How to Use the NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events MCP in CrewAI

Q: What kinds of events can I track with getnaturalevents?

You can get a full list by calling geteventcategories. It includes things you'd expect, like wildfires and volcanoes, but also sea and lake ice, severe storms, and dust or haze events.

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Assign Roles for Planetary Monitoring

Don't build one giant agent; build a specialized crew. Create a "Scout" agent whose only job is to run `get_natural_events` every hour. Its task is to find new events of interest, like volcanic eruptions. When the Scout finds something, it passes the event details to a "Geospatial Analyst" agent. This is the power of CrewAI's role-based design. Each agent has a clear purpose and uses only the tools it needs.

Create an Analysis and Reporting Pipeline

Your "Geospatial Analyst" agent takes the event data from the Scout. It then uses `get_epic_dates` to find recent imagery and `get_epic_by_date` to pull all images from the day of the eruption. After analyzing the images for an ash plume, it writes a summary. This summary is passed to a "Communications" agent, which formats the findings into a clean report and posts it to a designated channel. This MCP server provides all the tools for this multi-step, autonomous process.

Autonomous Operations with a CrewAI MCP Server

This setup runs without you. The crew you design can monitor the planet 24/7. The Scout keeps watching, the Analyst keeps digging, and the Communicator keeps reporting. You can even add a "Historian" agent. Its job? To use `get_event_categories` and `get_natural_events` to build a historical database of all recorded events, creating a valuable dataset over time. CrewAI makes it simple to orchestrate these parallel tasks.

Setup guide

Set up NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events MCP in CrewAI

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+ installed
crewai package (pip install crewai)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install CrewAI
Run pip install crewai to install the framework. MCP support is built-in via the mcps parameter.
2

Add the MCP URL to your agent
Pass your Vinkius endpoint directly to the mcps list. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. CrewAI handles tool discovery and caching automatically.
3

Kick off your crew
Create a Crew with your agent and tasks. Call crew.kickoff() — the agent will automatically invoke NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events tools as needed.

crew.py

from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew

agent = Agent(
    role="NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events Analyst",
    goal="Access and analyze NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events data via MCP.",
    backstory="Expert analyst with direct NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events access.",
    mcps=[
        "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    ],
)

task = Task(
    description="List recent NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events transactions",
    agent=agent,
    expected_output="A summary of recent activity",
)

crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task])
result = crew.kickoff()
print(result)

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Prerequisites

Python 3.10+ installed
crewai + crewai-tools packages
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install dependencies
Run pip install crewai crewai-tools. The MCPServerAdapter handles lifecycle management and tool conversion.
2

Connect with MCPServerAdapter
Use MCPServerAdapter as a context manager with SseServerParameters pointing to your Vinkius endpoint. The adapter automatically manages connection lifecycle.
3

Assign tools and run
Pass the returned mcp_tools to your agent's tools parameter. The adapter converts MCP tools to native BaseTool objects compatible with all CrewAI agents.

crew.py

from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter
from mcp import SseServerParameters

server_params = SseServerParameters(
    url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
)

with MCPServerAdapter(server_params) as mcp_tools:
    agent = Agent(
        role="NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events Analyst",
        goal="Access and analyze NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events data via MCP.",
        backstory="Expert analyst with direct NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events access.",
        tools=mcp_tools,
    )

    task = Task(
        description="List recent NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events transactions",
        agent=agent,
        expected_output="A summary of recent activity",
    )

    crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task])
    result = crew.kickoff()
    print(result)

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Common questions about NASA Earth — Full-Disk Imagery & Natural Events MCP in CrewAI

You define multiple agents in CrewAI, each with a role (e.g., Scout, Analyst). You then grant the NASA MCP tools to the crew, and in each agent's instructions, you specify which tools it should use to perform its task.

Absolutely. That's the recommended approach. Create an agent whose entire purpose is to be an expert on NASA data, then have other agents delegate tasks to it.

Data is passed through shared context or as the output of a task. When your "Scout" agent's task completes, its return value (e.g., event data from `get_natural_events`) becomes available as input for the next agent in the sequence.

You can get a full list by calling `get_event_categories`. It includes things you'd expect, like wildfires and volcanoes, but also sea and lake ice, severe storms, and dust or haze events.

The server only processes the specific tool calls, like a request for image dates or event categories. Vinkius ensures your CrewAI connects via a secure, authenticated endpoint. The server logic runs in a fully isolated, ephemeral container that has no access to your agent's code or its internal memory.

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