io.openwaters/ais

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Publisher-provided title

Open Waters AIS

Publisher-provided description

Live AIS vessel positions by MMSI, name, area, or radius, plus coverage. No sign-in, no key.

Summary by lookupd

Query live AIS vessel positions by MMSI, name, area or radius, plus vessel tracks and receiver coverage; no authentication needed.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http ais https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add ais --url https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

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

Other clients: docs. Or tell your agent: Set up lookupd for me: read https://lookupd.com/agent.md and follow it.

Publisher-provided text

find_vessels_in_area Vessels currently inside a latitude/longitude bounding box, newest report first, with optional kind and ship-type filters. Anonymous calls may cover 100 square
find_vessels_near Vessels within a radius (default 10 NM, maximum 50) of a point or of another vessel's last known position, nearest first, each with distance and bearing from th
get_coverage Where Open Waters AIS is hearing AIS right now: sources with their current delay, stations, freshness, and vessel counts. A bounding box adds the stations whose
get_vessel_track The positions heard from one vessel over a time range, oldest first, with speed, course, and navigational status. Positions implying an impossible speed for the
get_vessels Last known position and particulars of specific vessels by MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity), or by IMO number with a feeder or partner token: the last re
search_vessels_by_name Vessels whose name contains the text, case-insensitive, among every vessel the network has heard, each with its MMSI and last known position when available. An

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