Pipeworx congress

Access US Congress data to search bills, retrieve bill details, get current members, and view recent congressional votes via GovTrack API.

Security Scan

Skill claims to use the GovTrack API but its runtime config points to a third‑party MCP gateway (gateway.pipeworx.io); this inconsistency could be benign but warrants caution because requests (and any user-supplied query/context) may be proxied to an external service.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description say 'GovTrack API (free, no auth required)'. The SKILL.md contains an mcpServers entry that points to https://gateway.pipeworx.io/congress/mcp rather than directly to GovTrack. That is inconsistent with the stated source and may mean traffic is proxied through a third party; otherwise the declared purpose and requirements (no creds, no binaries) are coherent.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md gives only brief method descriptions and a JSON mcpServers config. It does not explain what data is sent to the gateway, whether queries or surrounding agent context will be forwarded, or whether the gateway calls GovTrack on the skill's behalf. The instructions do not request local files or env vars, but they also do not disclose data handling/retention for the external endpoint.

Install Mechanism

Instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files. Nothing is written to disk or installed by the skill itself.

Credentials

No environment variables, credentials, or config paths are requested — this is proportionate to a read-only congress data lookup skill.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not request persistent or elevated privileges. Default autonomous invocation is allowed (platform default) and not by itself a concern here.

What to consider before installing

This skill mostly looks like a simple GovTrack wrapper, but it embeds a third‑party MCP endpoint (gateway.pipeworx.io) instead of calling GovTrack directly. Before installing, ask the publisher: (1) why the gateway is used instead of GovTrack, (2) what data is forwarded to that gateway (including any surrounding agent context), and (3) the gateway's privacy/retention policy and ownership. If you cannot get satisfactory answers, avoid sending sensitive or private queries to this skill; consider using a skill that calls the official GovTrack API directly or request the full implementation so you can verify where traffic goes.

Congress

Congress MCP — US Congress data via GovTrack API (free, no auth required)

search_bills

Search US congressional bills by keyword. Returns bill type, number, title, status, sponsor, and int

get_bill

Get full details for a congressional bill by its ID. Returns text, sponsors, cosponsors, committee a

get_members

Get current members of Congress with their name, party, state, district (for representatives), and c

get_votes

Get recent congressional votes on bills. Returns question, result, chamber, vote counts (yes/no/abst

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "congress": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/congress/mcp"
    }
  }
}