliably than a romanised one.
- `kind` (string, required): Which record set: "patent", "certification", "commendation", "finance" or "workplace".
- `limit` (number): Records to return, 1-500 (default 50). For "finance" and "workplace", which are one record per company rather than a list, this caps the arrays nested inside it (e.g. the financial period series).

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 82
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 78
- 2026-10-31: 78
- 2026-10-30: 78
- 2026-10-29: 78

## Common questions

### What is the Gbizinfo MCP server?

Gbizinfo is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/gbizinfo. gBizINFO, Japanese corporate registry, from METI (経済産業省). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-gbizinfo).

### Is the Gbizinfo MCP server safe to use?

Gbizinfo 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 Gbizinfo MCP server expose?

Gbizinfo exposes 5 tools: gbiz_company_search, gbiz_company_profile, gbiz_company_procurement, gbiz_company_subsidies, gbiz_company_records. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,389 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Gbizinfo MCP server still maintained?

Gbizinfo 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 Gbizinfo MCP server under?

Gbizinfo 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 Gbizinfo MCP server?

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