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copernicus-mcp

MCP server for safe, validated, reproducible access to Copernicus environmental data.

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified
ocean physics · biogeochemistry · sea ice · ocean colour · SST · sea level · waves · wind · in-situ observations · reanalysis · satellite · atmospheric composition (CAMS) · emergency management (EFAS, GloFAS, CEMS)
Coverage llm-inferred
Europe (per ENTRY regions); catalogues also include global datasets
Formats docs-verified
NetCDF · GRIB · JSON (MD5-sealed sidecar) · MCP stdio
Access docs-verified
Free Copernicus registration required: CMEMS login via copernicusmarine login; CDS/ADS/EWDS Personal Access Token via CDSAPI_KEY. Self-hosted local install, no hosted endpoint. Server licence BSD-3-Clause; dependencies EUPL-1.2, Apache-2.0, MIT or BSD.

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred
Flood risk context: GloFAS/EFAS river discharge series as catchment baseline inputs · Climate allowance inputs: ERA5 reanalysis extracts for drainage or flood risk climate-change baselines · Coastal studies: CMEMS wave and sea-level subsets as context for coastal flood or outfall design
Audience llm-inferred
hydrologists · flood risk consultants · drainage engineers · coastal engineers · GIS analysts

Limitations

Constraints docs-verified
Catalogue snapshots may lag the live Copernicus catalogues · CDS-family downloads depend on upstream queue availability; large requests may take minutes to hours · Size estimates are approximate and must not be used for quotas, billing or disk provisioning · Hierarchical routing is pattern-based; misroutes on ambiguous queries are possible · Requires Copernicus credentials and one-off dataset licence acceptance for some CDS datasets · Download location is fixed at server startup · CDSE, Sentinel Hub and WEkEO are planned but not yet supported · Requires Python 3.11+
Licence
BSD-3-Clause
Authentication
API key via env: CDSAPI_KEY (auto-extracted from README)
GitHub stars
14
Last commit
05/08/2026
Last successful page check
14/10/2026
Page health
healthy
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Verification
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Provenance & evidence

Tools/install/auth auto-extracted from README; quality score heuristic (stars, recency, tool count, licence).

Metadata observed 15/10/2026 · research sweep: github-search