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NASA MCP

by jdalbright

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
NASA_API_KEYNoOptional NASA API key. Without it, uses DEMO_KEY (30 req/hr, 50/day per IP). Get a free key at https://api.nasa.gov/DEMO_KEY

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
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Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
nasa_daily_briefA

Get a compact NASA daily brief: today's astronomy image, recent space-weather notices, active Earth events, and the latest DSCOVR full-disc Earth image. Returns partial results if an upstream NASA service is down.

nasa_apodA

Get NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for a date, or a small random sample. Returns image/video URLs, title, credit, and a bounded explanation.

nasa_search_mediaA

Search NASA's public image, video, and audio library. Returns compact metadata plus preview/original links and NASA media IDs.

nasa_media_assetA

Resolve a NASA media ID to its downloadable image, video, audio, caption, and metadata files.

nasa_earth_eventsA

Find current or recent natural events from NASA EONET, including storms, wildfires, volcanoes, floods, sea/lake ice, dust, drought, and landslides. Returns latest coordinates and source links.

nasa_space_weatherA

Get recent NASA DONKI space-weather reports: notifications, solar flares, CMEs, geomagnetic storms, solar energetic particles, interplanetary shocks, magnetopause crossings, radiation-belt enhancements, or high-speed streams.

nasa_epic_earthA

Get DSCOVR/EPIC full-disc Earth images with direct PNG/JPG/thumbnail URLs and spacecraft geometry. Keyless NASA endpoint.

nasa_power_dailyA

Get historical daily NASA POWER weather, solar-resource, or agricultural data for one latitude/longitude. This is analysis-ready historical data, not a forecast. Returns compact columnar series with units.

nasa_power_climatologyA

Get NASA POWER monthly and annual climatology for one latitude/longitude using the standard 2001-2020 baseline. Useful for typical weather, rainfall, wind, solar potential, and growing conditions; not a forecast.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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