MANNA MCP Server

io.github.NSF-Simons-CosmicAI-Institute/manna

Repository Registry

What is the MANNA MCP server?

MCP server for IVOA astronomical archives: NOIRLab Astro Data Lab, NRAO/ALMA, CADC, ESO, Gaia

How to install MANNA

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

MANNA_ARCHIVES
Comma-separated archive short_names to activate (e.g. 'datalab,alma'). Unset means all.
MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS
Comma-separated hostnames the server may fetch. Unset means any public host.
MANNA_LOG_LEVEL
Logging verbosity.
MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT
Max rows returned inline before a result is promoted to an async job or truncated.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "manna": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "manna-mcp",
        "--stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MANNA_ARCHIVES": "<YOUR_MANNA_ARCHIVES>",
        "MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "<YOUR_MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS>",
        "MANNA_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MANNA_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT": "<YOUR_MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT>"
      }
    }
  }
}