# Science (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-science)

Science MCP — free science data APIs

- Trust score: 85/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- 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-science/science-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-science/science-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-science`: 85/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-science/pipeworx-mcp-science.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-science/pipeworx-mcp-science)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-science`
- 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-science).
  - 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**: 78/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 354 tokens (~88/item across 4 items; 4 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 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 Science MCP server?

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

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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 85, +4)

- [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 → 0.23
- [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 (4)

### `get_iss_location` (~41 tokens)

Fetch the International Space Station's current latitude, longitude, and Unix timestamp from the Open Notify API. No inputs required; returns a real-time position fix.

### `get_earthquakes` (~108 tokens)

Retrieve up to 20 globally recent earthquakes from the USGS FDSN service, filtered by lookback period (1–30 days, default 1) and minimum magnitude (default 4.0). Returns magnitude, location name, depth (km), coordinates, time, and tsunami warning flag.

Input parameters:

- `days` (number): Look back N days (1-30, default 1)
- `min_magnitude` (number): Minimum magnitude (default 4.0)

### `get_air_quality` (~94 tokens)

Check current air quality at a latitude/longitude. Returns US AQI score and category plus PM2.5, PM10, ozone, NO2, and CO levels.

Input parameters:

- `latitude` (number, required): Latitude in decimal degrees, e.g. 40.7128. Required — this tool does not geocode city names.
- `longitude` (number, required): Longitude in decimal degrees, e.g. -74.006.

### `get_apod` (~60 tokens)

Get NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day with image URL, title, and explanation. Optionally specify a date (e.g., '2024-01-15').

Input parameters:

- `date` (string): Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (default: today)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 85
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 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 Science MCP server?

Science is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/science. Science MCP, free science data APIs. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-science).

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

Science scores 85 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 Science MCP server expose?

Science exposes 4 tools: get_iss_location, get_earthquakes, get_air_quality, get_apod. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 303 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Science MCP server still maintained?

Science 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 Science MCP server under?

Science declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-science
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-science
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-science
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/science
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-science/pipeworx-mcp-science.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-science/pipeworx-mcp-science.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-science/pipeworx-mcp-science