# Unhcr (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-unhcr)

UNHCR Refugee Data Finder MCP (keyless).

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: 0
- 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-unhcr/unhcr-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-unhcr/unhcr-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-unhcr`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-unhcr/pipeworx-mcp-unhcr.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-unhcr/pipeworx-mcp-unhcr)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-unhcr`
- Version: `0.2.0`
- 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-unhcr).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 795 tokens (~198/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**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **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.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the Unhcr MCP server?

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

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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.

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `population` (~277 tokens)

Forcibly displaced & stateless persons by year and country: refugees, asylum_seekers, idps (internally displaced), returned_refugees, returned_idps, stateless, others. Filter by coo (country of origin) and/or coa (country of asylum). coo_all/coa_all=true breaks the totals DOWN by that dimension (one row per origin or asylum country). NOTE: coo/coa take UNHCR's 3-letter code (e.g. Germany='GFR', not ISO3 'DEU') — resolve with list_countries first.

Input parameters:

- `coa` (string): Country of ASYLUM — UNHCR 3-letter code (see list_countries.code).
- `coa_all` (boolean): true = break results down per country of asylum.
- `coo` (string): Country of ORIGIN — UNHCR 3-letter code (see list_countries.code).
- `coo_all` (boolean): true = break results down per country of origin.
- `limit` (integer): Rows per page (default 25).
- `page` (integer): 1-based page; response.maxPages tells you the total.
- `yearFrom` (integer): Start year, inclusive (data spans 1951+).
- `yearTo` (integer): End year, inclusive.

### `asylum_applications` (~164 tokens)

Asylum applications lodged, by year, country of origin (coo) and country of asylum (coa). Rows carry procedure_type, app_type, dec_level and the `applied` count; response.total.applied is the aggregate. coo/coa take UNHCR 3-letter codes (see list_countries).

Input parameters:

- `coa` (string): Country of ASYLUM — UNHCR 3-letter code.
- `coo` (string): Country of ORIGIN — UNHCR 3-letter code.
- `limit` (integer): Rows per page (default 25).
- `page` (integer): 1-based page.
- `yearFrom` (integer): Start year, inclusive.
- `yearTo` (integer): End year, inclusive.

### `asylum_decisions` (~167 tokens)

Decisions on asylum claims, by year, country of origin (coo) and country of asylum (coa). Each row breaks out dec_recognized, dec_other, dec_rejected, dec_closed and dec_total; response.total aggregates the same fields. coo/coa take UNHCR 3-letter codes (see list_countries).

Input parameters:

- `coa` (string): Country of ASYLUM — UNHCR 3-letter code.
- `coo` (string): Country of ORIGIN — UNHCR 3-letter code.
- `limit` (integer): Rows per page (default 25).
- `page` (integer): 1-based page.
- `yearFrom` (integer): Start year, inclusive.
- `yearTo` (integer): End year, inclusive.

### `list_countries` (~134 tokens)

Reference list of countries/territories UNHCR tracks. Use this to map a country name to the `code` you pass as coo/coa in the other tools. Each item has: code (UNHCR 3-letter, USE THIS for filtering), iso (true ISO3), iso2, name, region, majorArea. Paginated — large list, raise `limit` or page through (response.maxPages).

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Rows per page (default 25; raise to fetch more at once).
- `page` (integer): 1-based page; see response.maxPages.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 79
- 2026-11-04: 79
- 2026-11-03: 79
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Unhcr MCP server?

Unhcr is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/unhcr. UNHCR Refugee Data Finder MCP (keyless). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-unhcr).

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

Unhcr scores 79 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 Unhcr MCP server expose?

Unhcr exposes 4 tools: population, asylum_applications, asylum_decisions, list_countries. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 742 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Unhcr MCP server still maintained?

Unhcr 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 Unhcr MCP server under?

Unhcr 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 Unhcr MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 15 checks on Unhcr, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 11 more. One item could not be completed, a gap on our side rather than a finding about Unhcr: Stability. One category scores 0 for that reason, because we only credit what we can confirm. 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-unhcr
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-unhcr
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-unhcr
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/unhcr
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-unhcr/pipeworx-mcp-unhcr.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-unhcr/pipeworx-mcp-unhcr/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-unhcr/pipeworx-mcp-unhcr.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-unhcr/pipeworx-mcp-unhcr