MCP server

AIS Trail Official

com.aistrail/ais

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Live AIS ship positions, vessel history, port calls and events, plus sanctions flags. Read-only.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

aistrail.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

11

Token cost

About 3,732 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http ais https://api.aistrail.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.ais]
url = "https://api.aistrail.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"ais":{"httpUrl":"https://api.aistrail.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"ais":{"url":"https://api.aistrail.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"ais":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.aistrail.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add ais https://api.aistrail.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"ais","server_url":"https://api.aistrail.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"ais","server_url":"https://api.aistrail.com/mcp"}

Tools

• data_status ~143 tokens
  How many ships are live now (live_ships_private: how many of them are private vessels, counted only), how many are known from the last 7 days, the date range of the history archive per source with available_until (the latest time vessel_track can return for that source on plans without live data), a
• find_port ~238 tokens
  Find ports by name (or part of it), UN/LOCODE (e.g. NLRTM) or two-letter country code (e.g. NL) in the port reference (World Port Index and UN/LOCODE ports): id (for port_calls), name, country, UN/LOCODE, position, harbor size (World Port Index ports only) and the radius of the port area used to det
• get_vessel ~270 tokens
  Everything known about one ship now: identity (name, IMO, call sign, flag, type, size), last position, speed, course, heading, navigational status, destination (port codes decoded) and ETA as given by the crew, how long ago it was heard, its track over the last 40 minutes, and the data sources to cr
• lookup_vessels ~381 tokens
  Records of up to 20 ships at once from the AIS Trail archive, by mmsi and/or imo (lists): identity and particulars (name, IMO, call sign, type, flag from the MMSI, length, beam, estimated deadweight, first and last seen) and sanctions flags by IMO number from three official lists: OFAC SDN, UK Sanct
• port_calls ~344 tokens
  Ships that called at one port between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), from the AIS Trail archive: ship (with its flag from the MMSI), arrival, departure, draught on arrival and departure, cargo estimate, previous and next port. Get the port_id from find_port. event: any (in port at any time in the range,
• search_vessels ~264 tokens
  Find ships by name (or part of it), MMSI (9 digits) or IMO number (7 digits). Returns live ships first, then ships out of range with their last known position (up to 7 days). List results are compact rows (mmsi, name, category, flag (ISO code from the MMSI), lat, lon, speed_kn, course_deg, length_m,
• vessel_events ~740 tokens
  Events of a ship between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), computed from the AIS Trail archive. from and to are optional: without to, now (24 hours ago on plans without live data); without from, 7 days before to (on Free, no earlier than the oldest day the plan includes), as on the REST endpoint. Give mmsi
• vessel_port_calls ~370 tokens
  Port calls of a ship between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), from the AIS Trail archive: port, arrival, departure, draught on arrival and departure, cargo estimate (loaded, ballast or unchanged, from the draught change), previous and next port. Give mmsi or imo. A port call starts when the ship stops for
• vessel_track ~370 tokens
  Where a ship has been between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), from the AIS Trail archive. Needs an AIS Trail API key sent by the MCP client as the HTTP header 'Authorization: Bearer ap_live_…' (keys at https://aistrail.com); clients that cannot add headers (OAuth-only web connectors) cannot use it yet. R
• vessels_in_area ~322 tokens
  Ships heard in the last hour inside a box (at most 5° on each side), largest first. List results are compact rows (mmsi, name, category, flag (ISO code from the MMSI), lat, lon, speed_kn, course_deg, length_m, destination, age_s, status, source); call get_vessel for full details of one ship. Private
• vessels_near ~290 tokens
  Ships heard in the last hour within a radius (at most 50 nautical miles) of a point or of another ship, nearest first. List results are compact rows (mmsi, name, category, flag (ISO code from the MMSI), lat, lon, speed_kn, course_deg, length_m, destination, age_s, status, source); call get_vessel fo

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