@cyanheads/usgs-water-mcp-server
by cyanheads
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOGS_DIR | No | Directory for log files (Node.js only). | <project-root>/logs |
| OTEL_ENABLED | No | Enable OpenTelemetry instrumentation (spans, metrics, completion logs). | false |
| MCP_AUTH_MODE | No | Auth mode: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'. | none |
| MCP_HTTP_PORT | No | Port for HTTP server. | 3010 |
| MCP_LOG_LEVEL | No | Log level (RFC 5424). | info |
| USGS_USER_AGENT | No | Custom User-Agent string sent to USGS NWIS. USGS requests a descriptive User-Agent per their terms. | usgs-water-mcp-server/0.2.2 (contact: https://github.com/cyanheads/usgs-water-mcp-server) |
| MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE | No | Transport: 'stdio' or 'http'. | stdio |
| CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE | No | Set to 'duckdb' to enable DataCanvas spillover for large results from water_get_series and water_find_sites. | |
| USGS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS | No | HTTP request timeout in milliseconds for NWIS calls. | 30000 |
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
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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Maintenance
ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessResponsive