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nes-lter-mcp

by blongworth

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
NES_LTER_CACHE_TTLNoIn-memory cache duration in seconds900
NES_LTER_API_BASE_URLNoOverride the API base URLhttps://nes-lter-api.whoi.edu
NES_LTER_MAX_CONCURRENCYNoMaximum concurrent API requests8

Instructions

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": false
}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
list_stationsB

List standard NES-LTER stations with coordinates and station metadata.

find_cruisesB

Find cruises by year, meteorological season, and type.

list_castsC

List casts, optionally restricted to the nearest standard station.

get_cast_profileC

Get one CTD profile, optionally compact and depth-filtered.

query_ctdC

Batch CTD query. Returns compact cast summaries unless include_points is true.

get_station_profileC

Compatibility wrapper for station profile lookup; use query_ctd for compact results.

list_dataset_rowsC

Fetch and filter underway, bottles, nutrients, HPLC, chlorophyll, or event rows.

get_cruise_trackC

Return the API's cruise track resource URL for client-side map use.

get_dataset_schemaC

Infer available columns and example values for a cruise dataset.

resolve_variableC

Resolve a friendly variable name to candidate API columns.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription
station_profile_prompt

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription
stations_resourceStation catalog as JSON for model reference.
variable_aliases_resourceFriendly CTD variable aliases.

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