astronomy-mcp-server: Instructions file for Claude Code

AGENTS.md

astronomy-mcp-server AGENTS.md is an instructions file for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode from cyanheads/astronomy-mcp-server. It costs 7,425 tokens per session, scanned A, a copy of obsidian-mcp-server AGENTS.md, Apache-2.0.

Developer instructions for an offline astronomy server that calculates sky positions, rise and set times, and related observations from a body, time, and observer coordinates. It uses astronomical calculations and does not turn place names into coordinates itself.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to calculate where the Sun, Moon, planets, or listed stars appear, when they rise or set, and other observer-based sky details.
Why use it?
They explain the server's available calculations and the information callers must supply, helping developers use its tools correctly.

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Written for Claude Code and Codex and OpenCode: Claude Code plugin machinery, but also the file is AGENTS.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions subagents.

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AGENTS.md · 451 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 451 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Developer Protocol

Server: astronomy-mcp-server Version: 0.2.9 Framework: @cyanheads/mcp-ts-core ^0.12.3 Engines: Bun ≥1.3.0, Node ≥24.0.0 MCP SDK: @modelcontextprotocol/server ^2.0.0 Zod: ^4.4.3

Read the framework docs first: node_modules/@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core/CLAUDE.md contains the full API reference — builders, Context, error codes, exports, patterns. This file covers server-specific conventions only.


Server Surface

Observational astronomy, computed in-process. The core is keyless and offline — astronomy-engine plus a bundled bright-star catalog, no upstream, no ctx.state, deterministic for (body, time, observer). The server does not geocode: callers resolve a place name to latitude/longitude (e.g. via openstreetmap) and a timezone (e.g. via reference-data) upstream, then pass coordinates and an optional IANA timezone for observer-local output.

Five core tools (always registered):

Tool What it computes
astronomy_get_sky_position Apparent topocentric position of one body or named star — equatorial / horizontal / ecliptic, magnitude, angular diameter, phase, constellation
astronomy_get_rise_set Rise / set / transit cycles, plus twilight bands for the Sun; circumpolar / never-rises notes
astronomy_get_moon_phase Phase angle, illumination, synodic age, next four quarter phases
astronomy_find_events Next N of: equinox, solstice, moon_quarter, lunar/solar eclipse, opposition, conjunction, max_elongation, perigee_apogee
astronomy_list_visible One-call "what is up now" — naked-eye bodies (+ optional catalog stars) above the horizon, ranked, with a sky-condition gate

Plus the astronomy://body/{body} resource (static reference card) and the astronomy_stargazing_plan prompt (chains the tools for a "plan tonight from " workflow).

Two gated, network-backed extensions register only when their env gate is on (default deployment is keyless + offline):

Read the full file on GitHub · 451 lines

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