# Nyc Animals (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-nyc-animals)

NYC Animals MCP — dog licensing and dog-bite records for New York City (data.cityofnewyork.us…

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

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-nyc-animals`
- 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-nyc-animals).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 68/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - 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 Nyc Animals MCP server?

Nyc Animals runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nyc-animals. 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-nyc-animals -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nyc-animals
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 82, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-03 (score 67, −13)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.17
- [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)

### `nyc_dog_bites` (~212 tokens)

Reported dog bite incidents in New York City (NYC DOHMH). PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for "dog bites in [borough]", "dog bite statistics NYC", "how many dog bites in Brooklyn this year". Data is published in periodic batches and can lag several months — if a date filter returns nothing, this tool automatically falls back to the most recent available rows and says so.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional — your own Socrata app token for higher rate limits. Omit to use the keyless endpoint.
- `borough` (string): Optional borough filter, e.g. "Brooklyn", "Manhattan", "Queens", "Bronx", "Staten Island". Case-sensitive exact match.
- `limit` (number): Max rows to return (1-500, default 50).
- `since` (string): ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) — only bites on/after this date. Omit for the most recent available regardless of date.

### `nyc_dog_licences_by_breed` (~167 tokens)

NYC licensed-dog counts by breed, or the most common breeds overall, from the NYC Dog Licensing Dataset. Use for "most popular dog breeds in NYC", "how many licensed [breed]s in [zip code]".

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional — your own Socrata app token for higher rate limits. Omit to use the keyless endpoint.
- `breed` (string): Optional breed filter (partial match, case-insensitive), e.g. "Labrador", "Pit Bull".
- `top` (number): Number of top breeds to return when no breed filter is given (1-100, default 20).
- `zipcode` (string): Optional ZIP code filter, e.g. "10035".

### `nyc_search_animal` (~122 tokens)

Look up a licensed NYC dog by name (partial match), optionally scoped to a ZIP code. Returns license records from the NYC Dog Licensing Dataset.

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional — your own Socrata app token for higher rate limits. Omit to use the keyless endpoint.
- `limit` (number): Max rows (1-200, default 20).
- `name` (string, required): Dog name (partial match, case-insensitive), e.g. "Paige".
- `zipcode` (string): Optional ZIP code filter.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

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

## Common questions

### What is the Nyc Animals MCP server?

Nyc Animals is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/nyc-animals. NYC Animals MCP, dog licensing and dog-bite records for New York City (data.cityofnewyork.us… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-nyc-animals).

### Is the Nyc Animals MCP server safe to use?

Nyc Animals 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 Nyc Animals MCP server expose?

Nyc Animals exposes 3 tools: nyc_dog_bites, nyc_dog_licences_by_breed, nyc_search_animal. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 501 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Nyc Animals MCP server still maintained?

Nyc Animals 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 Nyc Animals MCP server under?

Nyc Animals 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 Nyc Animals MCP server?

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