Planetary Computer
liveSpaceEnvironmentEarth-observation imagery catalogue from Microsoft's Planetary Computer — search its open satellite and environmental collections (Sentinel, Landsat, NAIP, Daymet, ERA5, biodiversity) by area and date and get item ids, footprints, dates and asset URLs.
Tools
planetary_computer_collectionsList the Earth-observation collections (datasets) in Microsoft's Planetary Computer STAC catalogue, with each one's licence, spatial extent and date range. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH when asked which sate
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planetary_computer_collectionFull detail for one Planetary Computer collection: title, description, licence, providers, spatial and temporal extent, and the asset keys (bands, derived layers) its items carry. AUTHORITATIVE for wh
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planetary_computer_searchSearch Planetary Computer satellite imagery and environmental data by area and date, returning item ids, acquisition datetimes, footprints, cloud cover and per-band asset URLs. AUTHORITATIVE for 'what
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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.
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/planetary-computer/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/planetary-computer/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"planetary_computer_collections","arguments":{}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("planetary_computer_collections", {});// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("earth-observation imagery catalogue from microsoft's planetary computer — search its open satellite and environmental collections (sentinel, landsat, naip, daymet, era5, biodiversity) by area and date and get item ids, footprints, dates and asset urls");