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xhelio-spice MCP

An MCP server that wraps SpiceyPy to provide automatic SPICE kernel download, caching, and loading for heliophysics missions. It allows agents to query spacecraft positions, trajectories, and perform coordinate transforms for missions like Parker Solar Probe and Juno.

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xhelio-spice MCP logo, by huangzesenCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by huangzesen
You need:pip install xhelio-spice[mcp]
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What you can do with it

  • Query current position of spacecraft like Parker Solar Probe
  • Retrieve trajectory data as pandas DataFrames
  • Transform vectors between coordinate frames like J2000 to ECLIPJ2000
  • Resolve mission name aliases to NAIF IDs

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.5.1
mcp-registry: io.github.huangzesen/xhelio-spice@0.5.1Source repository
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Packages and installation

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xhelio-spice 0.5.1

pypi
xhelio-spice package definition
{
  "version": "0.5.1",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "xhelio-spice",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR",
      "description": "Override the default kernel cache directory (~/.xhelio_spice/kernels/)"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xhelio-spice-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "xhelio-spice==0.5.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR": "<YOUR_XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xhelio-spice-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "xhelio-spice==0.5.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR": "<YOUR_XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "xhelio-spice-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "xhelio-spice==0.5.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR": "<YOUR_XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xhelio-spice-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "xhelio-spice==0.5.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR": "<YOUR_XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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