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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

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Airnow MCP logo, by PipeworxCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by Pipeworx
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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

Community listingRegistry 0.2.1
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Packages and installation

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@pipeworx/mcp-airnow 0.2.1

npm
@pipeworx/mcp-airnow package definition
{
  "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

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "airnow-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-airnow@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "airnow-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-airnow@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "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

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "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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