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Global MacroMCP serverFirst audited Nov 13, 2026

StackData

Official statistics, China censuses & yearbooks, and as-of customs tariffs with legal citations.The vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.

Passed, with 1 warningAudited Nov 13, 2026
  • Warning: 6 of 6 tools do not say whether they can change things.

Nothing failed, but there is something to know or fix. Public audit: we connect as an AI client would, list the tools and check what they say. We do not run them. How we audit

Does it work?
YesConnected in 321 ms.
Sign-up?
None neededIt answered without any account or key.
Can it change things?
Doesn't sayIts tools do not say whether they only read, so treat them as able to change things.
Endpointhttps://api.stackdata.io/mcp

Website Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-06-18 · server version 0.1

What we checked, the evidence, and the tools it offers.

What we checked

Security

  • Passed: Connections are encrypted (HTTPS).

  • Passed: No hidden instructions found in tool text.

Safety labels

  • Warning: 6 of 6 tools do not say whether they can change things.

    MCP lets a server label each tool as read-only or destructive, so clients can ask the user before risky calls. Unlabelled tools are treated as able to change things.

    • search_datasets
    • get_table
    • tariff_lookup
    • resolve_data
    • get_structure
    • get_series

Tools

  • Passed: 6 tools listed.

  • Passed: Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema.

Protocol

  • Note: Protocol version 2025-06-18.

  • Passed: The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP).

  • Passed: Unknown requests are refused.

Connection

  • Passed: The server responds.

Tools (6)

As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.

  • search_datasetsSearch StackData's catalog of 50k+ official statistical datasets (SDMX/World Bank dataflows, China censuses and yearbooks, tariff schedules). Multilingual: an English query finds Chinese-titled table…Doesn't say
  • get_tableFetch a STORED table whole, by dataset id (families cn-nbs-census and cn-nbs-yearbook): labelled rows × columns with original-language labels, English overlay, units, and provenance down to the sourc…Doesn't say
  • tariff_lookupAs-of customs-tariff lookup: which measures/duty rates apply to a goods code in a jurisdiction (eu, us, uk, jp), optionally from an origin, on a date. Duty expressions are verbatim; every measure car…Doesn't say
  • resolve_dataAsk a data question in English ('unemployment rate in Japan', 'compare GDP in Japan and Germany') — resolves to the best covering dataset and returns the observations, with coverage honesty (missing…Doesn't say
  • get_structureThe published structure of one dataset, free: its dimensions with every member code and label, frequencies, period coverage, the ISO3 countries it serves, and whether it is servable. Call this before…Doesn't say
  • get_seriesFetch ONE series with every dimension named by you (no guessing or relaxing): dataset, ISO3 countries, an ISO period range and a member code for every dimension from get_structure. Returns status ok/…Doesn't say

Audit history

  1. Nov 13Warnings

What we sent

Every request in this audit, with the answer and how long it took. We never send credentials and never call a tool.

RequestAnswerTime
initializeHTTP 200321 ms
initializedHTTP 202273 ms
tools/listHTTP 20091 ms
unknown-methodHTTP 20096 ms

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