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Pipeworx cfpb
by
Bruce Gutman
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· v1.0.0
· MIT-0
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Install in OpenClaw
/install pipeworx-cfpb
Description
Search and retrieve detailed consumer financial complaints, company complaint summaries, top complaint companies, and product category breakdowns from CFPB d...
Usage Guidance
Before installing, ask the publisher: where does gateway.pipeworx.io route data and what is its privacy policy? Prefer a skill that uses the official CFPB API (consumerfinance.gov) or shows clear provenance for any proxy. Test the skill with non-sensitive queries first. Do not send personal or secret data to the skill until you confirm what the external gateway logs, how long it stores queries, and who controls that service. If you cannot verify the endpoint or its operator, treat the skill as potentially leaking query text and do not use it with sensitive data.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: pipeworx-cfpb
Version: 1.0.0
The skill bundle provides access to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaint database via an MCP server hosted at gateway.pipeworx.io. The functionality described in SKILL.md is consistent with public data retrieval and analysis, and there are no indicators of malicious intent, data exfiltration, or unauthorized execution.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The name/description and the SKILL.md functions (search complaints, company complaints, get complaint by ID, top companies, product breakdown) are consistent with a CFPB complaint search skill. However the skill does not call the official CFPB endpoints; instead it provides a single third-party gateway URL (https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cfpb/mcp) in the runtime config. The source/homepage are unknown, which makes the choice of a third-party proxy unexplained.
Instruction Scope
The SKILL.md is instruction-only and does not request local files or credentials, which is appropriate. But it embeds a server config that instructs the agent to use a remote gateway service to perform queries. That means user queries and any returned narratives would be transmitted to that external host; the instructions do not document this, nor do they limit what data is sent. This is a privacy/telemetry risk that the README does not disclose.
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files are present (instruction-only), so nothing is written to disk or installed by the skill itself. This keeps the attack surface small, but runtime network calls are still possible and are governed by the SKILL.md config.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables or credentials, which is proportionate to a public-data lookup. However, because it routes queries through a third-party gateway, lack of required credentials does not eliminate the risk that sensitive query text could be exposed to that external service.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill is not marked always:true and is user-invocable; it does not request elevated or persistent privileges. Autonomous invocation is allowed (platform default), but that by itself is not a new concern for this skill.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install pipeworx-cfpb - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/pipeworx-cfpb - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Pipeworx cfpb?
Search and retrieve detailed consumer financial complaints, company complaint summaries, top complaint companies, and product category breakdowns from CFPB d... It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 74 downloads so far.
How do I install Pipeworx cfpb?
Run "/install pipeworx-cfpb" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Pipeworx cfpb free?
Yes, Pipeworx cfpb is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Pipeworx cfpb support?
Pipeworx cfpb is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Pipeworx cfpb?
It is built and maintained by Bruce Gutman (@b-gutman); the current version is v1.0.0.
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