INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

list_places

Named places the fetchers read for, with their upstream ids (CO-OPS station, USGS gauge, eBird region) and tags.

civops.ionone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://open-signals.civops.io/mcp

No auth detected

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

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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.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

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

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.open-signals]
url = "https://open-signals.civops.io/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-signals": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://open-signals.civops.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: open-signals
Remote MCP URL: https://open-signals.civops.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": {
    "open-signals": {
      "url": "https://open-signals.civops.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "open-signals": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://open-signals.civops.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "open-signals",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://open-signals.civops.io/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

search_sources — Search the catalogue of public data sources (weather, water, hazards, flights, ships, energy, filings, trade, .
get_source — One catalogue entry in full.
list_hubs — Projects and catalogues that collect sources (God's Eye View, World Monitor, the MCP Registry, Source Cooperative, .
get_readings — Fetch current readings from one source, each with value, unit, a one-line summary, place and provenance (source, URL, fetch time, licence).
list_datasets — Static public datasets this server holds as GeoJSON (wildfire burn perimeters, public-land share by county, federal campgrounds, fire-weather stations), with source, licence, feature count and parts (one per state, or "all").
get_dataset_part — The URL of one part of a dataset as GeoJSON, plus its description.
list_layers — Map layers this server can draw as GeoJSON, with unit, source, licence, whether it is available here, and how to read it.
get_layer — One map layer as a GeoJSON FeatureCollection: one point per place with the reading on the date (else the latest observed before it, never a guess), or one point per event for event layers.