`air_quality_near`

Pack: openaq · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openaq/mcp

Get the latest air-quality readings (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO, etc.) at the monitoring station NEAREST to a latitude/longitude. PREFER for “air quality near me”, “what is the air quality at ”, “is the air bad in right now”. Returns the nearest station with its most recent pollutant values, plus other nearby stations.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`latitude`	number	yes	Latitude in decimal degrees (e.g., 40.785).
`longitude`	number	yes	Longitude in decimal degrees (e.g., -73.968).
`radius_km`	number	no	Search radius in km (default 12, max 25 — OpenAQ limit).
`_apiKey`	string	no	OpenAQ API key (optional; the gateway supplies one).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "latitude": 40.785,
  "longitude": -73.968
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openaq/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"air_quality_near","arguments":{"latitude":40.785,"longitude":-73.968}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('air_quality_near', {
  "latitude": 40.785,
  "longitude": -73.968
});

More examples

{
  "latitude": 28.6139,
  "longitude": 77.209,
  "radius_km": 15
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openaq": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openaq/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

air_quality_near