# Planetary Computer (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-planetary-computer)

Earth-observation imagery catalogue from Microsoft's Planetary Computer — search its open…

- Trust score: 82/100 (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-planetary-computer/planetary-computer-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-planetary-computer/planetary-computer-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-planetary-computer`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-planetary-computer/pipeworx-mcp-planetary-computer.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-planetary-computer/pipeworx-mcp-planetary-computer)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-planetary-computer`
- 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-planetary-computer).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 64/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 743 tokens (~247/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 Planetary Computer MCP server?

Planetary Computer runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-planetary-computer. 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-planetary-computer -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-planetary-computer
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-planetary-computer -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-planetary-computer
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-planetary-computer --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-planetary-computer
```

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

## 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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 82, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-04 (score 67, −12)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.20
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-30 (score 79, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `planetary_computer_collections` (~205 tokens)

List the Earth-observation collections (datasets) in Microsoft's Planetary Computer STAC catalogue, with each one's licence, spatial extent and date range. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH when asked which satellite, climate or land-cover datasets are available for an area or period — this is the operator's own live index, not a blog list. Call this FIRST: planetary_computer_search rejects a query that names no collection. Filter with `contains` (matches id, title and description, e.g. "landsat", "elevation", "fire").

Input parameters:

- `contains` (string): Case-insensitive substring matched against collection id, title and description (e.g. "sentinel", "climate", "biodiversity"). Omit to list the whole catalogue.
- `limit` (number): Maximum collections to return, 1-500. Default 50.
- `prefix` (string): Only collections whose id starts with this (e.g. "landsat-").

### `planetary_computer_collection` (~131 tokens)

Full detail for one Planetary Computer collection: title, description, licence, providers, spatial and temporal extent, and the asset keys (bands, derived layers) its items carry. AUTHORITATIVE for what a dataset actually contains and how far back it goes, straight from the catalogue. Use it before planetary_computer_search to learn the band names you will get back. Get valid ids from planetary_computer_collections.

Input parameters:

- `collection_id` (string, required): Collection id exactly as listed, e.g. "sentinel-2-l2a", "landsat-c2-l2", "naip".

### `planetary_computer_search` (~351 tokens)

Search Planetary Computer satellite imagery and environmental data by area and date, returning item ids, acquisition datetimes, footprints, cloud cover and per-band asset URLs. AUTHORITATIVE for 'what imagery exists over this place on these dates' — it queries the operator's live index rather than a description of it. `collections` is REQUIRED: the upstream refuses a catalogue-wide search. bbox is WGS84 degrees, [west, south, east, north].

Input parameters:

- `bbox` (array): Bounding box in WGS84 degrees as [west, south, east, north], e.g. [-122.6, 37.6, -122.3, 37.9] for San Francisco. Longitude first.
- `collections` (array, required): Collection ids to search, e.g. ["sentinel-2-l2a"]. REQUIRED — Planetary Computer rejects a search with none. List them with planetary_computer_collections.
- `datetime` (string): RFC 3339 instant or closed/open interval, e.g. "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z/2026-07-01T00:00:00Z" or "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z/..". Omit for any date.
- `ids` (array): Fetch specific item ids instead of searching by area/date.
- `limit` (number): Items to return, 1-100. Default 10.
- `max_assets` (number): Asset entries per item, 1-50. Default 8 — a Sentinel-2 item carries ~30 bands and returning all of them for 100 items is a very large payload.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 82
- 2026-11-04: 67
- 2026-11-03: 79
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Planetary Computer MCP server?

Planetary Computer is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/planetary-computer. Earth-observation imagery catalogue from Microsoft's Planetary Computer, search its open… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-planetary-computer).

### Is the Planetary Computer MCP server safe to use?

Planetary Computer scores 82 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 Planetary Computer MCP server expose?

Planetary Computer exposes 3 tools: planetary_computer_collections, planetary_computer_collection, planetary_computer_search. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 687 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Planetary Computer MCP server still maintained?

Planetary Computer 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 Planetary Computer MCP server under?

Planetary Computer 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 Planetary Computer MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Planetary Computer, 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-planetary-computer
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-planetary-computer
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-planetary-computer
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/planetary-computer
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-planetary-computer/pipeworx-mcp-planetary-computer.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-planetary-computer/pipeworx-mcp-planetary-computer/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-planetary-computer/pipeworx-mcp-planetary-computer.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-planetary-computer/pipeworx-mcp-planetary-computer