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Earth & Sky

By 13-62-217-51.sslip.io Verified namespace

Live earthquakes, ISS position, weather, moon phase, and true star visibility. No key.

WebsiteMaps, travel & real estate
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Checks passed
12 / 22

2 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
13 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
9

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
310
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 13 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-06-18, serverInfo.name earth-and-sky.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 9 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-06-18. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 13 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 13 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    27 of 27 parameters have a description (100%). The bar is 80%.

  • Fail
    Safety hints

    9 tools set neither readOnlyHint nor destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-10-30T12:54:06.392119Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using Earth & Sky

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http earth-sky https://13-62-217-51.sslip.io/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 9

earth_now

One-shot summary of what is happening on Earth right now: 24h earthquake totals plus current ISS position.

Discovered
earthquakes

Recent earthquakes from USGS. Filter by window (hour/day/week/month), minimum magnitude, and place text. Returns magnitude, place, depth, time.

Discovered
iss_position

Current latitude/longitude of the International Space Station.

Discovered
moon_phase

Current (or given date's) moon phase and illumination for a location.

Discovered
sky_at

The real sky for a place and an instant: sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, true moon phase and illumination, and the best dark window for stargazing. Pure astronomy, no API key.

Discovered
sky_seeing

Is tonight actually usable for stargazing or astrophotography? Combines real dark hours and true moon illumination (computed from first principles) with live hourly cloud cover, weighting low cloud above high cloud. Returns a 0-100 usability score per night hour, the best consecutive usable run, and a plain verdict. lat/lon required; tz_offset and when optional.

Discovered
sky_tonight

Real sky for a place and night: sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, true moon phase and illumination, and the best dark window for stargazing. Computed from first principles (no key, no ephemeris file).

Discovered
watch

Stateful quake subscriptions. Unlike a local tool, the filter and its cursor are stored on the server, so poll returns ONLY events newer than your last poll - no re-scanning, no client-side dedupe. Actions: create (min_magnitude, place), poll (id), list, delete (id).

Discovered
weather

Current weather and the next 12 hours for a latitude/longitude, from Open-Meteo. No API key required.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

View status
Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected13 ms9

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