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earthdata-mcp-server

🌎 🔧 MCP Server for NASA Earth Data.

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: NASA Earthdata dataset discovery · granule search with temporal and bounding box filters · granule search and download with manifest, download and script modes
Formats docs-verified: MCP stdio · MCP streamable HTTP
Access docs-verified: No credentials for search, manifest and script modes. Download mode needs a NASA Earthdata Login, supplied via EARTHDATA_USERNAME and EARTHDATA_PASSWORD env vars. Licence: BSD-3-Clause.

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Discover NASA Earthdata datasets for a study area using keyword and bounding-box search · Preview granule scope for a time window in manifest mode before committing to a bulk download · Generate notebook-ready download scripts for satellite data analysis in script mode · Pull granules into a project folder on a server runtime in download mode where server-side writes are intended
Audience llm-inferred: hydrologists · GIS analysts · flood consultants · environmental consultants · civils and water engineers working with satellite data

Limitations

Constraints docs-verified: Download mode requires NASA Earthdata Login credentials · Download mode writes files to the server runtime, not the user's machine · Earthdata-only: no notebook or runtime tools in the server itself · Coverage area, time span and resolution are not stated in the docs

Licence: BSD-3-Clause
Authentication: Credentials via env: EARTHDATA_PASSWORD, EARTHDATA_USERNAME (README-verified)
GitHub stars: 26
Last commit: 10/10/2026
Last successful page check: 14/10/2026
Page health: healthy
Package: pypi:earthdata-mcp-server
Verification: Not independently verified

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