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astrodynamics-mcp MCP Server

Astrodynamics MCP server: TLE/SGP4, Lambert, access windows, porkchop, B-plane targeting.

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Published as astrodynamics-mcp on pypi. Runs locally.

Known issues

75 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

Most discussed

Viz subsystem quality review: bugs, simplification, doc drift, test gaps

Goal

End-of-subsystem review pass over the v0.4 viz surface before the release cut — the analogue of the v0.2 GMAT (#95) and v0.3 SPICE (#128) reviews. Roll findings into a single triaged backlog. Priority key: P0 = correctness / resource leak, P1 = user-visible drift or LLM-facing contract issue, P2 = simplification or test polish.

Scope

Review the viz tool modules (tools/viz.py or the plot / czml modules), the attachment plumbing in the server, the viz schemas, and every

Read the thread · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

Tool: czml_trajectory (gmat-czml wrapper for 3D Cesium views)

Goal

Expose 3D trajectory visualisation by wrapping the gmat-czml sibling (to_czml), returning a CZML document as an MCP EmbeddedResource viewable in any Cesium client. Charter v0.4: the CZML tool is gated on gmat-czml shipping first.

Tool surface

  • Name: czml_trajectory
  • Inputs:
    • trajectory — a state series in the canonical schema (an SGP4 propagation series, a GMAT ephemeris from the [gmat] tools, or a supplied state series).
    • `intervals: ... | None = None

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[viz] extra wiring + PNG/CZML attachment plumbing

Goal

Wire the [viz] optional extra and the attachment output channel the viz tools need — the cross-cutting groundwork for v0.4. The base install stays viz-free, mirroring the [gmat] / [spice] gates. No tool bodies yet.

Scope

  • pyproject.toml: viz = ["matplotlib>=3.8", "gmat-czml>=0.3"] under [project.optional-dependencies]; conditional tool registration (tools surface only when the extra imports).
  • Attachment output channel: return PNGs as MCP ImageContent and CZML as an

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SPICE subsystem quality review: bugs, simplification, doc drift, test gaps

Goal

End-of-subsystem review pass over the v0.3 SPICE surface before the release cut — the analogue of the v0.2 GMAT subsystem review (#95). Roll the findings into a single triaged backlog of bugs, simplification opportunities, documentation drift, and test-coverage gaps. None of these block the v0.3 contract; they are quality / hygiene work to pay down once the SPICE surface lands. Priority key: P0 = correctness / resource leak, P1 = user-visible drift or LLM-facing contract issue,

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v0.2.0: per-parameter descriptions on every tool (Smithery +9pt, LLM ergonomics)

Goal

Add per-parameter description strings to every tool function so the Smithery quality score's Parameter descriptions row (currently 0/8, 8.89pt) goes to 8/8. Substantial work — every parameter of every tool needs a one-line description that becomes part of the JSON Schema FastMCP generates and surfaces to MCP clients. ~46 parameters across 8 tools.

This is also a real ergonomic improvement beyond Smithery: any LLM connected to the server via MCP gets the per-parameter `description

Read the thread · 2026-05-27 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

Most recent

Docs + README update for the v0.4 viz surface

Goal

Surface the v0.4 viz additions across the docs site and the README. After this issue a visitor can install [viz], understand the attachment model, and find the viz tools in the reference.

Scope

New / filled-in pages

  • docs/visualisation.md — the plot tools, czml_trajectory, the attachment model (ImageContent / EmbeddedResource, additive to ASCII), and which clients render images / CZML.

Updates to existing pages

  • docs/tool-reference.md — auto-regenerate so the

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Eval suite: viz coverage + example sessions for plots and CZML

Goal

Extend the eval suite to cover the viz tools and add runnable example sessions for a static plot and a CZML export.

Scope

New prompts

  • One per plot tool (plot_ground_track, plot_trajectory, plot_porkchop) and one for czml_trajectory, at the single-tool tier.
  • At least one sequential prompt (e.g. sgp4_propagate → plot_ground_track).
  • Goldens assert an attachment is produced and its declared type (ImageContent vs EmbeddedResource) alongside the permitted-trac

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Tool: static-plot helpers (plot_ground_track / plot_trajectory / plot_porkchop) as PNG

Goal

matplotlib static-plot tools returning PNG attachments, with the inline ASCII / table summary retained. Deterministic rendering per the attachment-plumbing issue (#131).

Tool surface

plot_ground_track

  • Inputs: a state series or SGP4 propagation result; optional ground stations to overlay.
  • Output: a sub-satellite ground-track PNG + an inline summary (revs, lat / lon extent).

plot_trajectory

  • Inputs: a state series; projection (2D / 3D); optional centra

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v0.3.0 release cut

Goal

Cut v0.3.0 once the SPICE surface, eval, review, and docs have landed. Aggregate the CHANGELOG, bump the version, tag, ship.

Scope

Release-cut PR (single PR)

  • CHANGELOG.md — aggregate all v0.3 entries into one ## [0.3.0] — YYYY-MM-DD section (release-cut aggregation, not per-PR). No process-meta sections (Reviewed / Acknowledgements / Peer-review-response).
  • pyproject.toml — bump the version; pin the spiceypy minor.
  • uv.lock — regenerate.
  • README.md — SPICE tool

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Docs + README update for the v0.3 SPICE surface

Goal

Surface the v0.3 SPICE additions across the docs site and the README. After this issue a visitor can install [spice], understand the kernel model, and find the SPICE tools in the reference without grepping the CHANGELOG.

Scope

New / filled-in pages

  • docs/spice-integration.md — fill out the kickoff stub: the kernel model, the furnish-from-URL NAIF allowlist + cache, the concurrency / state-scope contract, the five tools, and when to pick a spice_* tool over the astropy-ba

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Eval suite: SPICE coverage + example session (e) (SPICE / Horizons deep query)

Goal

Extend the Inspect AI eval suite to cover the SPICE tools, and add the runnable example session the charter promises (session (e): SPICE / Horizons deep query). Charter §4: the suite grows toward ~50 prompts at v0.3 with SPICE coverage.

Scope

New prompts

SPICE single-tool tier:

  • spice_load_kernel → spice_state (load a generic SPK + LSK, query a body state).
  • spice_body_parameters for a body's radii / GM.
  • spice_time_convert UTC↔ET with an LSK loaded.
  • `spice_fr

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Tool: spice_time_convert (leap-second-kernel-backed ET / UTC / SCLK)

Goal

Time conversions backed by the loaded leap-second (and optional spacecraft-clock) kernels: str2et / et2utc / sce2s / scs2e. The final shape (a separate spice_time_convert vs. extending the v0.1 time_convert) follows the kickoff overlap decision (#120).

Tool surface

  • Name: spice_time_convert (pending the kickoff overlap decision).
  • Inputs:
    • value: str — the input time.
    • from_scale / to_scale — among ET (TDB seconds past J2000), UTC, and SCLK (spac

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