NASA Earthdata is a remote MCP server that gives an AI agent 7 tools, among them get_citations, get_collections, get_granules. It answers at https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1 over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 6 of 6 times since 12 September 2026; the last check, on 24 October 2026, succeeded.
Discover, verify, and access NASA Earth science datasets via the Common Metadata Repository (CMR)
Description as the publisher wrote it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
get_citations | Discover citation records directly associated with a collection, or look up a citation by identifier (e.g. DOI). Use this tool to evaluate citation relevance for a collection. Key fields in each returned item: - concept_id: CMR citation con Inputs: collection_concept_id, identifier, provider, limit, cursor, fields |
get_collections | Search NASA CMR collections and return up to 10 lightweight normalized results. Key return fields in each item: - concept_id: CMR collection concept ID - native_id: native ID of the collection record - revision_id: revision ID of the collec Inputs: keyword, concept_id, short_name, provider, temporal_start_date, temporal_end_date |
get_granules | Search NASA CMR granules for a specific parent collection and return up to 10 lightweight normalized results. Key return fields in each item: - concept_id: CMR granule concept ID - native_id: native ID of the granule record - revision_id: r Inputs: collection_concept_id, temporal_start_date, temporal_end_date, spatial_wkt_geometry, cloud_cover_min, cloud_cover_max |
get_keywords | Discover official Earthdata vocabulary (like 'ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR') directly from NASA's Keyword Management System (KMS). Use this to find the exact preferred labels to construct successful get_collections searches. Key fields in each r Inputs: query, scheme, limit, cursor, fields |
get_services | Search NASA CMR services for a specific parent collection and return all associated normalized UMM-S records. Key fields in each returned item: - concept_id: CMR service concept ID - native_id: native ID of the service record - revision_id: Inputs: collection_concept_id, keyword, type, limit, cursor, fields |
get_tools | Search NASA CMR tools for a specific parent collection and return all associated normalized UMM-T records. Key fields in each returned item: - concept_id: CMR tool concept ID - native_id: native ID of the tool record - revision_id: revision Inputs: collection_concept_id, keyword, limit, cursor, fields |
get_variables | Discover scientific variables and measurements associated with a collection, or look up variables by keyword. Use this tool to understand dataset variables, dimensions, and data processing parameters (such as scale, offset, and fill values) Inputs: collection_concept_id, keyword, limit, cursor, fields |
Every block below points at https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1. Pick your client and copy.
claude mcp add --transport http nasa-earthdata https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1
{
"mcpServers": {
"nasa-earthdata": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1"]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"nasa-earthdata": {
"url": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"nasa-earthdata": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1"
}
}
}{
"context_servers": {
"nasa-earthdata": {
"url": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"nasa-earthdata": {
"serverUrl": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"nasa-earthdata": {
"url": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1"
}
}
}name: NASA Earthdata
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
- name: NASA Earthdata
type: streamable-http
url: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1{
"mcpServers": {
"nasa-earthdata": {
"httpUrl": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"nasa-earthdata": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"nasa-earthdata": {
"url": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1"
}
}
}goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcmr.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fmcp%2Fv1&type=streamable_http&id=nasa-earthdata&name=NASA%20Earthdata
It answered our last check on 24 October 2026 in 190 ms. Over 6 checks since 12 September 2026 it answered 6. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.
7, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 23 September 2026: get_citations, get_collections, get_granules, get_keywords, get_services, get_tools, get_variables.
It answered our last check on 24 October 2026 in 190 ms. Over 6 checks since 12 September 2026 it answered 6.
Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.
It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.
Publisher: io.github.nasa. Endpoint host: cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov. ARD identifier: urn:air:io.github.nasa:mcp:earthdata-mcp.
First indexed 11 September 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page
is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.