# Usda Market News (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news) USDA AMS Market News -- Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting (LMR). - Trust score: 78/100 (medium) - Change this week: 0 - 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-usda-market-news/usda-market-news-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usda-market-news/usda-market-news-mcp) - npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news`: 78/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usda-market-news/pipeworx-mcp-usda-market-news.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usda-market-news/pipeworx-mcp-usda-market-news) ## Channel facts - Registry: `npm` - Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news` - 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-usda-market-news). - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT). - Actively maintained (last published 7 days ago). - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. - **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 58/100 - AI-judged instruction clarity (good). - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1339 tokens (~334/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 Usda Market News MCP server? Usda Market News runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news. 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-usda-market-news -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news ``` ### Cursor ```json { "mcpServers": { "pipeworx-io-usda-market-news": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news" ] } } } ``` ### VS Code ```json { "servers": { "pipeworx-io-usda-market-news": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news" ] } } } ``` ### Codex ```bash codex mcp add pipeworx-io-usda-market-news -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news ``` ### opencode ```json { "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json", "mcp": { "pipeworx-io-usda-market-news": { "type": "local", "command": [ "npx", "-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news" ], "enabled": true } } } ``` ### OpenClaw ```bash openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-usda-market-news --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news ``` ### Hermes ```yaml mcp_servers: pipeworx-io-usda-market-news: command: "npx" args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news"] ``` ### Netclaw ```json { "McpServers": { "pipeworx-io-usda-market-news": { "Transport": "stdio", "Command": "npx", "Arguments": [ "-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news" ] } } } ``` ### Vellum ```bash assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-usda-market-news -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news ``` ### Other ```json { "mcpServers": { "pipeworx-io-usda-market-news": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news" ] } } } ``` ## 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. ### 2026-10-31 (score 78, 0) - [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail ### 2026-10-29 (score 78) First indexed and scored. ## MCP tools (4) ### `ams_report_search` (~202 tokens) Find USDA AMS livestock price reports (Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting): national and regional direct slaughter cattle, boxed beef and cow-beef cutouts, hogs and pork, lamb. Filter by words in the title and/or species (cattle, beef, swine, pork, lamb). Returns report_id, report code, title, the sections each report has, and when AMS last published it. Use the report_id with ams_report. Livestock only (produce, grain, hay and cotton: ams_market_report_search); if nothing matches it says so and states what is not covered (it never returns a bare empty list). Input parameters: - `limit` (number): Max reports to return (default 25, max 100). - `query` (string): Words that must all appear in the report title, e.g. "boxed beef cutout" or "weekly direct slaughter". - `species` (string): Restrict to one species / family. ### `ams_report` (~292 tokens) Read dated rows from one USDA AMS livestock price report (Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting). Every response states the report family, report title, market type and office, and each row keeps its own basis fields (class, selling basis, grade, weight range) plus price low / high / weighted-average as separate fields: ranges are never collapsed and nothing is averaged here. Pick a section (see sections in ams_report_search; prices are usually in "Detail", not "Summary"). With no date it returns the most recent report date. If AMS has no rows for the requested date or section (not published yet, holiday, wrong section) the result is status "no_rows_for_request" with the report's last published date, not an empty array. Dates are ISO (2026-10-22). Input parameters: - `date` (string): One report date, ISO YYYY-MM-DD. - `end_date` (string): Range end, ISO. - `limit` (number): Max rows (default 100, max 500). Newest first. - `report_id` (number, required): Report id from ams_report_search, e.g. 2466 (5 Area Daily Weighted Average Direct Slaughter Cattle). - `section` (string): Section name, case-insensitive (default "Summary"), e.g. "Detail". - `start_date` (string): Range start, ISO (use with end_date). ### `ams_market_report_search` (~361 tokens) Find USDA AMS My Market News reports outside livestock: fruit and vegetable shipping-point and terminal-market prices (limes, tomatoes, avocados...), Mexico and other import crossings, grain bids, hay, cotton, ornamentals and more (about a thousand reports). Words in `query` must all appear in the report title, slug, market type or office, e.g. "shipping point fruit", "mcallen", "terminal market vegetables", "grain bids". Returns report_id, title, market types, office, sections and last published date. Commodities (limes, apples, corn...) and crossing districts are fields INSIDE a report's rows, not in its title: a produce report is named for the AMS office, e.g. "Phoenix Shipping Point Fruit Prices" carries limes from Mexico crossings through Texas. Find the office/market-type report here, then filter its rows with `commodity` and `district` in ams_market_report. Use the report_id with ams_market_report. If nothing matches the result says so and gives the market types that exist; it is never a bare empty list. Livestock price reports are ams_report_search. Input parameters: - `_apiKey` (string): Optional. The gateway supplies the platform My Market News key; pass your own only to override. - `limit` (number): Max reports to return (default 25, max 100). - `market_type` (string): Restrict to reports whose market type contains this text, e.g. "Shipping Point" or "Terminal". - `query` (string): Words that must all appear in the report title, slug, market type or office, e.g. "mcallen fruit" or "texas grain bids". ### `ams_market_report` (~428 tokens) Read dated rows from one USDA AMS My Market News report (fruit and vegetable shipping-point / terminal / import-crossing prices, grain, hay, cotton and other non-livestock reports). Every row keeps AMS's own fields: commodity, variety, package or unit, origin, and low / high / mostly / mean price as separate values; nothing is averaged. Optional `commodity` keeps only rows whose commodity, variety or group contains that word (e.g. "lime"); optional `district` keeps rows whose district or market location contains that text (e.g. "mexico crossings through texas"). If the report has rows but none match, the result says so and lists the commodities or districts it does carry. Reports are daily: a weekly view is a start_date/end_date range of up to 31 days, newest first. With no dates it returns the most recent report date (looking back up to a week). If AMS has no rows the status is "no_rows_for_request" with the report's last published date, never an empty array. Dates are ISO (2026-10-22). Input parameters: - `_apiKey` (string): Optional. The gateway supplies the platform My Market News key; pass your own only to override. - `commodity` (string): Keep only rows whose commodity / variety / group contains this word, e.g. "lime". - `date` (string): One report date, ISO YYYY-MM-DD. - `district` (string): Keep only rows whose district or market location contains this text, e.g. "mexico crossings through texas" or "mcallen". - `end_date` (string): Range end, ISO. - `limit` (number): Max rows (default 100, max 500). Newest first. - `report_id` (number, required): Report id from ams_market_report_search. - `section` (string): Report section name, case-insensitive. Omit to read the data sections (header sections are skipped). - `start_date` (string): Range start, ISO (use with end_date). ## Diagnostics Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usda-market-news/pipeworx-mcp-usda-market-news#diagnostics ## Score history - 2026-11-05: 78 - 2026-11-04: 78 - 2026-11-03: 78 - 2026-11-02: 78 - 2026-11-01: 78 - 2026-10-31: 78 - 2026-10-30: 78 - 2026-10-29: 78 ## Common questions ### What is the Usda Market News MCP server? Usda Market News is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/usda-market-news. USDA AMS Market News -- Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting (LMR). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news). ### Is the Usda Market News MCP server safe to use? Usda Market News scores 78 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 Usda Market News MCP server expose? Usda Market News exposes 4 tools: ams_report_search, ams_report, ams_market_report_search, ams_market_report. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,283 tokens of context every time the server is loaded. ### Is the Usda Market News MCP server still maintained? Usda Market News 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 Usda Market News MCP server under? Usda Market News 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-usda-market-news - Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-usda-market-news - Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-usda-market-news - Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/usda-market-news - Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usda-market-news/pipeworx-mcp-usda-market-news.xml - Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usda-market-news/pipeworx-mcp-usda-market-news.json - HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usda-market-news/pipeworx-mcp-usda-market-news