INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

find_vessels_in_area

Vessels currently inside a latitude/longitude bounding box, newest report first, with optional kind and ship-type filters.

openwaters.ionone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for find_vessels_in_area and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.aiscast]
url = "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aiscast": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: aiscast
Remote MCP URL: https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aiscast": {
      "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "aiscast": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "aiscast",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

find_vessels_near — Vessels within a radius (default 10 NM, maximum 50) of a point or of another vessel, nearest first, each with distance and bearing from the centre.
get_coverage — Where Open Waters AIS is hearing AIS right now: sources, stations, freshness, and vessel counts.
get_vessels — Current position and details of specific vessels by MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity): the last report heard for each, and which MMSIs have not been heard in the last 30 minutes.
search_vessels_by_name — Vessels whose name contains the text, case-insensitive, among vessels heard in the last 30 minutes.