NOAA Tides & Currents API MCP Server for Vercel AI SDK 5 tools — connect in under 2 minutes
The Vercel AI SDK is the TypeScript toolkit for building AI-powered applications. Connect NOAA Tides & Currents API through Vinkius and every tool is available as a typed function. ready for React Server Components, API routes, or any Node.js backend.
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import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { generateText } from "ai";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
async function main() {
const mcpClient = await createMCPClient({
transport: {
type: "http",
// Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
url: "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp",
},
});
try {
const tools = await mcpClient.tools();
const { text } = await generateText({
model: openai("gpt-4o"),
tools,
prompt: "Using NOAA Tides & Currents API, list all available capabilities.",
});
console.log(text);
} finally {
await mcpClient.close();
}
}
main();
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About NOAA Tides & Currents API MCP Server
Empower your AI agent to orchestrate your entire maritime research and tidal auditing workflow with the NOAA Tides & Currents API, the authoritative source for United States coastal data. By connecting NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) to your agent, you transform complex water level searches into a natural conversation. Your agent can instantly retrieve real-time water levels, audit high and low tide predictions, and query atmospheric metadata without you ever touching a technical portal. Whether you are planning maritime logistics or conducting coastal research, your agent acts as a real-time oceanographic consultant, ensuring your data is always verified and precise.
The Vercel AI SDK gives every NOAA Tides & Currents API tool full TypeScript type inference, IDE autocomplete, and compile-time error checking. Connect 5 tools through Vinkius and stream results progressively to React, Svelte, or Vue components. works on Edge Functions, Cloudflare Workers, and any Node.js runtime.
What you can do
- Water Level Auditing — Retrieve real-time water level data for thousands of NOAA stations and maintain a clear view of coastal changes.
- Tide Oversight — Audit high and low tide predictions to understand the temporal distribution of maritime scale instantly.
- Atmospheric Discovery — Query real-time air and water temperature metadata to assist in regional environmental planning.
- Station Intelligence — Retrieve high-resolution details for specific NOAA station IDs to assist in deep-dive oceanographic classification.
- Maritime Monitoring — Check API status to ensure your maritime research workflow is always operational.
The NOAA Tides & Currents API MCP Server exposes 5 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Vercel AI SDK 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 NOAA Tides & Currents API to Vercel AI SDK via MCP
Follow these steps to integrate the NOAA Tides & Currents API MCP Server with Vercel AI SDK.
Install dependencies
Run npm install @ai-sdk/mcp ai @ai-sdk/openai
Replace the token
Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token
Run the script
Save to agent.ts and run with npx tsx agent.ts
Explore tools
The SDK discovers 5 tools from NOAA Tides & Currents API and passes them to the LLM
Why Use Vercel AI SDK with the NOAA Tides & Currents API MCP Server
Vercel AI SDK provides unique advantages when paired with NOAA Tides & Currents API through the Model Context Protocol.
TypeScript-first: every MCP tool gets full type inference, IDE autocomplete, and compile-time error checking out of the box
Framework-agnostic core works with Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, or any Node.js runtime. same NOAA Tides & Currents API integration everywhere
Built-in streaming UI primitives let you display NOAA Tides & Currents API tool results progressively in React, Svelte, or Vue components
Edge-compatible: the AI SDK runs on Vercel Edge Functions, Cloudflare Workers, and other edge runtimes for minimal latency
NOAA Tides & Currents API + Vercel AI SDK Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Vercel AI SDK combined with the NOAA Tides & Currents API MCP Server delivers measurable value.
AI-powered web apps: build dashboards that query NOAA Tides & Currents API in real-time and stream results to the UI with zero loading states
API backends: create serverless endpoints that orchestrate NOAA Tides & Currents API tools and return structured JSON responses to any frontend
Chatbots with tool use: embed NOAA Tides & Currents API capabilities into conversational interfaces with streaming responses and tool call visibility
Internal tools: build admin panels where team members interact with NOAA Tides & Currents API through natural language queries
NOAA Tides & Currents API MCP Tools for Vercel AI SDK (5)
These 5 tools become available when you connect NOAA Tides & Currents API to Vercel AI SDK via MCP:
check_api_status
Check if the NOAA Tides & Currents service is operational
get_air_temperature
Get real-time air temperature data for a specific NOAA station
get_tide_predictions
Get high and low tide predictions for a specific NOAA station
get_water_levels
Get real-time water levels for a specific NOAA station
get_water_temperature
Get real-time water temperature data for a specific NOAA station
Example Prompts for NOAA Tides & Currents API in Vercel AI SDK
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Vercel AI SDK agent to start working with NOAA Tides & Currents API immediately.
"Get tide predictions for station '9414290' (San Francisco) for '20240510' using NOAA Tides."
"What is the current water temperature at station '8443970' (Boston)?"
"Show real-time water levels for station '9410660' (Los Angeles)."
Troubleshooting NOAA Tides & Currents API MCP Server with Vercel AI SDK
Common issues when connecting NOAA Tides & Currents API to Vercel AI SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
createMCPClient is not a function
npm install @ai-sdk/mcpNOAA Tides & Currents API + Vercel AI SDK FAQ
Common questions about integrating NOAA Tides & Currents API MCP Server with Vercel AI SDK.
How does the Vercel AI SDK connect to MCP servers?
createMCPClient from @ai-sdk/mcp and pass the server URL. The SDK discovers all tools and provides typed TypeScript interfaces for each one.Can I use MCP tools in Edge Functions?
Does it support streaming tool results?
useChat and streamText that handle tool calls and display results progressively in the UI.Connect NOAA Tides & Currents API with your favorite client
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Connect NOAA Tides & Currents API to Vercel AI SDK
Get your token, paste the configuration, and start using 5 tools in under 2 minutes. No API key management needed.