# Sec Adv (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-sec-adv)

SEC ADV / IAPD MCP — SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (Form ADV) lookup

- Trust score: 83/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +2
- 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-sec-adv/sec-adv-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-sec-adv/sec-adv-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-sec-adv`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-sec-adv/pipeworx-mcp-sec-adv.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-sec-adv/pipeworx-mcp-sec-adv)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-sec-adv`
- 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-sec-adv).
  - 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**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 511 tokens (~170/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 Sec Adv MCP server?

Sec Adv runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-sec-adv. 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-sec-adv -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-sec-adv
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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, +2)

- [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] Schema quality: 140 → 170
- [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

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

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `adv_search_firm` (~121 tokens)

Search SEC-registered investment adviser (RIA) and broker-dealer firms by name via the IAPD / Form ADV public directory. Returns matching firms with CRD number, SEC number, registration scope, disclosure flag, branch count, and office address. Use adv_firm_profile with a returned CRD for full detail.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max firms to return (1-50, default 10).
- `query` (string, required): Firm name to search (e.g. "BlackRock", "Fisher Investments", "Vanguard").

### `adv_firm_profile` (~239 tokens)

Get the SEC Form ADV / IAPD profile for an investment-adviser firm by its CRD number (the firm_source_id / CRD returned by adv_search_firm). Returns basic firm info, registration status, SEC number, notice-filing jurisdictions, disclosure flag, Form ADV Part 2 brochure list, and direct links to the full Form ADV report PDF. Also returns `regulatory_aum`: Form ADV Part 1A Item 5.F regulatory assets under management (discretionary, non-discretionary, total, in USD), account counts and non-US-client AUM, from the SEC Division of Investment Management monthly adviser release, with its data_as_of. Present for SEC-registered advisers only (state-registered and exempt reporting advisers file no 5.F in that release; the field says so). Disciplinary narratives still live in the linked Form ADV PDF.

Input parameters:

- `crd` (string, required): Firm CRD number (a.k.a. firm_source_id), digits only. Never guess a CRD from a firm name: call adv_search_firm with the name first and use the CRD it returns.

### `adv_search_individual` (~97 tokens)

Search individual investment-adviser representatives / brokers by name via the IAPD public directory. Returns matching individuals with their CRD number, name, registration scope, disclosure flag, and current employing firm(s) with city/state.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max individuals to return (1-50, default 10).
- `query` (string, required): Individual name to search (e.g. "John Smith", "Warren Buffett").

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 83
- 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 Sec Adv MCP server?

Sec Adv is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/sec-adv. SEC ADV / IAPD MCP, SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (Form ADV) lookup. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-sec-adv).

### Is the Sec Adv MCP server safe to use?

Sec Adv 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 Sec Adv MCP server expose?

Sec Adv exposes 3 tools: adv_search_firm, adv_firm_profile, adv_search_individual. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 457 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Sec Adv MCP server still maintained?

Sec Adv 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 Sec Adv MCP server under?

Sec Adv 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 Sec Adv MCP server?

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