DataCore A2A

vn.datacore/datacore-a2a

7/7 checks passed
Runs locally
2 secrets
★ 0 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-27
Health score 60

About DataCore A2A

DataCore A2A is an MCP server published by datacore.vn. Normalise Vietnamese addresses and look up companies by name or tax code, through DataCore A2A.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the PyPI package datacore-a2a-mcp at version 0.2.5.

It asks for 2 secrets: DATACORE_API_KEY and DATACORE_MANDATE. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

It also needs DATACORE_A2A_URL set before it starts.

Version 0.2.5 was published on 27 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`DATACORE_A2A_URL`	Yes	No	Base URL of the DataCore gateway, for example https://gateway.datacore.vn. It must be the gateway — pointing straight at the orchestrator is always rejected with 401.
`DATACORE_API_KEY`	No	Yes	Long-lived credential shaped dck_..., created with POST /mcp/credentials — see the README. The server exchanges it for short-lived mandates and refreshes them itself, so it never has to be replaced on expiry. Either this or DATACORE_MANDATE is required.
`DATACORE_MANDATE`	No	Yes	A hand-issued AP2 mandate, the older way. Not refreshed: when it expires you replace it and restart. Use it only if you were set up this way; otherwise use DATACORE_API_KEY.
`DATACORE_SKILLS`	No	No	Comma-separated skill ids to narrow the tools that get exposed, or * for every skill the endpoint returns. Empty uses the default four.
`DATACORE_TIMEOUT`	No	No	Per-request timeout in seconds. Defaults to 30.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/DataCore-VietNam/datacore-a2a-mcp
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 2 secrets: DATACORE_API_KEY, DATACORE_MANDATE
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via domain datacore.vn
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	datacore-a2a-mcp 0.2.5 has no setup.py; nothing runs at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 6 files in datacore-a2a-mcp 0.2.5: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 6 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 60 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity10 / 40

0 GitHub stars, 586 downloads last week, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity22 / 25

Last push 2026-10-27, no GitHub release, 17 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

0 closed of 0 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

0 forks, 1 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

No Hacker News threads link to its source code.

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Facts

Registry name	`vn.datacore/datacore-a2a`
Publisher	Domain datacore.vn
How the name is verified	Name verified via domain datacore.vn. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	pypi `datacore-a2a-mcp` 0.2.5 (stdio)
Version	0.2.5
Published	2026-10-27
Last updated	2026-10-27
Source repository	https://github.com/DataCore-VietNam/datacore-a2a-mcp
Website	None linked
Category	Finance & payments (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · Python package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datacore-a2a": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "datacore-a2a-mcp==0.2.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATACORE_A2A_URL": "<your value>"
      }
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

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For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/vn-datacore-datacore-a2a.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.