# `io.github.clairwave/clairwave` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.clairwave/clairwave
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.clairwave/clairwave
- Version: 0.4.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.clairwave (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/clairwave/clairwave-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:27:14.077Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Clairwave
Ocean acoustics: propagation models, bathymetry, sound speed, vessel noise, live AIS. Open.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:07:14.206Z over streamable-http.

**13 tools: 7 change things and 6 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 7 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 6 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `run_transmission_loss` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "run_transmission_loss" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "run_transmission_loss" says "run": a word for a change.
```

- **info** Long descriptions in `estimate_detection_range` ([long-description](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#long-description))

```untrusted-server-text
The description is 2,095 characters long, over the 2,000 this check looks for.

description ends: "...her), moderate shipping, in the analysis band. Units: dB re 1 µPa (SL @ 1 m)."
```


## Changes things (7)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `about`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
What Clairwave provides, which models/data back each tool, and limits.
```

### `estimate_detection_range`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: info long-description

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Sonar detection range along a bearing from a location (lat/lon or `place`).
    Transmission loss (TL) is ALWAYS computed: RAM parabolic equation with the
    location's bathymetry, seasonal sound speed (`month`, default: current month)
    and seabed. Every other sonar-equation term is optional — anything not given
    gets a stated, typical default listed in `assumptions` with its source.
    Tell the user which values were assumed.

    Detection threshold DT is derived from processing gain (unless given):
    detection index d from `pd`/`pfa` (default 0.5 / 1e-4 → d ≈ 13.8), then
      passive (incoherent energy detector): DT = 5·log10(d / (B·T)),
        B = analysis band, T = `integration_time_s` (default 1 s);
      active (matched filter): DT = 10·log10(d / (2·B·τ)),
        B = `bandwidth_hz` (default 100 Hz LFM), τ = `pulse_length_s` (default 0.5 s).
    DT is in-band SNR, so it can be negative — that IS the processing gain.

    mode="passive": SE = SL − TL − (NL − DI) − DT. Default target = merchant ship
      (bulk carrier, AIS 70, 200 m @ 12 kn, JOMOPANS-ECHO decidecade band level) at
      6 m; receiver ½ water depth (≤ 30 m), omni (DI 0 — give directivity_index_db
      for an array). `frequency_hz` is optional: the tool always also evaluates
      the target's MOST DETECTABLE 1/3-octave band in 50–2000 Hz (`best_band`) —
      ships are loudest there; a user frequency is reported as asked. If you give
      `source_level_db` without `frequency_hz`, the range is evaluated at 50 Hz.
    mode="active" (monostatic, `frequency_hz` required): SE = SL − 2·TL + TS −
      (NL − DI) − DT, TL from the sonar to the target depth. Defaults: hull sonar
      at 7 m, SL 220 dB, TS 10 dB (large underwater object, beam aspect), target ½ water
      depth (≤ 50 m), DI 20 dB (hull array). Noise-limited only: reverberation is
      NOT included (often the limit in shallow water).
    NL (unless given) = Wenz ambient noise at the CURRENT forecast wind at the point
    (Clairwave weather), moderate shipping, in the analysis band.
    Units: dB re 1 µPa (SL @ 1 m).
```

### `habitat_received_level`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Broadband received level (dB re 1 uPa) at a fixed site — a fish farm,
    reef, hydrophone or marine protected area — from the ships around it,
    power-summed. Each vessel's source level comes from its AIS class, speed
    and size; transmission loss is a fast broadband model, so this is a
    screening estimate (use run_transmission_loss for exact site physics).
    hours_back = 0 uses the live snapshot; > 0 reconstructs a time series from
    the AIS archive in 10-minute bins (max/median/quiet levels). Location:
    lat/lon or `place`. Show `open_url` to the user as a clickable link.
```

