Bhoonidhi MCP

An MCP server that lets an AI agent search, save, download, and cart satellite scenes from ISRO's Bhoonidhi Browse & Order portal (NRSC) in natural language. An agent can turn a sentence like "Sentinel-2 over Shillong last January" into a real search against the live portal, see honestly what is available to download, save a search to reuse later, preview what a download would fetch, and - once logged in - download…. Its 15 documented tools cluster into read & search, download, cart, resolve.

People who work with bhoonidhi, earth observation and geospatial and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-02 · ★ 3 · #462 OF 945 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Bhoonidhi MCP

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add geovicco-dev-bhoonidhi-mcp -- uvx bhoonidhi-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "geovicco-dev-bhoonidhi-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "bhoonidhi-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

repo age created 2026-08-18 - young repo, little track record yet

license MIT - declared in the repository

pypi package bhoonidhi-mcp - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.geovicco-dev is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Bhoonidhi MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can list saved queries as compact summaries: slug, name, date range, satellites, area, and availability, read one saved query by slug, with its scenes, delete a saved query by slug, and report whether a login is configured. Never handles a password or token.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Bhoonidhi MCP lets an agent do.

read & search

4 tools - e.g. The vocabulary of satellites, sensors, and search tokens the portal supports, live from Bhoonidhi.; Natural-language scene search over an area and date range. Resolves a casual satellite name to exact…

list_archive · search_scenes · list_queries · show_query

Download

4 tools - e.g. A dry run: shows what downloading the results would fetch, and what would be skipped, before anything is downloaded.; Downloads a saved query's open-access scenes in the background, to a fixed…

preview_download · download_query · download_status · download_wait

Cart

3 tools - e.g. Stages a saved query's scenes to the cart (routes each to ready / on-order / priced).; Lists scenes currently staged in the cart.; Removes scenes from the cart.

cart_add · cart_list · cart_remove

Resolve

1 tool - e.g. Turns a place name ("Loktak Lake") into a centroid and bounding box. Rejects inputs that are not place names.

resolve_location

Save

1 tool - e.g. Persists a search (same arguments as search_scenes) to a reusable slug, so it can be downloaded or staged to the cart later.

save_query

delete

1 tool - e.g. Deletes a saved query by slug.

remove_query

auth & access

1 tool - e.g. Reports whether a login is configured. Never handles a password or token.

auth_status

Latest releases

v0.3.0 · 2026-09-02

Every tool now declares its trust hints, the landing page's demo map runs on a basemap that needs no API key, and the server publishes to PyPI on release. · Added · Every tool declares its readOnly / destructive /…

v0.2.0 · 2026-08-19

Adds stateful saved queries and authenticated actions: an agent can now save a search, then download open-access scenes or stage scenes to the cart, all in conversation. · Added · Saved queries turn a stateless search…

v0.1.0 · 2026-08-19

First release. A read-only, no-authentication MCP server that lets an AI agent search and preview satellite scenes from ISRO's Bhoonidhi portal in natural language. · Tools · list_archive - the portal's…

04 · Who maintains Bhoonidhi MCP

bhoonidhi-mcp is maintained by geovicco-dev. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Aug 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/geovicco-dev/bhoonidhi-mcp
website: https://geovicco-dev.github.io/bhoonidhi-mcp/
category: other - ranked #462 of 945 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 3 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-02)
registry: io.github.geovicco-dev/bhoonidhi-mcp (active, first published 2026-09-02)
packages: pypi:bhoonidhi-mcp

06 · Bhoonidhi MCP FAQ

Is Bhoonidhi MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-02 and it shipped 3 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Bhoonidhi MCP do?

How do I install Bhoonidhi MCP?

Run `uvx bhoonidhi-mcp`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Bhoonidhi MCP run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

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