# wems MCP Server

Real-time natural hazard monitoring: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, solar weather, air quality

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

Pod has not dialled wems yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `wems-mcp-server` on pypi. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**9 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 6.

### Most discussed

### Reliability contract per data source (timeouts, fallback, freshness, error taxonomy)

Proposal: codify per-source timeout/retry/fallback/cache TTL behavior, standard error taxonomy, and smoke checks for response shape regressions.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/heliosarchitect/wems-mcp-server/issues/9) · 2026-02-21 · closed · 3 comments

### Add US Drought Monitor API integration

**Feature Request: US Drought Monitor**

Add integration with US Drought Monitor API to check current drought status across US states and regions.

**Tool Details:**
- **Tool Name:** check_drought_status
- **Tier:** Premium tier (paid users only)
- **Parameters:** Takes US state/region as input
- **Returns:** Current drought classification levels (D0-D4):
  - D0: Abnormally Dry
  - D1: Moderate Drought
  - D2: Severe Drought  
  - D3: Extreme Drought
  - D4: Exceptional Drought

**Implementation

[Read the thread](https://github.com/heliosarchitect/wems-mcp-server/issues/8) · 2026-02-14 · closed · 1 comment

### Bug: CI import check referenced non-existent 'server' export

**Found:** First successful CI trigger on master.
**Root cause:** Import check used `from wems_mcp_server import server` but the class is `WemsServer`.
**Fix:** Changed to `from wems_mcp_server import WemsServer`.
**Resolved in:** commit 45f46b3

[Read the thread](https://github.com/heliosarchitect/wems-mcp-server/issues/6) · 2026-02-14 · closed · 1 comment

### Bug: Publish workflow fails on duplicate PyPI upload

**Found:** v1.5.2 tag push triggered publish after manual upload already succeeded.
**Root cause:** `twine upload` fails with HTTP 400 when version already exists on PyPI.
**Fix:** Added `--skip-existing` flag to twine upload command.
**Resolved in:** commit f3ebf30

[Read the thread](https://github.com/heliosarchitect/wems-mcp-server/issues/5) · 2026-02-14 · closed · 1 comment

### Bug: CI workflow targeted 'main' branch but repo uses 'master'

**Found:** First CI run after pushing workflows.
**Root cause:** ci.yml had `branches: [main]` but repo default branch is `master`.
**Impact:** CI never ran on any push.
**Fix:** Added `master` to branch triggers.
**Resolved in:** commit f3ebf30

[Read the thread](https://github.com/heliosarchitect/wems-mcp-server/issues/4) · 2026-02-14 · closed · 1 comment

### Most recent

### Add Space Weather Alerts API integration

**Feature Request: Space Weather Alerts**

Add integration with NOAA SWPC (Space Weather Prediction Center) alerts API to monitor active space weather alerts.

**API Endpoint:**
- https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/products/alerts.json

**Tool Details:**
- **Tool Name:** check_space_weather_alerts
- **Tier:** Free tier (accessible to all users)
- **Returns:** Active alerts for:
  - Geomagnetic storms
  - Solar radiation storms  
  - Radio blackouts

**Implementation Requirements:**
- Follow existing

[Read the thread](https://github.com/heliosarchitect/wems-mcp-server/issues/7) · 2026-02-14 · closed · 0 comments

[See all 9 reports Pod holds for wems](/mcp/wems/issues).

## Firsthand observations

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