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An MCP server that through www.gdacs.org provides access to web‐based disaster information systems.

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Quality & Safety

A
Description quality
95%
Schema completeness
78%
Naming quality
100%
Poisoning risk
100%
Permission match
100%
Protocol compliance
100%

Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.

Context Cost

~908Tokens (tool definitions)
~1.0 KBTypical response size
Moderate attention impact (0.71% of 128k context)

This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.

Install

One-Click Install

Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "api": {
      "url": "https://api.gdacs.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Remote endpoints

https://api.gdacs.org/mcpstreamable-http

What it can do

Tool inventory

Tools (8)

🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢get_alert_level_info

Get explanation of GDACS alert level classifications and their meanings.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}
🟢search_events(eventTypes, alertLevel, country, eventname, fromDate, ...)

Search for disaster events with various filters. Returns a list of events matching the criteria, ordered by date descending.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "eventTypes": {
      "description": "Comma-separated event types to include (e.g., 'EQ,TC,FL'). Leave empty for all types.",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null
    },
    "alertLevel": {
      "description": "Alert level filter: 'green', 'orange', 'red', or combination like 'orange;red'",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null
    },
    "country": {
      "description": "Filter by country name or ISO code",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null
    },
    "eventname": {
      "description": "Filter by eventame, tipically for the TC, cyclone name",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null
    },
    "fromDate": {
      "description": "Start date for search range (ISO 8601 format)",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "format": "date-time",
      "default": null
    },
    "toDate": {
      "description": "End date for search range (ISO 8601 format)",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "format": "date-time",
      "default": null
    },
    "minSeverity": {
      "description": "Minimum severity value to filter",
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of results to return (1-100, default 20)",
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 20
    }
  }
}
🟢get_disaster_statistics(eventTypes, alertLevel, fromDate, toDate, country)

Get disaster statistics aggregated by event type and alert level for a specified time period.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "eventTypes": {
      "description": "Comma-separated event types to include",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null
    },
    "alertLevel": {
      "description": "Alert level filter",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null
    },
    "fromDate": {
      "description": "Start date for statistics period",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "format": "date-time",
      "default": null
    },
    "toDate": {
      "description": "End date for statistics period",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "format": "date-time",
      "default": null
    },
    "country": {
      "description": "Country filter",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null
    }
  }
}
🟢get_events_by_country(country, daysBack, limit)

Get all disaster events affecting a specific country.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "country": {
      "description": "Country name or ISO3 code",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "daysBack": {
      "description": "Number of days to look back (default 30, max 365)",
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 30
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of results (default 50, max 100)",
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 50
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "country"
  ]
}
🟢get_event_data(eventType, eventId)

Get detailed information about a specific disaster event. Returns event data including location, severity, affected population, and timeline.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "eventType": {
      "description": "Event type code: EQ (Earthquake), TC (Tropical Cyclone), FL (Flood), VO (Volcano), WF (Wildfire), DR (Drought)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "eventId": {
      "description": "Numeric event identifier from GDACS",
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "eventType",
    "eventId"
  ]
}
🟢get_recent_alerts(hours, minAlertLevel)

Get list of recent disaster alerts from the last N hours.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "hours": {
      "description": "Number of hours to look back (default 24, max 168)",
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 24
    },
    "minAlertLevel": {
      "description": "Minimum alert level: 'green', 'orange', or 'red'",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null
    }
  }
}
🟢get_active_disasters(eventTypes)

Get currently active disasters. Returns events with their geographic footprints grouped by disaster type.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "eventTypes": {
      "description": "Optional: semicolon-separated event types to filter (e.g., 'EQ;TC;FL')",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null
    }
  }
}
🟢get_event_types

Get list of all supported disaster event types with their descriptions.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

Recommended Prompts

search_research
Search for information about [topic] using api
Expected tools: search_events
find_specific
Find [specific item] using api
Expected tools: search_events
retrieve_data
Get details about [item] from api
Expected tools: get_alert_level_info
fetch_info
Fetch [information type] using api
Expected tools: get_alert_level_info
research_workflow
Search for [topic], then get detailed information about the top results using api
Expected tools: search_eventsget_alert_level_info

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