What you can ask

“What does USGS ScienceBase have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
“Pull the most recent USGS ScienceBase records and put them in a table.”
“What does USGS ScienceBase 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. USGS ScienceBase is ready as soon as you sign in.

https://patchops.ai/api/mcp

Add to Claude Add to ChatGPT Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Claude: 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/mcp

Step by step

1
Open connectors
In Claude, open Settings > Connectors and click "Add custom connector".
2
Paste the URL
Name it PatchOps and paste https://patchops.ai/api/mcp as 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 USGS ScienceBase through PatchOps when it needs to.

› Technical details

USGS ScienceBase catalog and Publications Warehouse — no-auth discovery + retrieval of USGS federal energy/geoscience data products (oil & gas assessments, geothermal, critical minerals, basin reports, maps) by keyword and location, plus USGS reports, data series, and journal articles with DOIs....

View the data contract and method schemas →