# Nass (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-nass)

NASS MCP — USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (Quick Stats)

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

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-nass`
- 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-nass).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 62/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1084 tokens (~216/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 Nass MCP server?

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

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 81, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-03 (score 66, −14)

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

### 2026-10-31 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

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

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `nass_query` (~369 tokens)

Search USDA agricultural statistics by commodity, statistic, geography, and year. Returns production, yield, acreage, prices, and livestock data (e.g., commodity="CORN", state_fips="06" for California).

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): NASS API key (free from quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api)
- `agg_level` (string): Aggregation level: "NATIONAL", "STATE", or "COUNTY" (optional)
- `commodity` (string, required): Commodity name, e.g., "CORN", "SOYBEANS", "WHEAT", "CATTLE", "MILK", "COTTON"
- `freq` (string): Frequency: "ANNUAL", "MONTHLY", or "WEEKLY" (optional)
- `group` (string): Commodity group, e.g., "FIELD CROPS", "FRUIT & TREE NUTS", "VEGETABLES" (optional)
- `sector` (string): Sector: "CROPS", "ANIMALS & PRODUCTS", "ECONOMICS", "DEMOGRAPHICS", "ENVIRONMENTAL" (optional)
- `source` (string): Data source: "SURVEY" or "CENSUS" (optional, defaults to all)
- `stat_category` (string): Statistic category, e.g., "YIELD", "PRODUCTION", "AREA PLANTED", "AREA HARVESTED", "PRICE RECEIVED", "INVENTORY"
- `state` (string): State name, e.g., "IOWA", "ILLINOIS", "CALIFORNIA" (optional)
- `year` (string): Year or range, e.g., "2024" or "2020:2025" (optional)

### `nass_crop_production` (~187 tokens)

Get US crop yields, production totals, and planted/harvested acreage by crop, state, and year. Quick access to major crop survey data.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): NASS API key
- `commodity` (string, required): Crop name: "CORN", "SOYBEANS", "WHEAT", "COTTON", "RICE", "SORGHUM", "BARLEY", "OATS"
- `stat_category` (string): Statistic: "PRODUCTION", "YIELD", "AREA PLANTED", "AREA HARVESTED" (default: "PRODUCTION")
- `state` (string): State name, e.g., "IOWA" (optional, defaults to national)
- `year` (string): Year or range, e.g., "2024" or "2020:2025" (optional)

### `nass_prices` (~116 tokens)

Get prices received by US farmers for crops and livestock by commodity, state, and year. Track agricultural commodity price trends and market movements.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): NASS API key
- `commodity` (string, required): Commodity: "CORN", "SOYBEANS", "WHEAT", "CATTLE", "HOGS", "MILK", "CHICKENS"
- `state` (string): State name (optional, defaults to national)
- `year` (string): Year or range (optional)

### `nass_livestock` (~147 tokens)

Get US livestock inventory, slaughter counts, and production data by species, state, and time period. Analyze animal agriculture supply and production.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): NASS API key
- `commodity` (string, required): Livestock: "CATTLE", "HOGS", "CHICKENS", "TURKEYS", "SHEEP", "MILK", "EGGS"
- `stat_category` (string): Statistic: "INVENTORY", "SLAUGHTER", "PRODUCTION" (default: "INVENTORY")
- `state` (string): State name (optional)
- `year` (string): Year or range (optional)

### `nass_crop_progress` (~214 tokens)

Weekly USDA crop progress + condition by crop and state. For CONDITION queries ("what % of corn is good or excellent", "crop condition this week") the response includes a condition_summary with the latest national week's ratings AND the standard combined good_or_excellent_pct. For PROGRESS use stat_category="PROGRESS" (planted/emerged/harvested %). Pass stat_category to narrow (otherwise both are returned).

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): NASS API key
- `commodity` (string, required): Crop: "CORN", "SOYBEANS", "WHEAT", "COTTON", "SORGHUM"
- `stat_category` (string): Narrow to "CONDITION" (good/excellent ratings) or "PROGRESS" (planting/harvest %). Optional — omit for both.
- `state` (string): State name (optional, defaults to national)
- `year` (string): Year, e.g., "2026". Optional — defaults to current year.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 82
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 66
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 80
- 2026-10-31: 80
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Nass MCP server?

Nass is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/nass. NASS MCP, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (Quick Stats). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-nass).

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

Nass 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 Nass MCP server expose?

Nass exposes 5 tools: nass_query, nass_crop_production, nass_prices, nass_livestock, nass_crop_progress. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,033 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Nass MCP server still maintained?

Nass 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 Nass MCP server under?

Nass 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 Nass MCP server?

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