MCP server

Ask an AI assistant to find Mars images

The atlas runs a read-only MCP server. Connect it, then ask in plain words: "What has HiRISE imaged in Holden crater?" or "Give me the JMARS steps for the newest THEMIS image of Jezero."

Server URL

https://marsimages.swapniltamse.com/mcp

Claude Code

Command

claude mcp add --transport http mars-image-atlas https://marsimages.swapniltamse.com/mcp

Run it from your home folder, not inside a code repository.

Claude.ai or Claude Desktop

Open Settings, then Connectors.
Click Add custom connector.
Paste https://marsimages.swapniltamse.com/mcp as the URL.
Save, then turn the connector on in a chat.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`list_instruments`	The cameras, their products, credits and JMARS layers.
`find_place`	Looks up a named feature in the IAU Gazetteer.
`find_images`	Counts and lists images for a place, a point or a box, live from ODE.
`get_product`	One image: files, footprint, label, preview, team page.
`open_in_jmars`	The JMARS steps with the image ID filled in.

Limits: 60 calls a minute, at most 25 images per instrument per call, search boxes up to 3 degrees. Results are cached for six hours.