What you can ask
- “What does GBIF Occurrences have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
- “Pull the most recent GBIF Occurrences records and put them in a table.”
- “What does GBIF Occurrences 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. GBIF Occurrences is ready as soon as you sign in.
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 GBIF Occurrences through PatchOps when it needs to.
› Technical details
GBIF species occurrence records — search 1.3B+ georeferenced observations by country, taxon, and Darwin Core basis of record.