MANNA

io.github.NSF-Simons-CosmicAI-Institute/manna · v0.11.0

MCP server for IVOA astronomical archives: NOIRLab Astro Data Lab, NRAO/ALMA, CADC, ESO, Gaia

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Terminal

claude mcp add manna -e MANNA_ARCHIVES=<MANNA_ARCHIVES> -e MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS=<MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS> -e MANNA_LOG_LEVEL=<MANNA_LOG_LEVEL> -e MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT=<MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT> -- uvx manna-mcp==0.11.0

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "manna": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "manna-mcp==0.11.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MANNA_ARCHIVES": "<MANNA_ARCHIVES>",
        "MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "<MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS>",
        "MANNA_LOG_LEVEL": "<MANNA_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT": "<MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "manna": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "manna-mcp==0.11.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MANNA_ARCHIVES": "<MANNA_ARCHIVES>",
        "MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "<MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS>",
        "MANNA_LOG_LEVEL": "<MANNA_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT": "<MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "manna": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "manna-mcp==0.11.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MANNA_ARCHIVES": "<MANNA_ARCHIVES>",
        "MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "<MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS>",
        "MANNA_LOG_LEVEL": "<MANNA_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT": "<MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`MANNA_ARCHIVES` Optional	Comma-separated archive short_names to activate (e.g. 'datalab,alma'). Unset means all.
`MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS` Optional	Comma-separated hostnames the server may fetch. Unset means any public host.
`MANNA_LOG_LEVEL` Optional	Logging verbosity.
`MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT` Optional	Max rows returned inline before a result is promoted to an async job or truncated.

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	8 Oct 2026
Last updated	8 Oct 2026
Registry name	`io.github.NSF-Simons-CosmicAI-Institute/manna`

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