AIS Trail

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Other
• You need to fill in: Authorization

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

claude mcp add --transport http ais https://api.aistrail.com/mcp --header 'Authorization: your-value'

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ais": {
      "url": "https://api.aistrail.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "ais": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.aistrail.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Values you fill in

• Authorization secret HTTP header
  Optional. "Bearer " for the archive tools (vessel_track, vessel_port_calls, port_calls, expected_arrivals, vessel_events, lookup_vessels). The live tools work without it.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 7, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• search_vessels

  Find ships by name (or part of it), MMSI (9 digits) or IMO number (7 digits). Returns live ships first, then ships out of range with their last known position (up to 7 days). List results are compact rows (mmsi, name, category, flag (ISO code from the MMSI), lat, lon, speed_kn, c

• get_vessel

  Everything known about one ship now: identity (name, IMO, call sign, flag, type, size), last position, speed, course, heading, navigational status, destination (port codes decoded) and ETA as given by the crew, how long ago it was heard, its track over the last 40 minutes, and th

• vessels_in_area

  Ships heard in the last hour inside a box (at most 5° on each side), largest first. List results are compact rows (mmsi, name, category, flag (ISO code from the MMSI), lat, lon, speed_kn, course_deg, length_m, destination, age_s, status, source); call get_vessel for full details

• vessels_near

  Ships heard in the last hour within a radius (at most 50 nautical miles) of a point or of another ship, nearest first. List results are compact rows (mmsi, name, category, flag (ISO code from the MMSI), lat, lon, speed_kn, course_deg, length_m, destination, age_s, status, source)

• vessel_track

  Where a ship has been between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), from the AIS Trail archive. Needs an AIS Trail API key sent by the MCP client as the HTTP header 'Authorization: Bearer ap_live_…' (keys at https://aistrail.com); clients that cannot add headers (OAuth-only web connectors)

• data_status

  How many ships are live now (live_ships_private: how many of them are private vessels, counted only), how many are known from the last 7 days, the date range of the history archive per source with available_until (the latest time vessel_track can return for that source on plans w

• find_port

  Find ports by name (or part of it), UN/LOCODE (e.g. FIHEL) or two-letter country code (e.g. FI) in the port reference (World Port Index and UN/LOCODE ports): id (for port_calls), name, country, UN/LOCODE, position, harbor size (World Port Index ports only) and the radius of the p

• vessel_port_calls

  Port calls of a ship between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), from the AIS Trail archive: port, arrival, departure, draught on arrival and departure, cargo estimate (loaded, ballast or unchanged, from the draught change), previous and next port. Give mmsi or imo. A port call starts whe

• port_calls

  Ships that called at one port between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), from the AIS Trail archive: ship (with its flag from the MMSI), arrival, departure, draught on arrival and departure, cargo estimate, previous and next port. Get the port_id from find_port. event: any (in port at an

• expected_arrivals

  Ships that have not arrived yet at one port, from the port's own records: estimated arrival and departure (UTC), berth and declared previous port, from 6 hours ago to 14 days ahead, in arrival order. Available for Finnish ports; elsewhere the list is empty. Get the port_id from f

• vessel_events

  Events of a ship between two times (UTC, ISO 8601), computed from the AIS Trail archive. from and to are optional: without to, now (24 hours ago on plans without live data); without from, 7 days before to (on Free, no earlier than the oldest day the plan includes), as on the REST

• lookup_vessels

  Records of up to 20 ships at once from the AIS Trail archive, by mmsi and/or imo (lists): identity and particulars (name, IMO, call sign, type, flag from the MMSI, length, beam, estimated deadweight, first and last seen) and sanctions flags by IMO number from three official lists

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified against the domain aistrail.com (the registry checks domain ownership)

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 396 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 12 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Otheri

• More stars than 0% of the other 32684 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 98% of the other 32684 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32684 servers in this category

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README from the maker

claude mcp add --transport http aistrail https://api.aistrail.com/mcp \

{