Jupyter Earth MCP Server

🌍 Jupyter Earth MCP Server is a [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) (MCP) server implementation that provides a set of tools

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What is the Jupyter Earth MCP server?

Jupyter earth mcp server lets Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients work with Jupyter Earth directly. 🌍 Jupyter Earth MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides a set of tools for πŸ—ΊοΈ Geospatial analysis in πŸ““ Jupyter notebooks.

What Jupyter Earth does

🌍 Jupyter Earth MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides a set of tools for πŸ—ΊοΈ Geospatial analysis in πŸ““ Jupyter notebooks.

Tools it exposes

Once connected, the assistant can call these 4 tools directly:

  • Input β€” - folder_name(string): Local folder name to save the data
  • Returns β€” Cell output
  • Tools β€” The Tools tool exposed by this server
  • Prompts β€” 1. download_analyze_global_sea_level - To ask for downloading and analyzing global sea level data in Jupyter. - Returns: Prompt correctly formatted

Installing the jupyter earth mcp server

The server is distributed via PyPI as jupyterlab, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up β€” the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.

Configuration

Before the server will start you need to supply 3 environment variables: SERVER_URL, TOKEN, NOTEBOOK_PATH. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.

Where it fits

Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Jupyter Earth sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset β€” Input, Returns, Tools among others β€” tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.

Practical notes

  • This server runs locally, so it operates with whatever access your machine and its credentials already have. Scope that deliberately rather than by default.
  • It will not start until its required credentials are present, so set those before wondering why the tools never appear.
  • Maintained by datalayer.
  • MCP clients ask for confirmation before each tool call by default. Keep that on while you learn what the jupyter earth mcp server actually does with your data.
  • Every entry in this directory is reviewed by hand before it goes live, and details are checked against the project's own documentation.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Input- folder_name(string): Local folder name to save the data.
ReturnsCell output.
ToolsThe Tools tool exposed by this server.
Prompts1. download_analyze_global_sea_level - To ask for downloading and analyzing global sea level data in Jupyter. - Returns: Prompt correctly formatted.

How to install the Jupyter Earth MCP server

### Claude Configuration on Linux

```bash
CLAUDE_CONFIG=${HOME}/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
cat <<EOF > $CLAUDE_CONFIG
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jupyter-earth": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "SERVER_URL",
        "-e",
        "TOKEN",
        "-e",
        "NOTEBOOK_PATH",
        "--network=host",
        "datalayer/jupyter-earth-mcp-server:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERVER_URL": "http://localhost:8888",
        "TOKEN": "MY_TOKEN",
        "NOTEBOOK_PATH": "notebook.ipynb"
      }
    }
  }
}
EOF
cat $CLAUDE_CONFIG

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
SERVER_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
NOTEBOOK_PATHFilesystem location the server is allowed to use.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • β€œUse Jupyter Earth to Input.”
  • β€œUse Jupyter Earth to Returns.”
  • β€œUse Jupyter Earth to Tools.”

Frequently asked questions

It connects Jupyter Earth to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 4 tools (Input, Returns, Tools, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Jupyter Earth directly.