ipums-mcp

Item: ipums-mcp
Rating: 74
Author: M8ven

An MCP server that exposes the IPUMS API as LLM tools for browsing metadata, creating and downloading extracts, and generating reproducible R/Python code.

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// key findings

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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 1 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

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Open source with a license and README

Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.

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You'll be asked for 1 credential: IPUMS_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// known CVEs in dependencies1 high1 low

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.0.0GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default

lowzod@3.22.0GHSA-m95q-7qp3-xv42

Zod denial of service vulnerability

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

🔐 secretIPUMS_API_KEY— All MCP clients use the same server entry point — only the config file location differs. Set as an environment variable; never hard-code it.

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commit: 74c1e247db79d927dd35d4c04fc01129035245f0

code hash: 39033222cbdff6a0302d2416634bfbc09e6acb5cddbc063dec225be4da6e2fae

verified: 7/21/2026, 8:35:38 AM

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