// MCP TOOL REFERENCE

CENSUS TRADE TOOLS

24 tools from the Census Trade MCP Server, categorised by risk level.

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// ALL 24 CENSUS TRADE TOOLS

READ 17 tools

Read ai_visibility_check Probe one or more LLMs for what they know about a business / brand / product / topic and score visibility (... Read ask_pipeworx PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for questions about current or historical data: SEC filings, FDA drug data, FRED/BLS... Read bet_research Research a Polymarket bet by pulling the relevant Pipeworx data for it in one call. Pass a market slug ("wi... Read census_exports Search US export data by HS commodity code (e.g., "8471" for computers) and/or country (e.g., "Mexico"). Re... Read census_imports Search US import data by HS commodity code (e.g., "8471" for computers) and/or country (e.g., "China"). Ret... Read census_trade_balance Check US trade balance with a specific country for a given year. Returns net trade value and breakdown by e... Read census_trade_trends Get monthly US trade trends for a commodity and/or country over time. Returns month-by-month values to iden... Read compare_entities "Compare X and Y" / "X vs Y" / "X versus Y" / "which is bigger / better / larger / more profitable" / "rank... Read entity_profile "Tell me about X" / "research Acme" / "brief me on Tesla" / "what does Apple do" / "company profile for Mic... Read pipeworx_feedback Tell the Pipeworx team something is broken, missing, or needs to exist. Use when a tool returns wrong/stale... Read pipeworx_trending What other AI agents are calling on Pipeworx right now. Returns the top tools, top packs, and total call vo... Read polymarket_arbitrage Find arbitrage opportunities on Polymarket via monotonicity violations + partition-sum checks. TWO MODES: (... Read polymarket_kalshi_spread Cross-venue spread between Kalshi and Polymarket for the same resolving question. The two venues sometimes ... Read recent_changes "What's new with X" / "latest on Y" / "what happened to Z this week / month / quarter" / "updates on Acme" ... Read scan_competitor_ai_presence Compare AI visibility across multiple entities side-by-side. Probes each entity (your brand + N competitors... Read scan_dependency Composite "should I add this npm package to my project" check in ONE call — fans out across deps.dev (licen... Read validate_claim "Is it true that…" / "fact check" / "verify the claim that…" / "did X really…" / "was Y actually…" / "confi...

WRITE 3 tools

Write discover_tools Find tools by describing the data or task. Use when you need to browse, search, look up, or discover what t... Write generate_llms_txt Generate a production-ready llms.txt file for any URL so AI crawlers (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity) can inde... Write resolve_entity "What's the ticker for…" / "find the CIK for…" / "what's the RxCUI for…" / "look up the ID for…" / "what is...

DESTRUCTIVE 4 tools

Destructive forget Delete a previously stored memory by key. Use when context is stale, the task is done, or you want to clear... Destructive polymarket_edges Scan top Polymarket markets and return opportunities where Pipeworx data disagrees with market price. Built... Destructive recall Retrieve a value previously saved via remember, or list all saved keys (omit the key argument). Use to look... Destructive remember Save data the agent will need to reuse later — across this conversation or across sessions. Use when you di...

// FAQ

How many tools does the Census Trade MCP server have? +

The Census Trade MCP server exposes 24 tools across 3 categories: Read, Write, Destructive.

How do I enforce policies on Census Trade tools? +

Route the Census Trade server through the PolicyLayer gateway. Define allow, deny, or approval rules per tool in the dashboard — they are enforced on every call before it reaches the server.

What risk categories do Census Trade tools fall into? +

Census Trade tools are categorised as Read (17), Write (3), Destructive (4). Each category has a recommended default policy.

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