Nasa Gibs

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NASA GIBS MCP — the satellite-imagery layer catalogue behind Worldview.

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Tools

gibs_list_layers

"What NASA satellite imagery layers are there for wildfires / sea ice / aerosols?" — search NASA GIBS, the ~1,300-layer imagery catalogue behind NASA Worldview. AUTHORITATIVE for which global satellit

No parameters required.

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gibs_layer_info

Everything NASA GIBS publishes about one imagery layer: its full title, the dates it actually covers (as ISO 8601 start/end/period ranges), the most recent date available, native tile grid and zoom de

No parameters required.

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gibs_tile_url

"Give me the satellite image of Los Angeles on 2026-09-10" — build a ready-to-fetch NASA GIBS image tile URL for a layer, a date and a place. Give a latitude/longitude and a zoom level and it computes

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-gibs/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-gibs/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"gibs_list_layers","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("gibs_list_layers", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("nasa gibs mcp — the satellite-imagery layer catalogue behind worldview");