MCP Server

XHelio-SPICE MCP Server

Name: XHelio-SPICE MCP Server
Author: io.github.huangzesen

io.github.huangzesen/xhelio-spice

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What is the XHelio-SPICE MCP server?

Spacecraft ephemeris made easy — auto-managed SPICE kernels for heliophysics

How to install XHelio-SPICE

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR
Override the default kernel cache directory (~/.xhelio_spice/kernels/)

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xhelio-spice": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "xhelio-spice"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR": "<YOUR_XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xhelio-spice": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "xhelio-spice"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR": "<YOUR_XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xhelio-spice": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "xhelio-spice"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR": "<YOUR_XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "xhelio-spice": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "xhelio-spice"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR": "<YOUR_XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add xhelio-spice --env XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR=<YOUR_XHELIO_SPICE_KERNEL_DIR> -- uvx xhelio-spice

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