ERDDAP MCP demo

Demo implementation of a Model Context Protocol server allowing an LLM to interact with ERDDAP search, metadata, and tabledap services.

Usage

Make sure you have uv installed, then add the MCP server to the desired MCP capable client.

Related MCP server: ERDDAP MCP Server

Example for Claude Desktop

NOTE: claude.ai is not MCP capable at the time of writing

Add the erddap_mcp_demo.py tool to the Clade config file at:

• Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

• Linux: ~/.config//Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "erddap-tabledap": {
      "command": "/path/to/uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "/path/to/erddap_mcp_demo.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Then start/restart Claude desktop and ask it to get some data!

See https://modelcontextprotocol.io/quickstart/user

Testing

uv run mcp dev erddap_mcp_demo.py