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Nasa Gibs

io.github.pipeworx-io/nasa-gibs

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

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

Working at last checkOfficial: pipeworx.io's GitHub account (pipeworx-io)About 27,503 tokens per request once connected45 tools

https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-gibs/mcp

At a glance

Type: MCP server
Publisher: pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)
Status: Working at last check
Tools: 45
Token cost: About 27,503 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

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 nasa-gibs https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-gibs/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.nasa-gibs]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-gibs/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"nasa-gibs":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-gibs/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"nasa-gibs":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-gibs/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"nasa-gibs":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-gibs/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add nasa-gibs https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-gibs/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":"nasa-gibs","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-gibs/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"nasa-gibs","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-gibs/mcp"}

gibs_layer_info ~284 tokens
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 depth, image format, geographic extent, colour map and legend URLs, and the raw WMTS tile template. Ca
gibs_list_layers ~369 tokens
"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 satellite imagery products exist and what time span each covers: true-colour MODIS/VIIRS mosaics, thermal an
gibs_tile_url ~547 tokens
"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 the WMTS tile row/column for you; give tile_row/tile_col directly if you already have them. Returns

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