# Regulations Gov (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-regulations-gov)

Regulations.gov MCP — federal regulatory dockets, documents, public comments

- Trust score: 84/100 (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-regulations-gov/regulations-gov-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-regulations-gov/regulations-gov-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-regulations-gov`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-regulations-gov/pipeworx-mcp-regulations-gov.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-regulations-gov/pipeworx-mcp-regulations-gov)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-regulations-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-regulations-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**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 573 tokens (~114/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - 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 Regulations Gov MCP server?

Regulations Gov runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-regulations-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-regulations-gov -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-regulations-gov
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-regulations-gov": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-regulations-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 84, +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

### 2026-10-30 (score 81, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 81)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search_dockets` (~176 tokens)

Search regulatory dockets. Filter by free-text query, agency (acronym like "EPA", "FDA"), docket type (Rulemaking / Nonrulemaking), or date range. Returns dockets with title, agency, type, status, document counts.

Input parameters:

- `agency` (string): Agency acronym (e.g., "EPA", "FDA", "DOT")
- `docket_type` (string): Rulemaking | Nonrulemaking
- `last_modified_from` (string): YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS or YYYY-MM-DD
- `last_modified_to` (string): YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS or YYYY-MM-DD
- `page_number` (number): 1-based page
- `page_size` (number): 5-250 (default 25)
- `query` (string): Full-text search

### `get_docket` (~50 tokens)

Single docket detail by docketId (e.g., "EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0317"). Returns full metadata + summary counts.

Input parameters:

- `docket_id` (string, required): Docket ID

### `list_documents` (~110 tokens)

Documents within a docket (or matching a query). Returns title, type (Rule / Proposed Rule / Notice / Supporting), comment counts, posted date, document ID.

Input parameters:

- `docket_id` (string): Filter to one docket
- `document_type` (string): Rule | Proposed Rule | Notice | Supporting & Related Material | Other
- `page_number` (number): 1-based page
- `page_size` (number): 5-250
- `query` (string): Free-text query across documents

### `search_comments` (~131 tokens)

Public comments filed on a docket or document. Filter by docketId, documentId (e.g., "EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0317-0001"), free-text, or date.

Input parameters:

- `docket_id` (string): Filter to a docket
- `document_id` (string): Filter to a single document
- `page_number` (number): 1-based page
- `page_size` (number): 5-250
- `posted_from` (string): YYYY-MM-DD
- `posted_to` (string): YYYY-MM-DD
- `query` (string): Free-text query

### `get_comment` (~51 tokens)

Single public comment by comment ID. Returns text, submitter, posting date, attachments.

Input parameters:

- `comment_id` (string, required): Comment ID
- `include_attachments` (boolean): Include attachment list (default true)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

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

## Common questions

### What is the Regulations Gov MCP server?

Regulations Gov is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/regulations-gov. Regulations.gov MCP, federal regulatory dockets, documents, public comments. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-regulations-gov).

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

Regulations Gov scores 84 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 Regulations Gov MCP server expose?

Regulations Gov exposes 5 tools: search_dockets, get_docket, list_documents, search_comments, get_comment. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 518 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

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

Regulations 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 Regulations Gov MCP server under?

Regulations 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 Regulations Gov MCP server?

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