search_collections
Pack: nasa-cmr · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-cmr/mcp
Search NASA’s Common Metadata Repository for Earth-science dataset collections by keyword, platform (satellite/mission), instrument, time range, or bounding box. ~10k collections covering MODIS, Landsat, Sentinel, VIIRS, GPM, and every NASA DAAC. Sorted by usage. Keyless.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
keyword | string | no | Free-text keyword, e.g. “aerosol”, “sea surface temperature”, “land cover”. |
platform | string | no | Platform (satellite/mission) name, e.g. “Terra”, “Landsat-9”, “Sentinel-1A”, “Suomi-NPP”. |
instrument | string | no | Instrument name, e.g. “MODIS”, “OLI”, “VIIRS”, “ASTER”. |
temporal_start | string | no | Start of temporal filter, YYYY-MM-DD. Collections overlapping the range match. |
temporal_end | string | no | End of temporal filter, YYYY-MM-DD. |
bounding_box | string | no | Spatial filter “minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat”, e.g. “-125,32,-114,42” for California. |
limit | number | no | Max results (default 10, max 25). |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-cmr/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_collections","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"nasa-cmr": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-cmr/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.