# Hdx (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-hdx)

Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) MCP — data.humdata.org, the open humanitarian-data platform run…

- Trust score: 85/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 85/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-hdx/hdx-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-hdx/hdx-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-hdx`: 85/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-hdx/pipeworx-mcp-hdx.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-hdx/pipeworx-mcp-hdx)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-hdx`
- 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-hdx).
  - 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**: 78/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 540 tokens (~135/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 Hdx MCP server?

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

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 85, +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 84, +1)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-11-02 (score 83, +2)

- [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 (4)

### `search_datasets` (~212 tokens)

Search the Humanitarian Data Exchange catalogue (CKAN package_search) for datasets on displacement, refugees, food security, conflict, disasters, health, population, etc. Returns matching datasets with titles, descriptions, publishing organization, locations (groups), and resources. Filter by country/crisis with fq="groups:<iso3>" (e.g. "groups:syr") — get codes from list_locations.

Input parameters:

- `fq` (string): Solr filter query (facet filter). e.g. "groups:syr" (location = Syria), "organization:unhcr", "res_format:CSV". Combine with spaces.
- `query` (string, required): Search terms, e.g. "displacement", "food security", "conflict fatalities".
- `rows` (number): Max results, 1-1000 (default 25).
- `sort` (string): Sort spec, e.g. "metadata_modified desc" or "score desc".
- `start` (number): 0-based offset for paging.

### `dataset_details` (~94 tokens)

Full dataset record by id or slug (CKAN package_show), including its resources. Each resource has a "download_url"/"url" pointing at the actual data file (usually CSV/XLSX) — that is how you read the underlying rows, since HDX does not expose a keyless row query.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Dataset id or slug, e.g. "idmc-idp-data-pak".

### `list_locations` (~100 tokens)

List the locations on HDX (CKAN group_list) — countries and crises, each keyed by a lowercase ISO3 code (e.g. {"name":"syr","display_name":"Syrian Arab Republic"}). Use a code as fq="groups:<name>" in search_datasets to scope results to a country/crisis.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max locations, 1-1000 (default 300; HDX has ~250).

### `list_organizations` (~82 tokens)

List the publishing organizations on HDX (CKAN organization_list) — UN agencies and NGOs such as OCHA, UNHCR, WFP, IDMC, ACAPS. Use an org "name" as fq="organization:<name>" in search_datasets.

Input parameters:

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

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 85
- 2026-11-04: 84
- 2026-11-03: 84
- 2026-11-02: 83
- 2026-11-01: 81
- 2026-10-31: 81
- 2026-10-30: 81
- 2026-10-29: 81

## Common questions

### What is the Hdx MCP server?

Hdx is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/hdx. Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) MCP, data.humdata.org, the open humanitarian-data platform run… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-hdx).

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

Hdx scores 85 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 Hdx MCP server expose?

Hdx exposes 4 tools: search_datasets, dataset_details, list_locations, list_organizations. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 488 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Hdx MCP server still maintained?

Hdx 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 Hdx MCP server under?

Hdx 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 Hdx MCP server?

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