INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_vessels

Current position and details of specific vessels by MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity): the last report heard for each, and which MMSIs have not been heard in the last 30 minutes.

openwaters.ionone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_vessels and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent server

openwaters.io

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.aiscast]
url = "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aiscast": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: aiscast
Remote MCP URL: https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aiscast": {
      "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "aiscast": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "aiscast",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

Related tools

find_vessels_in_area — Vessels currently inside a latitude/longitude bounding box, newest report first, with optional kind and ship-type filters.
find_vessels_near — Vessels within a radius (default 10 NM, maximum 50) of a point or of another vessel, nearest first, each with distance and bearing from the centre.
get_coverage — Where Open Waters AIS is hearing AIS right now: sources, stations, freshness, and vessel counts.
search_vessels_by_name — Vessels whose name contains the text, case-insensitive, among vessels heard in the last 30 minutes.