`get_air_quality`

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

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/get_air_quality for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Current air quality readings for a location, from Open-Meteo.

Tool description as the model sees it

Check current air quality at a latitude/longitude. Returns US AQI score and category plus PM2.5, PM10, ozone, NO2, and CO levels.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`latitude`	number	yes	Latitude in decimal degrees, e.g. 40.7128. Required — this tool does not geocode city names.
`longitude`	number	yes	Longitude in decimal degrees, e.g. -74.006.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "latitude": 40.7128,
  "longitude": -74.006
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/science/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_air_quality","arguments":{"latitude":40.7128,"longitude":-74.006}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_air_quality', {
  "latitude": 40.7128,
  "longitude": -74.006
});

More examples

{
  "latitude": 51.5074,
  "longitude": -0.1278
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`latitude`	number
`longitude`	number
`observed_at`	string
`us_aqi`	number
`aqi_category`	string
`pm2_5`	number
`pm10`	number
`ozone`	number
`nitrogen_dioxide`	number
`carbon_monoxide`	number
`units`	object
`source`	string

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "latitude": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "observed_at": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "us_aqi": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "aqi_category": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "pm2_5": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "pm10": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "ozone": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "nitrogen_dioxide": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "carbon_monoxide": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "units": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "time": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "interval": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "us_aqi": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "pm10": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "pm2_5": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "carbon_monoxide": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "nitrogen_dioxide": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "ozone": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_air_quality