Usda Soil
NPM · @PIPEWORX/MCP-USDA-SOIL · 2 COMPONENTS
USDA-NRCS Soil Data Access over SSURGO, the field-surveyed US soil map — the soil at any US…
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Scores higher than 61% of npm servers
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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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency97
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-usda-soil). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 7 days ago).Pass
- Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.Unverified
Schema Quality & AI Usability66
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 581 tokens (~193/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
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.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 4 Nov 26 0
- Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- 2 Nov 26 0
- Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- 1 Nov 26 0
- Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- 30 Oct 26 0
- Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- 29 Oct 26 79
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Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/@pipeworx/mcp-usda-soil@0.2.0
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | pipeworx-io/mcp-usda-soil |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-usda-soil/.github/workflows/publish.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 3560877778 |
| Predicate type | SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:2c927a3c06be03da767f8b2146a5fe2f8c43e6fcd333081a1015ff107926d560a88e1e1f3ad1c1e713714c11fdc1db22ab6e6713c6b0995813eab8a37 |
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Dependencies 0 packages
| Packages resolved | 0 |
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| Tree resolution | Complete |
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usda_soil_components ~164
The soil components inside one USDA SSURGO map unit — each named soil series with its percentage of the unit, official taxonomic class, drainage class, slope range, hydrologic soil group, land capability class and runoff potential. Answers "what soil series is this and how does it drain/behave". Keyless. Get the mukey from usda_soil_mapunit_at_point.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| include_horizons | boolean | – | Also return the soil horizons (depth layers) for each component with sand/silt/clay percentages, organic matter, pH and available water capacity. Default false. |
| mukey | string | yes | SSURGO map unit key, e.g. "412898". From usda_soil_mapunit_at_point. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
usda_soil_mapunit_at_point ~175
The USDA-NRCS SSURGO soil map unit at one latitude/longitude in the United States — map unit key (mukey), symbol, the official map unit name ("Terril-Urban land complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes"), its acreage, and the soil survey area it belongs to. AUTHORITATIVE for "what soil is on this parcel" in the US: field-surveyed, not modelled. Keyless. Pass the mukey to usda_soil_components for the soil series and their properties.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| lat | number | yes | Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 (e.g. 41.6). |
| lon | number | yes | Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, negative in the US (e.g. -93.6). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
usda_soil_query ~186
Run a read-only SQL SELECT against the USDA-NRCS Soil Data Access database (SSURGO) — the full US soil survey schema: legend, mapunit, component, chorizon, cointerp, plus the SDA_ spatial helper functions such as SDA_Get_Mukey_from_intersection_with_WktWgs84. Use for anything the point and component tools do not cover: soil series by county, prime farmland acreage, drainage class distributions, crop yield indices. Keyless.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| sql | string | yes | A T-SQL SELECT, e.g. "SELECT TOP 10 m.muname, m.muacres FROM mapunit m INNER JOIN legend l ON l.lkey = m.lkey WHERE l.areasymbol = 'IA153' ORDER BY m.muacres DESC". SELECT only. Use TOP n rather than… |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Usda Soil MCP server?
Usda Soil runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-usda-soil. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · @pipeworx/mcp-usda-soil
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-usda-soil -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-usda-soil
What is the Usda Soil MCP server?
Usda Soil is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/usda-soil. USDA-NRCS Soil Data Access over SSURGO, the field-surveyed US soil map, the soil at any US… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-usda-soil).
Is the Usda Soil MCP server safe to use?
Usda Soil 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 Usda Soil MCP server expose?
Usda Soil exposes 3 tools: usda_soil_mapunit_at_point, usda_soil_components, usda_soil_query. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 525 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Usda Soil MCP server still maintained?
Usda Soil 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 Soil MCP server under?
Usda Soil declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.