# Iowa Code (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-iowa-code)

Iowa Code — state statutes by citation, historical edition, amendment history, and chapter/section…

- 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`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-iowa-code/iowa-code-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-iowa-code/iowa-code-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-iowa-code`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-iowa-code/pipeworx-mcp-iowa-code.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-iowa-code/pipeworx-mcp-iowa-code)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-iowa-code`
- 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-iowa-code).
  - 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**: 70/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 558 tokens (~186/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 Iowa Code MCP server?

Iowa Code runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-iowa-code. 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-iowa-code -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-iowa-code
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 83, +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 82, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-02 (score 67, −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 80, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

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

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `ia_code_section` (~264 tokens)

Get the FULL TEXT of a section of the Iowa Code — Iowa state law — by citation. "714.2" is degrees of theft; "321J.2" is operating while intoxicated (OWI). Returns the statute text plus its amendment history (the Acts that enacted/amended it) and cross-references ("Referred to in ..."), each as a separate field. Pass "year" (2000, or 2004 through the current year) to get a historical edition instead of the current one. Keyless. Use for "what does Iowa Code 714.2 say", "Iowa OWI law", or to check an Iowa statute a case relies on.

Input parameters:

- `section` (string, required): Section as cited, e.g. "714.2" or "321J.2". The chapter is the part before the dot and may carry letters, e.g. "714A.1" or "6B.1".
- `year` (integer): Optional. An Iowa Code edition year (2000, or 2004-2026) to retrieve a historical version instead of the current one. 2001-2003 were never published online by the Legislature. Omit for the current (2…

### `ia_code_titles` (~75 tokens)

List the 16 titles of the Iowa Code with their official names and chapter-number ranges, e.g. Title XVI is Criminal Law and Procedure (chapters 687-916). Routing help for when you know the subject but not the chapter/section number — call this or ia_code_search before guessing a citation. Keyless.

### `ia_code_search` (~165 tokens)

Search the Iowa Code by TOPIC or keyword rather than citation, e.g. "landlord security deposit", "concealed handgun permit", "operating while intoxicated". Matches against the Iowa Legislature's own official chapter and section CAPTIONS (not full statutory prose — Iowa does not publish a general-index or full-text search of Code section text, verified live) across all 16 titles, then returns the matching sections (or, if none match at the section level, the matching chapters) with their citations. Use ia_code_section afterward for the full text of a result. Keyless.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max results, default 10, max 25.
- `query` (string, required): Topic or keywords, e.g. "landlord security deposit".

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 83
- 2026-11-04: 83
- 2026-11-03: 82
- 2026-11-02: 67
- 2026-11-01: 80
- 2026-10-31: 80
- 2026-10-30: 80
- 2026-10-29: 80

## Common questions

### What is the Iowa Code MCP server?

Iowa Code is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/iowa-code. Iowa Code, state statutes by citation, historical edition, amendment history, and chapter/section… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-iowa-code).

### Is the Iowa Code MCP server safe to use?

Iowa Code 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 Iowa Code MCP server expose?

Iowa Code exposes 3 tools: ia_code_section, ia_code_titles, ia_code_search. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 504 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Iowa Code MCP server still maintained?

Iowa Code 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 Iowa Code MCP server under?

Iowa Code 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 Iowa Code MCP server?

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