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VesselFinder

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AIS vessel tracking: positions, port calls, ETAs, and fleet management.

Needs your own VesselFinder key. Included on Free.

What you can ask

  • “What does VesselFinder have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
  • “Pull the most recent VesselFinder records and put them in a table.”
  • “What does VesselFinder 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 VesselFinder key in PatchOps.

https://patchops.ai/api/mcp

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. 1

    Open connectors

    In Claude, open Settings > Connectors and click "Add custom connector".

  2. 2

    Paste the URL

    Name it PatchOps and paste https://patchops.ai/api/mcp as the server URL, then click Add.

  3. 3

    Sign in

    Click Connect and sign in to PatchOps when Claude asks.

  4. 4

    Start using

    Ask Claude a question. It uses VesselFinder through PatchOps when it needs to.

› Technical details

AIS vessel tracking: positions, port calls, ETAs, and fleet management.

View the data contract and method schemas →

Setup

A few steps to connect your AI agents to VesselFinder.

Continue setup
  1. 1

    Get Credentials

    Generate a key from VesselFinder.

  2. 2

    Add Credentials in /mcp

    Open the connector card and submit your credential.

  3. 3

    Connect Your AI Agent

    Copy the MCP URL from /mcp into Claude, ChatGPT, or another MCP client.

  4. 4

    Start Querying

    Ask your AI agent for the data you need — it discovers this connector's methods automatically.