simbad 4 tools

MCP server exposing 4 tools for simbad.

Endpoint

This URL is a JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint over HTTP. Issue POST requests with a JSON-RPC body. Browsers and search crawlers land here on GET.

POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/simbad/mcp
Content-Type: application/json

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}

Tools

• object — Resolve and fetch the basic record for an object identifier (e.g. "M31", "HD 209458").
• script — Run a SIMBAD sim-script. See https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-fscript.
• tap — ADQL TAP query against the SIMBAD database (sync). Returns JSON by default.
• cone_search — Objects within a radius of (RA, Dec) decimal degrees.

Full documentation

Code samples (curl / TypeScript / one-click client install), schemas, and the live playground are on the pack page:
https://pipeworx.io/packs/simbad/

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