Airnow

EPA AirNow MCP — official US real-time + forecast AQI.

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1394+ live data sources.

Tools

• current_by_zip(zip_code, distance_miles?)
• current_by_location(latitude, longitude, distance_miles?)
• forecast_by_zip(zip_code, date?, distance_miles?)
• observations_in_bbox(bbox, start_date, end_date, parameters?, data_type?, verbose?)

Auth

• Platform key: gateway env PLATFORM_AIRNOW_KEY.
• BYO: ?_apiKey=<key> after registering at https://docs.airnowapi.org/account/request/.

Free tier: 500 requests/hour per key.

Data source

https://www.airnowapi.org/aq/ — ?API_KEY= query param.

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "airnow": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/airnow/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 1394+ data sources:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Airnow data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

• Docs and guides
• pipeworx.io

License

MIT