CPE & Vendors

`list_top_vendors_by_cve_count`

Returns the top N CPE vendors ranked by total CVE count, giving you a quick view of which vendors carry the largest vulnerability surface. Costs 1 credit.

POST

tools/call

Cost: 1 credit per successful call · Response shape: jsonb

Parameters

limitintegeroptionaldefault: 25

Number of vendors to return. Must be between 1 and 50.

Example invocation

Ask your agent: "Which vendors have the most CVEs? Show me the top 10."

curl -s https://mcp.precursorintelligence.com \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRECURSOR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_top_vendors_by_cve_count","arguments":{"limit":10}}}'

Response

result.content[0].text (parsed)

{
  "count": 5,
  "limit": 10,
  "items": [
    { "vendor": "microsoft",  "cve_count": 12438, "product_count": 312, "version_count": 2841, "kev_count": 247, "last_cve_published": "2026-05-17" },
    { "vendor": "oracle",     "cve_count": 10954, "product_count": 198, "version_count": 1103, "kev_count":  89, "last_cve_published": "2026-05-15" },
    { "vendor": "google",     "cve_count":  7211, "product_count":  84, "version_count":  620, "kev_count":  74, "last_cve_published": "2026-05-16" },
    { "vendor": "redhat",     "cve_count":  6803, "product_count":  76, "version_count":  884, "kev_count":  31, "last_cve_published": "2026-05-14" },
    { "vendor": "cisco",      "cve_count":  6512, "product_count": 142, "version_count": 1560, "kev_count":  98, "last_cve_published": "2026-05-13" }
  ],
  "generated_at": "2026-05-18T10:24:31.118Z"
}

The full MCP envelope (including _meta.precursor with request_id, credits, and generated_at) is described in Response Format.

Errors

Code	Message	When
`-32602`	`invalid_params: limit: min:1`	`limit` is less than 1
`-32602`	`invalid_params: limit: max:50`	`limit` is greater than 50
`-32001`	`unauthorized`	API key is invalid or revoked
`-32002`	`insufficient_credits`	Credit balance is zero