INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL
sky_today
Returns the sky of one calendar day from the Swiss Ephemeris: the Moon's sign, phase and illumination, lunations and eclipses, planet sign changes, retrograde/direct stations, exact aspects between planets, which planets are retrograde, and every planet's position, plus a link to the AstralRead 'Sky of the day' page.
LIVE ENDPOINT
https://astralread.com/mcp
Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for sky_today 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
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.astralread]
url = "https://astralread.com/mcp"
enabled = true
Claude Code
.mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"astralread": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://astralread.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Claude Desktop
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
Name: astralread
Remote MCP URL: https://astralread.com/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": {
"astralread": {
"url": "https://astralread.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Visual Studio Code
.vscode/mcp.json
Add to Visual Studio Code{
"servers": {
"astralread": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://astralread.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Generic MCP
Client-specific MCP configuration
{
"name": "astralread",
"transport": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://astralread.com/mcp"
}
MCP Inspector
Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.
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