Airnow MCP
The Airnow MCP server provides access to EPA AirNow data, offering tools to retrieve current air quality index (AQI) by ZIP code or location, forecast AQI for up to three days, and hourly monitoring-site observations within a bounding box. It supports agents in querying environmental health data from over 2,000 monitoring sites.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Retrieve current AQI for a US ZIP code
- Get forecast AQI for a specific date
- Query hourly observations in a geographic bounding box
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@pipeworx/mcp-airnow 0.2.1
{
"version": "0.2.1",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-airnow",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
"description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
}
]
}Tools
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Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"airnow-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-airnow@0.2.1"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"airnow-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-airnow@0.2.1"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"airnow-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-airnow@0.2.1"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"airnow-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-airnow@0.2.1"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
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