# Recreation Gov (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-recreation-gov)

Recreation.gov MCP — wraps the Recreation Information Database (RIDB) API v1…

- 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`: 85/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-recreation-gov/recreation-gov-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-recreation-gov/recreation-gov-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-recreation-gov`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-recreation-gov/pipeworx-mcp-recreation-gov.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-recreation-gov/pipeworx-mcp-recreation-gov)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-recreation-gov`
- 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-recreation-gov).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 780 tokens (~195/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 Recreation Gov MCP server?

Recreation Gov runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-recreation-gov. 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-recreation-gov -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-recreation-gov
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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, +3)

- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.20
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

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

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_facilities` (~282 tokens)

Search US federal recreation facilities — campgrounds, day-use areas, visitor centers, trailheads — on Recreation.gov. Filter by name/keyword, state, activity (e.g. "camping", "hiking"), or geographic radius. Returns facility IDs, names, types, phone/email, and coordinates. Example: search_facilities({ query: "Yosemite", state: "CA", activity: "camping" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional — your own Recreation.gov RIDB API key for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key.
- `activity` (string): Activity name to filter by, e.g. "camping", "hiking", "fishing"
- `latitude` (number): Latitude for geographic search (use with longitude + radius)
- `limit` (number): Max results to return (default 20, max 50)
- `longitude` (number): Longitude for geographic search (use with latitude + radius)
- `offset` (number): Pagination offset (default 0)
- `query` (string): Keyword or name to search, e.g. "Yosemite", "Pinnacles"
- `radius` (number): Search radius in miles around latitude/longitude
- `state` (string): Two-letter US state code, e.g. "CA", "CO"

### `get_facility` (~111 tokens)

Get full details for a single Recreation.gov facility (e.g. a campground) by its FacilityID. Returns description, directions, ADA access, phone/email, keywords, and coordinates. Example: get_facility({ facility_id: "232447" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional — your own Recreation.gov RIDB API key for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key.
- `facility_id` (string, required): RIDB FacilityID, e.g. "232447"

### `search_recareas` (~186 tokens)

Search US federal recreation areas — the parent regions (national parks, national forests, BLM/USACE lands) that contain campgrounds and facilities — on Recreation.gov. Filter by name/keyword or state. Returns RecArea IDs, names, descriptions, phone, and coordinates. Example: search_recareas({ query: "Grand Canyon", state: "AZ" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional — your own Recreation.gov RIDB API key for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key.
- `limit` (number): Max results to return (default 20, max 50)
- `offset` (number): Pagination offset (default 0)
- `query` (string): Keyword or name to search, e.g. "Grand Canyon"
- `state` (string): Two-letter US state code, e.g. "AZ"

### `list_campsites` (~146 tokens)

List the individual campsites within a Recreation.gov facility (campground) by FacilityID. Returns campsite IDs, names, type (e.g. "TENT ONLY", "RV"), loop, reservability, and type of use. Example: list_campsites({ facility_id: "232447" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string): Optional — your own Recreation.gov RIDB API key for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key.
- `facility_id` (string, required): RIDB FacilityID of the campground, e.g. "232447"
- `limit` (number): Max campsites to return (default 20, max 50)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 83
- 2026-11-04: 83
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 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 Recreation Gov MCP server?

Recreation Gov is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/recreation-gov. Recreation.gov MCP, wraps the Recreation Information Database (RIDB) API v1… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-recreation-gov).

### Is the Recreation Gov MCP server safe to use?

Recreation Gov 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 Recreation Gov MCP server expose?

Recreation Gov exposes 4 tools: search_facilities, get_facility, search_recareas, list_campsites. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 725 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Recreation Gov MCP server still maintained?

Recreation Gov 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 Recreation Gov MCP server under?

Recreation Gov 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 Recreation Gov MCP server?

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