Birding Planner
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIEFING_LAT | No | Latitude for briefing (optional, default 39.1) | 39.1 |
| BRIEFING_LNG | No | Longitude for briefing (optional, default -84.5) | -84.5 |
| EBIRD_API_KEY | Yes | eBird API key (required) from https://ebird.org/api/keygen | |
| RESEND_API_KEY | No | Resend API key for email briefing (optional) from https://resend.com | |
| BRIEFING_REGION | No | Region code for briefing (optional, default US-OH-061) | US-OH-061 |
| BIRDCAST_API_KEY | Yes | BirdCast API key (required) from https://birdcast.info | |
| BRIEFING_EMAIL_TO | No | Email address to receive daily briefing (optional) |
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
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| plan_birding_tripB | Plan a birding trip by finding the best nearby hotspots, combining recent species diversity, notable sightings, and BirdCast migration data. Returns ranked hotspots with migration context. |
| migration_forecastA | Get BirdCast migration data for a region: last night's traffic, expected species, seasonal totals, and a plain-English summary. Only available during migration seasons (Mar-Jun, Aug-Nov). |
| hotspot_detailsA | Get detailed info about a specific eBird hotspot: recent species, notable sightings, and frequency data for this time of year. |
| compare_hotspotsA | Compare multiple eBird hotspots side-by-side: unique species, shared species, notable sightings, and checklist activity at each. |
| species_finderB | Find where a specific bird species has been seen recently near a location, sorted by most recent observation. |
| best_day_to_birdB | Recommend the best day to go birding within a date range, combining BirdCast migration forecasts, historical eBird frequency data, and recent observation trends. |
| birding_weatherA | Get NWS weather data interpreted for birding: overnight wind direction/speed (the key migration predictor), morning forecast, and a plain-English migration interpretation. Automatically combined into migration_forecast output. |
| verify_sightingA | Cross-reference an eBird species sighting against iNaturalist photo-verified observations nearby. Returns confidence level and count of research-grade (photo-verified) reports. |
| birding_windowB | Calculate sunrise, civil twilight, and recommended arrival time for a birding session at a given location and date. |
| species_frequencyA | Look up historical frequency data for a species in a region using BirdCast bar chart data. Returns peak week, current probability, and whether the species is early/on-time/late relative to its historical peak. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 10 tools
Each tool has a clearly distinct purpose: from finding the best day, weather, and timing to hotspot comparison, species finding, and sighting verification. There is no overlapping functionality; even related tools like 'best_day_to_bird' and 'migration_forecast' serve different needs.
Tool names are predominantly descriptive with a consistent verb_noun or noun_noun pattern using snake_case (e.g., 'compare_hotspots', 'species_finder'). The only minor inconsistency is 'best_day_to_bird', which uses a phrase instead, but it remains clear and does not cause confusion.
With 10 tools, the server is well-scoped for the birding planning domain. Each tool covers a specific aspect without redundancy, and the number is neither too few nor too many for effective use by an agent.
The tool set offers comprehensive coverage of birding planning: trip planning, weather, timing, hotspot details, species frequency, migration forecasts, and sighting verification. There are no obvious gaps; users can perform end-to-end planning without dead ends.