`planetary_computer_collections`

Pack: planetary-computer · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/planetary_computer_collections for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

List the Earth-observation collections (datasets) in Microsoft’s Planetary Computer STAC catalogue, with each one’s licence, spatial extent and date range. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH when asked which satellite, climate or land-cover datasets are available for an area or period — this is the operator’s own live index, not a blog list. Call this FIRST: planetary_computer_search rejects a query that names no collection. Filter with contains (matches id, title and description, e.g. “landsat”, “elevation”, “fire”).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`contains`	string	no	Case-insensitive substring matched against collection id, title and description (e.g. “sentinel”, “climate”, “biodiversity”). Omit to list the whole catalogue.
`prefix`	string	no	Only collections whose id starts with this (e.g. “landsat-”).
`limit`	number	no	Maximum collections to return, 1-500. Default 50.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "contains": "sentinel",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/planetary-computer/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"planetary_computer_collections","arguments":{"contains":"sentinel","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('planetary_computer_collections', {
  "contains": "sentinel",
  "limit": 5
});

More examples

{
  "prefix": "landsat-",
  "limit": 10
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the planetary-computer pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "planetary-computer": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/planetary-computer/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

planetary_computer_collections