# `io.github.cyanheads/nasa-power-mcp-server` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.cyanheads/nasa-power-mcp-server
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads/nasa-power-mcp-server
- Version: 0.3.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.cyanheads (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/nasa-power-mcp-server
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-24T22:17:42.292Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Query NASA POWER solar, wind, building, and agroclimatology data.
```

Scanned 2026-10-24T22:18:00.548Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 1 change things and 7 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 7 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_dataframe_describe` `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_dataframe_query` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_compare_locations` `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_get_climatology` `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_get_region` `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_get_timeseries` `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_search_parameters` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "nasa_power_dataframe_query" says "query": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (1)

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

### `nasa_power_dataframe_query`

- The name "nasa_power_dataframe_query" says "query": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.sql), which can change anything it can reach.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "table": it reads databases. The name says "query" and the input takes a statement (input.sql): it reads databases.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Run one read-only SELECT over tables in an explicitly supplied canvas_id. Inspect names and units with nasa_power_dataframe_describe. External files, imports, writes and system catalogs are refused. Returns at most 1,000 rows and 40,000 JSON characters; truncated rowCount counts only materialized rows.
```

## Only reads (7)

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

### `nasa_power_compare_locations`

- The name "nasa_power_compare_locations" says "compare": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Compare 2–10 labeled coordinates with a shared parameter selection and window; climatology is the default resolution. Duplicate labels retain separate input-position identities. Returns per-site provenance and valid-only annual/seasonal summaries; operational site failures preserve successes. Optional numeric sort uses observation means, monthly annual records or climatology ANN, with nulls last and stable ties; differing or unknown units cannot sort. Oversized observations and summaries stage completely; summaryDatasets handles and summaryIndex preserve complete ordered summary arrays.
```

### `nasa_power_dataframe_describe`

- The name "nasa_power_dataframe_describe" says "describe": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "inspect" and "table": it reads databases. The input names a table (input.table), and the tool reads: it reads databases.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Inspect table schemas, physical units and original scientific provenance within a canvas_id returned by a producing POWER tool. Tokens are process-local capabilities; only the supplied canvas is inspected.
```

### `nasa_power_get_climatology`

- The name "nasa_power_get_climatology" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve complete monthly and annual climatology at latitude/longitude. Optionally supply both startYear and endYear; omitted years use the source product range. Use nasa_power_list_reference for presets and tilted solar aliases. Small profiles remain inline; larger profiles return a complete table handle and bounded preview, preserving orientation text. Supply canvas_id to reuse a returned workspace.
```

### `nasa_power_get_region`

- The name "nasa_power_get_region" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve one parameter over ordered latitude/longitude bounds spanning 2–10 degrees per axis, at daily, monthly or climatology resolution. Regional climatology uses the precomputed source period and accepts no year fields; use nasa_power_get_climatology for custom years at a point. Split antimeridian regions into separate calls. Returns cell identities and separate per-period equal-weight cell statistics, not area-weighted estimates. Oversized observations and summaries stage completely with previews, exact counts and SQL handles; query summaryDataset in summaryIndex order.
```

### `nasa_power_get_timeseries`

- The name "nasa_power_get_timeseries" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve complete hourly, daily or monthly observations at latitude/longitude. Hourly and daily require startDate/endDate; monthly requires startYear/endYear. Use nasa_power_search_parameters for codes and nasa_power_list_reference for presets. Large results return a full-table canvas handle and preview.
```

### `nasa_power_list_reference`

- The name "nasa_power_list_reference" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Explain exact presets, communities and units, source coverage, missing values, wind corrections or current dataframe availability. Choose topic presets before a producing call, or coverage when revising a date window. Reference entries include public documentation and verification dates.
```

### `nasa_power_search_parameters`

- The name "nasa_power_search_parameters" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find parameter codes supported by a community and temporalResolution. Every whitespace-separated filter token must match code, name or definition, ignoring case. Filtering covers the complete dictionary before sorted pagination. Blank filter browses all codes; pass returned codes to a producing tool.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `nasa-power`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_get_timeseries",
      "mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_get_climatology",
      "mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_get_region",
      "mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_compare_locations",
      "mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_search_parameters",
      "mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_list_reference",
      "mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_dataframe_describe"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_dataframe_query"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_get_timeseries`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_get_climatology`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_get_region`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_compare_locations`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_search_parameters`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_dataframe_describe`: private-data
- `mcp__nasa-power__nasa_power_dataframe_query`: private-data