# Gets Nz (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-gets-nz)

GETS NZ MCP — New Zealand Government Electronic Tenders Service (keyless).

- Trust score: 84/100 (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-gets-nz/gets-nz-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gets-nz/gets-nz-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-gets-nz`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gets-nz/pipeworx-mcp-gets-nz.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gets-nz/pipeworx-mcp-gets-nz)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-gets-nz`
- 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-gets-nz).
  - 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**: 74/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 522 tokens (~174/item across 3 items; 3 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 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 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 Gets Nz MCP server?

Gets Nz runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-gets-nz. 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-gets-nz -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-gets-nz
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 84, +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 83, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-02 (score 68, −13)

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

### 2026-11-01 (score 81, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-30 (score 81, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 81)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `nz_tender_open` (~181 tokens)

List all currently open New Zealand government tenders from GETS (gets.govt.nz — the official NZ Government Electronic Tenders Service). PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for New Zealand public procurement, government contract opportunities, RFPs, RFTs, and requests for quote. Each tender includes reference, title, buying agency (e.g. Ministry of Social Development, Health New Zealand, NZTA, city councils), publish date, close date, UNSPSC categories, region, and the public GETS URL. Optionally narrow with a keyword filter.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number|string): Number of tenders to return (1-300). Default 25.
- `query` (string): Optional keyword filter matched case-insensitively against tender title, agency name, and categories, e.g. "construction", "IT services", "Auckland".

### `nz_tender_search` (~151 tokens)

Search open New Zealand government tenders on GETS by keyword — matches tender titles, buying agency names, UNSPSC categories, regions, and the tender overview text. Use for questions like "NZ government tenders for cybersecurity", "Wellington council procurement", "open RFPs from the Ministry of Health". Returns matching tenders with reference, title, agency, close date, region, categories, a short overview snippet, and the public GETS URL.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number|string): Maximum matches to return (1-100). Default 25.
- `query` (string, required): Keywords to search for, e.g. "road maintenance", "software", "consultancy", "Christchurch".

### `nz_tender_detail` (~135 tokens)

Fetch full detail for a single New Zealand government tender from GETS by its RFx ID (the numeric id from nz_tender_open / nz_tender_search results, e.g. 32705858). Returns tender name, reference number, buying agency, department/business unit, tender type (RFP, RFT, RFQ, etc.), coverage, open and close dates, UNSPSC categories, regions, required pre-qualifications, contact, full overview text, and the human GETS page URL.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string|number, required): GETS RFx ID, e.g. "32705858".

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 84
- 2026-11-04: 84
- 2026-11-03: 83
- 2026-11-02: 68
- 2026-11-01: 81
- 2026-10-31: 81
- 2026-10-30: 81
- 2026-10-29: 81

## Common questions

### What is the Gets Nz MCP server?

Gets Nz is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/gets-nz. GETS NZ MCP, New Zealand Government Electronic Tenders Service (keyless). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-gets-nz).

### Is the Gets Nz MCP server safe to use?

Gets Nz scores 84 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 Gets Nz MCP server expose?

Gets Nz exposes 3 tools: nz_tender_open, nz_tender_search, nz_tender_detail. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 467 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Gets Nz MCP server still maintained?

Gets Nz 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 Gets Nz MCP server under?

Gets Nz 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 Gets Nz MCP server?

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