How do I find my Caiyun Weather Token?

Log in to the [Caiyun Weather Open Platform](https://open.caiyunapp.com/), navigate to the 'Application Management' (应用管理) section to find your unique API Token.

What is the coordinate format for location?

Caiyun uses the format `[Longitude],[Latitude]`. For example, Beijing is approximately `116.40,39.90`. It is important to put the Longitude first.

Which coordinate system should I use?

Caiyun natively supports GCJ-02 coordinates, which is the standard system for maps in mainland China. Ensure your coordinates are in this format for maximum accuracy.

Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 MCP Server for Claude Desktop 8 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "caiyun-weather": {
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      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
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About Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 MCP Server

Empower your AI agent to orchestrate your environmental monitoring and high-precision weather forecasting with Caiyun Weather (彩云天气), the pioneer of minute-level precipitation forecasting in China. By connecting Caiyun to your agent, you transform complex meteorological data, air quality auditing, and long-term forecasts into a natural conversation. Your agent can instantly retrieve real-time conditions for any coordinate, provide hyper-local rain alerts for the next two hours, and audit historical or forecast trends without you ever needing to navigate a weather map. Whether you are planning outdoor logistics or monitoring air quality for retail branches, your agent acts as a real-time environmental coordinator, providing accurate and fast results from a single, authorized source.

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 8 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.

What you can do

Minute-Precision Rain — Access hyper-local precipitation forecasts for the next 120 minutes with high resolution.
Real-time Auditing — Retrieve current temperature, humidity, visibility, and wind conditions for specific coordinates.
Air Quality Monitoring — Access real-time AQI and pollutant data (PM2.5, PM10) across mainland China.
Long-term Forecasting — Retrieve detailed hourly and daily weather trends for up to 15 days.
Geographic Flexibility — Query any location using Longitude,Latitude (GCJ-02) or administrative codes.

The Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 MCP Server exposes 8 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Claude Desktop in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 to Claude Desktop via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP Server

Paste the configuration above into the mcpServers section

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new server

Start using Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气

Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat. your 8 tools are now available

Why Use Claude Desktop with the Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 MCP Server

Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 through the Model Context Protocol.

Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available

Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface

Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions

Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network

Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 + Claude Desktop Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Interactive data exploration: ask Claude to query DNS records, look up WHOIS data, and cross-reference results in a single conversation

Ad-hoc security audits: type a domain name and let Claude enumerate subdomains, check DNS history, and flag configuration anomalies. all through natural language

Executive briefings: generate comprehensive domain intelligence reports by asking Claude to compile findings into a formatted summary

Learning and training: new team members can explore API capabilities conversationally without needing to read documentation

Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (8)

These 8 tools become available when you connect Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 to Claude Desktop via MCP:

get_aqi_info

Get air quality index

get_daily_forecast

Get daily weather forecast

get_hourly_forecast

Get hourly weather forecast

get_minutely_rain

Get minute-precision rain

get_precipitation_probability

Check rain probability

get_realtime_weather

Get real-time weather

get_visibility_data

Get visibility distance

get_wind_conditions

Get wind speed and direction

Example Prompts for Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 in Claude Desktop

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 immediately.

"What is the real-time weather at coordinates 121.47,31.23 (Shanghai)?"

"Will it rain in the next 2 hours at 116.40,39.90 (Beijing)?"

"Check the air quality index for coordinates 113.26,23.12 (Guangzhou)."

Troubleshooting Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 MCP Server with Claude Desktop

Common issues when connecting Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Server not appearing after restart

Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).

Authentication error

Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.

Tools not showing in chat

Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.

Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 + Claude Desktop FAQ

Common questions about integrating Caiyun Weather / 彩云天气 MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?

When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.

What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?

Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.

Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?

Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.

Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?

Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.

Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?

Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.