# Gsa Auctions (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-gsa-auctions)

GSA Auctions API MCP — US federal government surplus auctions (keyed).

- Trust score: 83/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 63/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gsa-auctions/gsa-auctions-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gsa-auctions/gsa-auctions-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-gsa-auctions`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gsa-auctions/pipeworx-mcp-gsa-auctions.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gsa-auctions/pipeworx-mcp-gsa-auctions)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-gsa-auctions`
- 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-gsa-auctions).
  - 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**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 569 tokens (~189/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 Gsa Auctions MCP server?

Gsa Auctions runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-gsa-auctions. 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-gsa-auctions -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-gsa-auctions
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 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 82, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-02 (score 66, −13)

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

### 2026-10-30 (score 79, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `gsa_search_auctions` (~282 tokens)

Search current US federal government surplus auctions from GSA Auctions (api.data.gov). GSA Auctions sells government surplus to the public — vehicles, machinery, aircraft, vessels, industrial equipment, electronics, etc. Filter active lots by property state (2-letter, e.g. "TX"), a free-text keyword matched against the item name (e.g. "truck", "forklift", "boat"), and/or auction status. Returns each lot with sale/lot number, item name, property location, sale location, start/end dates, status, high bid, reserve, number of bidders, item and image URLs. NOTE: the upstream API has no server-side category filter — use the keyword argument to narrow by item type.

Input parameters:

- `keyword` (string): Free-text keyword matched (case-insensitive) against the item name — use for category/type (e.g. "truck", "forklift", "aircraft", "boat", "generator").
- `limit` (number|string): Max lots to return (1-200). Default 25.
- `state` (string): Filter by 2-letter property state code (e.g. "TX", "CA"). Matches PropertyState.
- `status` (string): Filter by AuctionStatus (case-insensitive substring, e.g. "Active", "Open"). Omit to include all statuses.

### `gsa_auction_lot` (~137 tokens)

Full detail for a single GSA Auctions lot, identified by its sale number and lot number. Returns everything the auction listing carries: item name, per-lot descriptions (LotInfo), property and sale locations, start/end dates, status, high bid, reserve, bid increment, bidder count, inspection instructions, contracting-officer contact, agency/bureau, and item/image URLs.

Input parameters:

- `lot_no` (number|string, required): The lot number (LotNo) within that sale, e.g. 1.
- `sale_no` (string, required): The sale number (SaleNo), e.g. "25QSCI21001".

### `gsa_auctions_closing_soon` (~94 tokens)

Current GSA Auctions federal surplus lots that are ending soonest — active auctions sorted by auction end date ascending. Use to find last-chance bidding opportunities across all agencies and property types. Returns sale/lot number, item name, location, end date, status, high bid, and reserve.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number|string): Max lots to return (1-200). Default 25.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 83
- 2026-11-04: 82
- 2026-11-03: 82
- 2026-11-02: 66
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Gsa Auctions MCP server?

Gsa Auctions is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/gsa-auctions. GSA Auctions API MCP, US federal government surplus auctions (keyed). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-gsa-auctions).

### Is the Gsa Auctions MCP server safe to use?

Gsa Auctions 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 Gsa Auctions MCP server expose?

Gsa Auctions exposes 3 tools: gsa_search_auctions, gsa_auction_lot, gsa_auctions_closing_soon. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 513 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Gsa Auctions MCP server still maintained?

Gsa Auctions 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 Gsa Auctions MCP server under?

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