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FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) MCP.
Remote endpoints: streamable-http: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fara/mcp
Security Report
Valid MCP server (1 strong, 1 medium validity signals). No known CVEs in dependencies. Package registry verified. Imported from the Official MCP Registry. Trust signals: trusted author (2081/2083 approved).
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This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.
What You'll Need
Set these up before or after installing:
Environment variable: PIPEWORX_API_KEY
How to Install & Connect
Available as Local & Remote
This plugin can run on your machine or connect to a hosted endpoint. during install.
Documentation
View on GitHubFrom the project's GitHub README.
mcp-fara
FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) MCP.
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1864+ live data sources. This is an independent, unofficial integration — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by the upstream provider.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
search_registrants | Search FARA registrants — US agents registered to represent FOREIGN principals (foreign governments, parties, businesses) for lobbying/influence inside the US. FARA has no server-side search, so this fetches the bulk active-registrant dump (~556 rows) once and filters CLIENT-SIDE by a name substring (case-insensitive); results are capped. Set status="terminated" to search the much larger terminated dump (~6,500 rows, ~1.4MB fetched once). Returns each registrant's name, registration_number (use it with list_foreign_principals / get_registrant_documents), address and registration_date. Keyless. |
list_foreign_principals | List the FOREIGN principals (foreign governments, parties, companies, individuals) that a given FARA registrant represents — i.e. who a US agent is working for. Addressed server-side by registration_number (get one from search_registrants). Optionally filter the returned set CLIENT-SIDE by country or principal-name substring. Set status="terminated" for former relationships. Returns principal_name, country, registrant_name, registration_date and address. Keyless. |
get_registrant_documents | List FARA filings (PDF documents) for a registrant by registration_number (from search_registrants) — registration statements, supplemental statements, informational materials, exhibits, etc. Each row links the document to the specific foreign principal/country it concerns and gives a direct PDF URL. Optionally filter CLIENT-SIDE by document_type or country substring. Results are capped. Keyless. |
Quick Start
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"fara": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fara/mcp"
}
}
}
What this endpoint actually serves
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fara/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1864+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
No MCP client? Call it over HTTP
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_registrants \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"name":"scoyoc"}'
No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_registrants. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.
Run it from npm
@pipeworx/mcp-fara is a local stdio bridge to the Pipeworx gateway: your MCP client
starts it with npx, and it forwards every call to the same
https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fara/mcp endpoint shown above. It needs network access;
there is no offline mode.
{
"mcpServers": {
"fara": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-fara"]
}
}
}
Without a key it calls anonymously, capped at 50 calls a day. A free account
raises that to 200 a day: get a key at https://pipeworx.io/signup and add
"env": { "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<your key>" } to the server entry.
The key is sent as a Bearer token, the same way a hosted connection sends it,
so calls are metered and billed exactly as they are there.
It lists only this pack's tools by default. Set PIPEWORX_META_TOOLS=1 to
also list ask_pipeworx and the other gateway-wide tools.
Behind an HTTPS proxy: Node's built-in fetch does not read HTTPS_PROXY by
default. Newer Node releases honour it when NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1 is set; check
your Node version's documentation.
Using with ask_pipeworx
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Fara data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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License
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