What you can ask
- “What does AirNow (EPA) have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
- “Pull the most recent AirNow (EPA) records and put them in a table.”
- “What does AirNow (EPA) cover, and how fresh is the data?”
Connect to your AI assistant
Paste this URL into Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client, then sign in when prompted. After you sign in, add your AirNow (EPA) key in PatchOps.
https://patchops.ai/api/mcp
Add to Claude
Add to CursorClaude: use Add to Claude, or Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector and paste the URL.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http patchops https://patchops.ai/api/mcpStep by step
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Open connectors
In Claude, open Settings > Connectors and click "Add custom connector".
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Paste the URL
Name it PatchOps and paste
https://patchops.ai/api/mcpas the server URL, then click Add. - 3
Sign in
Click Connect and sign in to PatchOps when Claude asks.
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Start using
Ask Claude a question. It uses AirNow (EPA) through PatchOps when it needs to.
› Technical details
Current, forecast, historical, monitoring-site, and contour air-quality data from EPA AirNow.
Setup
A few steps to connect your AI agents to AirNow (EPA).
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Get Free Access Key
Register at docs.airnowapi.org.
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Add Credentials
Add the AirNow access key in PatchOps.
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Start Querying
Ask for forecasts, observations, monitoring sites, or contours.