mcp-cyclone-indian-ocean

MCP server for South-West Indian Ocean cyclone monitoring: official RSMC La Réunion links, Météo-France vigilance references, alert-level explanations, historical archive discovery, and commune-distance exposure helpers for La Réunion and Mayotte.

It is designed for Réunion, Mayotte, Madagascar, Mauritius, the Mozambique Channel, and the broader South-West Indian Ocean basin.

Tools

• cyclone_get_sources — list official and secondary sources.

• cyclone_get_current_activity — fetch the RSMC La Réunion current public page and discover operational product links.

• cyclone_get_rsmc_archives — fetch public RSMC archive links.

• cyclone_get_vigilance_links — return official Météo-France vigilance links for La Réunion and Mayotte.

• cyclone_explain_alert_level — explain pre-alert, orange, red, purple, and safeguard cyclone phases.

• cyclone_estimate_commune_exposure — rank Réunion/Mayotte communes by distance to a cyclone position.

• cyclone_list_communes — list built-in commune centroids used by the distance helper.

• cyclone_get_notable_events — small curated list of notable recent cyclone events for grounding.

Related MCP server: DevHelm MCP Server

Install

npm install
npm run build
npm test
npm run dev

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyclone-indian-ocean": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-cyclone-indian-ocean"]
    }
  }
}

Sources

Primary sources:

• RSMC La Réunion / Météo-France tropical cyclone centre: http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/index.html

• RSMC La Réunion archives: http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/index.html

• Météo-France La Réunion cyclone page: https://meteofrance.re/fr/cyclone

• Météo-France vigilance La Réunion: https://vigilance.meteofrance.fr/fr/la-reunion

• Météo-France vigilance Mayotte: https://vigilance.meteofrance.fr/fr/mayotte

• WMO latest advisories directory: https://community.wmo.int/site/knowledge-hub/programmes-and-initiatives/tropical-cyclone-programme-tcp/latest-advisories-rsmcs-and-tcwcs

• GDACS tropical cyclones: https://www.gdacs.org/Cyclones/

See docs/sources.md.

Safety

This project is not an emergency-warning authority. It helps agents discover and summarize official information, but users must follow prefecture, civil-protection, and Météo-France instructions during active cyclone events.

Optional Configuration

METEOFRANCE_API_TOKEN=... npx mcp-cyclone-indian-ocean

The token is optional. Public links and RSMC discovery tools work without it.

Glama / Docker

The repo includes:

• Dockerfile

• glama.json

• npm run build

• npm test

• npm run test:smoke

For Glama, use:

["npm install", "npm run build"]

CMD arguments:

["node", "dist/index.js"]

License

MIT