# Nasa Gibs (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs)

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

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs/nasa-gibs-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs/nasa-gibs-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs/pipeworx-mcp-nasa-gibs.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs/pipeworx-mcp-nasa-gibs)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-nasa-gibs).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 60/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 887 tokens (~295/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Nasa Gibs MCP server?

Nasa Gibs runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 81, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-03 (score 66, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-11-01 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 79, +1)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 78)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `gibs_list_layers` (~261 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 anomalies, sea-surface temperature, aerosol optical depth, snow and ice cover, vegetation index, night lights. Returns each layer's identifier (the id the other two tools take), human title, resolution grid, image format and the date range it is available for.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max layers to return (default 40, max 300).
- `projection` (string): Tile projection: "epsg4326" (geographic lat/lon, default), "epsg3857" (Web Mercator, the Leaflet/Google tile scheme), "epsg3413" (Arctic polar), "epsg3031" (Antarctic polar).
- `query` (string): Case-insensitive substring matched against layer title and identifier, e.g. "fires", "sea ice", "VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance". Omit to list the whole catalogue.

### `gibs_layer_info` (~198 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. Call this before gibs_tile_url when you need to know which dates exist for a layer.

Input parameters:

- `layer` (string, required): GIBS layer identifier, e.g. "MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor". Get one from gibs_list_layers.
- `projection` (string): Tile projection: "epsg4326" (geographic lat/lon, default), "epsg3857" (Web Mercator, the Leaflet/Google tile scheme), "epsg3413" (Arctic polar), "epsg3031" (Antarctic polar).

### `gibs_tile_url` (~373 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 the tile URL plus the tile's own geographic bounds and the resolved date, so the caller can show or download the actual imagery.

Input parameters:

- `date` (string): Date YYYY-MM-DD. Omit to use the layer's most recent available date.
- `latitude` (number): Latitude of the point the tile should cover. Required unless tile_row/tile_col are given.
- `layer` (string, required): GIBS layer identifier, e.g. "VIIRS_NOAA20_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor".
- `longitude` (number): Longitude of the point the tile should cover.
- `projection` (string): Tile projection: "epsg4326" (geographic lat/lon, default), "epsg3857" (Web Mercator, the Leaflet/Google tile scheme), "epsg3413" (Arctic polar), "epsg3031" (Antarctic polar). Latitude/longitude are c…
- `tile_col` (number): WMTS tile column, if you already know it.
- `tile_row` (number): WMTS tile row, if you already know it (alternative to latitude/longitude).
- `zoom` (number): Zoom level / TileMatrix, 0 = whole globe. Default 4. Capped at the layer's deepest level.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs/pipeworx-mcp-nasa-gibs#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 66
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 80
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 78

## Common questions

### What is the Nasa Gibs MCP server?

Nasa Gibs is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/nasa-gibs. NASA GIBS MCP, the satellite-imagery layer catalogue behind Worldview. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs).

### Is the Nasa Gibs MCP server safe to use?

Nasa Gibs scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Nasa Gibs MCP server expose?

Nasa Gibs exposes 3 tools: gibs_list_layers, gibs_layer_info, gibs_tile_url. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 832 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Nasa Gibs MCP server still maintained?

Nasa Gibs is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Nasa Gibs MCP server under?

Nasa Gibs declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Nasa Gibs MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Nasa Gibs, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-gibs
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-nasa-gibs
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/nasa-gibs
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs/pipeworx-mcp-nasa-gibs.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs/pipeworx-mcp-nasa-gibs/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs/pipeworx-mcp-nasa-gibs.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nasa-gibs/pipeworx-mcp-nasa-gibs