mcp-nist-standards

NIST Standards MCP pack

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1679+ live data sources.

Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | nist_control | Look up the full text of one NIST 800-53 security control or NIST 800-171 CUI security requirement by id — the control statement (requirement prose), discussion/guidance, and related controls. Use for "what does NIST control AC-2 require", "NIST 800-53 AC-2 access control", "FedRAMP control SC-7 boundary protection", "NIST authenticator management IA-5", "NIST CUI control 800-171 3.1.1". Forgiving id: accepts "AC-2", "ac-2", "AC-02", control enhancements "AC-2(1)" or "AC-2.1", and CUI ids "3.1.1" / "3.01.01". Source: SP 800-53 Rev 5 and SP 800-171 Rev 3 (official NIST OSCAL, public domain). Examples: {"id":"AC-2"}, {"id":"SC-7"}, {"id":"IA-5"}, {"id":"AC-2(1)"}, {"id":"3.1.1"}. | | nist_control_search | Keyword search across NIST 800-53 security/privacy controls and NIST 800-171 CUI requirements by title and requirement text. Use when the id is unknown — "NIST security control for least privilege", "NIST control about session lock", "NIST 800-53 encryption at rest", "NIST cybersecurity control multi-factor authentication", "access control / identification and authentication / system and communications protection". All query tokens must match (case-insensitive AND). Optional family filter (code like "AC", "IA", "SC" or a family name like "access control"). Returns matching {id, family, title, snippet}. Source: SP 800-53 Rev 5 + SP 800-171 Rev 3. Examples: {"query":"least privilege"}, {"query":"multi-factor authentication","family":"IA"}, {"query":"boundary protection"}. | | nist_control_family | List every NIST control in a family — the FedRAMP/800-53 control-family baseline. Use for "list all NIST access control controls", "NIST 800-53 AC family", "what controls are in identification and authentication", "NIST system and communications protection family". Input a family code ("AC", "IA", "SC", "AU", "SI", …) or a family name ("access control"). Returns the family title plus every control id + title (including enhancements). Source: SP 800-53 Rev 5 (+ SP 800-171 Rev 3). Examples: {"family":"AC"}, {"family":"identification and authentication"}, {"family":"SC"}. |

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nist-standards": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nist-standards/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What this endpoint actually serves

tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nist-standards/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 1679+ 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/nist_control \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"id":"AC-2"}'

No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/nist_control. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.

Standalone (no gateway account)

This package also runs as a local stdio MCP server — no Pipeworx account, no gateway round-trip:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nist-standards": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-nist-standards"]
    }
  }
}

Or run it directly to confirm it starts:

npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nist-standards

It speaks MCP over stdin/stdout and answers initialize/tools/list/tools/call for only this pack's tools — none of the shared meta-tools the gateway connection above adds. Same source, same tools, no ask_pipeworx routing.

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 Nist Standards data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

• Docs and guides
• pipeworx.io

License

MIT