### `run_bellhop_volume`

- The name "run_bellhop_volume" says "run": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full 3D transmission-loss volume around a source (lat/lon or `place`)
    with Bellhop (all bearings), stored on the platform under a run id. Show
    `open_url` to the user as a clickable link: it opens this run visualized. Returns the run id,
    the replication metadata (SSP, seabed, bounding box) and file links
    (uint8 TL cube .npy + JSON sidecar). Any frequency and radius (keep radius
    <= ~50 km for reasonable run times).
```

### `run_transmission_loss`

- The name "run_transmission_loss" says "run": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Run a physically grounded transmission-loss simulation (RAM parabolic
    equation) from a source at (lat, lon or `place`, depth) along a compass bearing.
    Bathymetry, the seasonal sound-speed profile (`month`) and
    seabed parameters are fetched for the location automatically. Returns TL
    vs range at the receiver depths (default: source depth, 10 m, 100 m,
    mid-water), grid statistics, and the full replication bundle. Show
    `open_url` to the user as a clickable link.
```

### `vessel_source_level`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Underwater radiated-noise source level of a ship (monopole, dB re 1 uPa m, 6 m
    reference source depth): decidecade spectrum (10 Hz - 100 kHz; model bands to
    31.5 kHz, validated 20 Hz - 20 kHz) and broadband level, from the JOMOPANS-ECHO
    reference spectrum model (MacGillivray & de Jong 2021, J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 9:369),
    fitted to 1862 measured ship passes. Individual ships scatter about +/-6 dB rms per band.
    Give an MMSI (live AIS type/speed/length are used) or explicit AIS ship_type / speed /
    length. vessel_class overrides the AIS mapping (e.g. "vehicle_carrier", which has no
    AIS type). Missing speed = the class reference speed; missing length = the class
    mean length of the measured ships. The spectrum is usable directly as `sl_spectrum`.
```

### `vessels_near`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Live AIS vessels within radius_km of a point (lat/lon or `place`), nearest first, with
    position, course/speed, type, dimensions and last-update time.
```

## Only reads (6)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_bathymetry`

- The name "get_bathymetry" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Seafloor depth from Clairwave-served global bathymetry (~450 m resolution). Location:
    lat/lon or `place` (name resolved to a water point, echoed in `location`).
    Without a bearing: depth at the point. With a bearing (compass degrees,
    0 = north): a depth profile along that transect out to range_km.
```

### `get_sound_speed_profile`

- The name "get_sound_speed_profile" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Seasonal sound-speed profile c(z) at a location (lat/lon or `place`
    name, e.g. "Halifax approaches") for a calendar month
    (1-12), from Clairwave-served seasonal temperature/salinity climatology, plus the seabed
    parameters (compressional/shear speed, density ratio, attenuation,
    sediment type) at the same point. Cached per 0.1 degree.
```

### `get_vessel`

- The name "get_vessel" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Everything about one vessel: live AIS position/track and static
    particulars, plus its 3D model (unique photo-derived model if generated,
    else the class archetype) with GLB URL (bow=+Z, up=+Y) and platform links.
```

### `get_vessel_photo`

- The name "get_vessel_photo" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Photograph of a vessel from Wikimedia Commons, with attribution.
```

### `resolve_place`

- The name "resolve_place" says "resolve": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Turn a place name ('outside Halifax', 'Strait of Hormuz', 'Bergen,
    Norway') into water coordinates. Maritime gazetteer first (ports resolve
    to their approaches, straits/seas to a representative point), then
    OpenStreetMap. Points on land or shallower than min_depth_m are walked
    seaward along the gazetteer bearing (or the nearest direction) until deep
    enough; the original point and the snap are reported. offshore_km pushes
    the point further out along seaward_bearing_deg. All location tools also
    accept `place` directly, so a separate call is only needed to inspect.
```

### `search_vessels`

- The name "search_vessels" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search live AIS vessels by name or MMSI prefix (global feed).
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `clairwave`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__clairwave__resolve_place",
      "mcp__clairwave__get_bathymetry",
      "mcp__clairwave__get_sound_speed_profile",
      "mcp__clairwave__search_vessels",
      "mcp__clairwave__get_vessel",
      "mcp__clairwave__get_vessel_photo"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__clairwave__run_transmission_loss",
      "mcp__clairwave__estimate_detection_range",
      "mcp__clairwave__run_bellhop_volume",
      "mcp__clairwave__vessels_near",
      "mcp__clairwave__vessel_source_level",
      "mcp__clairwave__habitat_received_level",
      "mcp__clairwave__about"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```