Pipeworx Housing Analyst

Provides national and local housing market analysis by combining data from FRED, BLS, ATTOM, and HUD APIs for comprehensive property and market insights.

Security Scan

The skill claims to combine FRED, BLS, ATTOM, and HUD data but routes queries to an external gateway (gateway.pipeworx.io) and requests no credentials for premium sources (ATTOM), which is unexpected and merits caution.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description claim to aggregate FRED, BLS, ATTOM, and HUD. SKILL.md instead directs the agent to use an external MCP gateway (gateway.pipeworx.io) to perform the chaining. ATTOM is a paid/premium provider that normally requires API credentials; the skill declares no required env vars or credentials. Using a third-party proxy that holds the provider keys is plausible, but the skill gives no provenance or explanation for how those credentials are handled, so the declared requirements are incomplete compared to the stated capability.

Instruction Scope

The instructions tell the agent to configure and call an external MCP server URL for 'housing analysis' (gateway.pipeworx.io). There are no instructions to read local files or env vars, which is good, but the skill explicitly routes potentially sensitive queries (property addresses, market context) to an external endpoint without describing what is transmitted, retained, or who controls that service. The SKILL.md also encourages using memory (remember/recall) for intermediate findings, which could persist sensitive data in agent memory.

Install Mechanism

Instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files — nothing is written to disk by the skill itself. This is the lowest-risk install profile.

Credentials

The skill requests no environment variables or credentials even though it claims integration with ATTOM (which normally requires an API key) and other services. The lack of declared credentials suggests the skill depends on the external gateway to hold provider keys; that is a design choice but it is not documented here and reduces transparency about who has access to your query data.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is not marked always:true and is user-invocable only. It does reference using agent memory (remember/recall) for intermediate results, which is normal but users should be aware that that can persist data in the agent's memory store.

What to consider before installing

This skill delegates queries to an external gateway (gateway.pipeworx.io) rather than calling the named APIs directly and doesn't declare credentials for premium sources (ATTOM). Before installing: ask the publisher for the gateway's ownership, privacy and retention policies, and how ATTOM/HUD/FRED/BLS credentials are managed; confirm whether queries (including property addresses or personal data) are logged or stored; prefer a skill that documents its data flow or one that lets you supply your own API keys if you must use premium providers. If you can't verify the gateway operator and data-handling practices, avoid sending sensitive or personally identifiable information through this skill.

Housing Intel MCP — Meta-pack that chains FRED, BLS, ATTOM, and HUD APIs

Setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "housing-intel": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?task=housing%20analysis"
    }
  }
}

Compound tools (start here)

These combine multiple data sources into one call:

Tool	Description
housing_market_snapshot	Get a national housing market snapshot — 30-year mortgage rates, housing starts, Case-Shiller home p
housing_property_report	Complete property analysis combining ATTOM data — property details, automated valuation (AVM), sales
housing_rental_analysis	Rental market analysis for a property and area — estimated rent (ATTOM), fair market rents (HUD, if
housing_affordability_check	Check housing affordability metrics — current mortgage rate (national), median home price (national)
housing_employment_outlook	Labor market indicators relevant to housing — total nonfarm employment, construction employment, res
housing_signal_scan	Comprehensive housing market signal scan — checks 45+ indicators for reversals, unusual moves, accel

Individual tools

For granular queries, these are also available:

Tool	Description
fred_get_series	Get observations (data points) for a FRED series. Key housing series: MORTGAGE30US (30-year mortgage
fred_search	Search for FRED series by keyword. Useful for discovering series IDs for housing, employment, inflat
fred_series_info	Get metadata about a FRED series: title, units, frequency, seasonal adjustment, notes, and date rang
fred_category	Browse FRED categories. Use category_id=0 for the root. Useful for exploring available data by topic
fred_releases	Get the latest FRED data releases. Shows upcoming and recent releases of economic data.
bls_get_series	Get time series data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for one or more series. Supports employment
bls_search	Search for BLS series IDs by keyword from a curated catalog of popular housing, employment, wages, p
bls_latest	Get just the most recent data point for a BLS series. Useful for quick current-value lookups.
bls_popular_series	List all curated popular BLS series with IDs and descriptions, organized by category (housing, emplo
attom_property_detail	Get full property characteristics by address — lot size, square footage, bedrooms, bathrooms, year b
attom_property_search	Search properties by location with optional filters. Search by postal code or by latitude/longitude
attom_sales_history	Get complete sales history for a property (up to 10 years) — sale dates, prices, deed types, seller/
attom_avm	Get automated valuation (AVM) for a property — estimated market value, confidence score, value range
attom_assessment	Get property tax assessment details — assessed value, market value, tax amount, tax year, and assess
attom_sales_trend	Get market sales trends by ZIP code — average/median sale price, volume, and price changes over time

Data sources

• Fred: FRED MCP — Federal Reserve Economic Data (St. Louis Fed)
• Bls: BLS MCP — Bureau of Labor Statistics public data API (v2)
• Attom: ATTOM MCP — Premium real estate data from ATTOM Data Solutions
• Hud: HUD MCP — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development APIs.

Tips

• Start with compound tools — they handle errors and combine data automatically
• Use ask_pipeworx if you're unsure which tool to use
• Use remember/recall to save intermediate findings