MCP server

Global Forest Watch

io.github.pipeworx-io/global-forest-watch

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

The Global Forest Watch Data API from WRI and the University of Maryland — browse the datasets…

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

45

Token cost

About 27,492 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 global-forest-watch https://gateway.pipeworx.io/global-forest-watch/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.global-forest-watch]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/global-forest-watch/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"global-forest-watch":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/global-forest-watch/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"global-forest-watch":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/global-forest-watch/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"global-forest-watch":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/global-forest-watch/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add global-forest-watch https://gateway.pipeworx.io/global-forest-watch/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":"global-forest-watch","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/global-forest-watch/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"global-forest-watch","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/global-forest-watch/mcp"}

Tools

• gfw_dataset ~226 tokens
  Full detail for ONE Global Forest Watch dataset — metadata (source, citation, spatial resolution, geographic coverage, update frequency, cautions, licence) plus its version list. Pass a version (or "latest") to also get that version's status, assets and field/band list, which is what gfw_query needs
• gfw_datasets ~289 tokens
  List or keyword-search the Global Forest Watch Data API catalogue — the WRI/UMD datasets behind GFW: annual tree cover loss and gain, primary forest extent, GLAD/RADD deforestation alerts, fire alerts (VIIRS/MODIS), protected areas, concessions, Aqueduct water risk, carbon flux. Returns each dataset
• gfw_query ~674 tokens
  Run a read-only SQL SELECT against one Global Forest Watch dataset version — e.g. tree cover loss hectares by year inside an area, or deforestation alerts inside a bounding box. The table is always called `data`; use gfw_dataset to see the available columns first. Almost every GFW dataset (tree cove

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