Is @cyanheads/worldbank-mcp-server safe?
Query 29,500+ World Bank development indicators for 200+ countries across 60+ years via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.
If an AI agent using this server were tricked, the damage it could do through this server is limited.
Why: no high-reach capabilities found.
What it can do
No commands, file changes, browser control or database access found in its code.
Tools it offers your AI (3):
- worldbank-mcp-server
- worldbank-country
- worldbank-indicator
Code patterns worth reviewing
Automated pattern matches in the published package. Some are expected for this kind of server, and some may be false positives — they are pointers for review, not confirmed vulnerabilities.
External content fed into the prompt without isolation
The agent pulls in outside content (web pages, emails, retrieved documents) and adds it to its prompt, with no visible marking of that content as untrusted data.
dist/mcp-server/tools/definitions/worldbank-get-data.tool.js:606
Install it pinned
{
"mcpServers": {
"worldbank-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@cyanheads/worldbank-mcp-server@0.5.4"]
}
}
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