How to Use the NASA DONKI — Space Weather Intelligence MCP in VS Code Copilot

Feed live space weather telemetry directly to VS Code Copilot for team-wide aerospace dev.

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Connect NASA DONKI — Space Weather Intelligence MCP to VS Code Copilot

Create your Vinkius account to connect NASA DONKI — Space Weather Intelligence to VS Code Copilot and route execution through our secure gateway. The platform manages server hosting, runtime updates, and security layers. Configuration requires no manual server provisioning.

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Setup NASA DONKI — Space Weather Intelligence with VS Code Copilot

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Track solar flares across your entire dev team

`get_solar_flares` delivers solar flare classifications and active region data straight to your VS Code Copilot chat. By putting this tool in your shared configuration, every developer on your team can query solar events instantly. This makes it easy to debug telemetry pipelines together. Your agent pulls the exact times and instruments involved in recent X-class flares without anyone leaving the editor.

Analyze geomagnetic storms with this MCP Server

`get_geomagnetic_storms` brings critical Kp-index data directly to VS Code Copilot. Your team can quickly verify how orbital or grid-monitoring software handles extreme solar storms. Integrate `get_radiation_belt` to monitor the Van Allen belts during these events. The MCP Server gives your coding agent the data needed to build automated satellite safety triggers.

Monitor space weather notifications in your editor

`get_donki_notifications` provides a unified feed of all recent space weather events. Your team can use Copilot to parse these alerts and build automated deployment checks based on solar activity. If you need deeper physical data, `get_interplanetary_shocks` and `get_solar_energetic_particles` offer raw shock wave and particle telemetry. It gives you the exact metrics to test your system's resilience.

Setup guide

Set up NASA DONKI — Space Weather Intelligence MCP in VS Code Copilot

Prerequisites

VS Code 1.99 or later with GitHub Copilot extension
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open MCP configuration

Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P) and run "MCP: Add Server". Select HTTP (Streamable) as the server type. VS Code will create .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.
2

Add the NASA DONKI — Space Weather Intelligence MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into your .vscode/mcp.json. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Switch to Agent mode

Open Copilot Chat (Cmd+Shift+I / Ctrl+Shift+I) and switch to Agent mode using the dropdown. MCP tools are only available in Agent mode — they do not appear in Edit or Ask modes.
4

Verify the connection

In the Copilot Chat input, type # to list available tools. You should see the NASA DONKI — Space Weather Intelligence tools listed. Try asking: "List my recent NASA DONKI — Space Weather Intelligence transactions" and Copilot will invoke them automatically.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nasa-donki-space-weather-intelligence-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about NASA DONKI — Space Weather Intelligence MCP in VS Code Copilot

Create an MCP configuration file in your repository root and add the server configuration. Commit this file to Git so every developer on your team gets access to the tools automatically.

Yes. Ask Copilot to query the notifications tool and write a script that parses the output. The agent uses the live JSON structure to write accurate alerting logic.

The solar flare tool lets Copilot pull specific flare classes like M or X. Your agent can quickly filter these events to help you write code that responds to high-radiation events.

No, you need an active internet connection to query NASA's live database. However, the Vinkius platform ensures high availability so your team's queries always go through.

All heliophysics data requests are routed through isolated execution environments using this MCP Server. Your private source code is never exposed to the API, keeping your team's development environment completely isolated and secure.

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