How do I use earthData from Claude or ChatGPT?

Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "what is the tide in Gloucester tonight", and it calls earthData.

Is earthData safe to let an AI call?

earthData is read-only: it changes nothing. It reaches a system outside The Cloud on your behalf.

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`earthData`

Earth Data

Read the real conditions at a place from the public government feeds The Cloud caches and attributes: weather (current conditions, 24 hourly periods, a 7 day forecast and active alerts from the…

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Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "what is the tide in Gloucester tonight", and it calls earthData.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {},
  "name": "earthData"
}

Arguments

latnumberoptionalLatitude in decimal degrees. Pass with lon, or pass place.
layersstring[]optionalWhich layers to read. Omit for all six. Asking for only what the question needs is faster and kinder to the government APIs.
lonnumberoptionalLongitude in decimal degrees. Pass with lat, or pass place.
placestringoptionalA city, address or landmark to geocode, e.g. "Gloucester, Massachusetts". Wins over lat and lon when both are given.

Returns

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Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

what is the tide in Gloucester tonight
how big is the surf
what is the air quality here
when does the sun set
what is the water temperature
is there a weather alert

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

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Questions

What does earthData do?
Read the real conditions at a place from the public government feeds The Cloud caches and attributes: weather (current conditions, 24 hourly periods, a 7 day forecast and active alerts from the… It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use earthData from Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "what is the tide in Gloucester tonight", and it calls earthData.
Is earthData safe to let an AI call?
earthData is read-only: it changes nothing. It reaches a system outside The Cloud on your behalf.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.