{ "id": "skywatch", "name": "SkyWatch EarthCache", "adapter": "skywatch", "provider_url": "https://skywatch.com", "short": "One API to search and task satellite imagery from many providers.", "summary": "SkyWatch Space Applications (Canada) runs EarthCache, an aggregator of satellite, aerial and open imagery from many providers behind one REST API (api.skywatch.co/earthcache, x-api-key), a public keyless MCP endpoint for search and pricing, and a signed-in MCP server (mcp.skywatch.com, OAuth) that can place archive and tasking orders. Tasking orders (offering search, cost calculation, then a pipeline order) need a window of at least 7 days and are placed at least 2 days before start.", "tags": [ "satellite", "aggregator", "earth observation", "tasking", "archive", "SAR", "optical", "aerial", "sentinel", "landsat", "api", "mcp", "oauth", "webhooks", "canada" ], "capabilities": { "modalities": [ "aerial", "video" ], "tasks": [ "search the imagery archive by polygon, date, cloud cover and resolution (REST, WebSocket, MCP)", "calculate price and probability of collection before ordering", "browse offerings and configurations for a location (search by partner, category archive or tasking)", "order archive imagery and create tasking orders (future captures, recurring interval of 7 days or more) as pipelines", "webhooks on pipeline events; AOI monitors; DirectView/WMTS tiles" ] }, "pricing": { "model": "per km2 by offering and resolution; quoted by the price calculator", "from_usd": 0, "unit": "not published; use POST /price/calculate", "notes": "No public rate card found. Docs: tasking requires max_cost taken from the cost calculator; archive minimum AOI above 1 km2; Sentinel-2 is free; 'Orders are machine-to-machine, no refunds'." }, "latency": { "typical": "Tasking: order at least 2 days before start; minimum window 7 days", "notes": "Docs: 'Place taskings at least 2 days before start to allow provider scheduling/cancellation if needed'; cannot cancel within 48 hours of start; fulfilment treated as complete at about 80-85% AOI coverage. Delivery times per offering are not stated in the docs read." }, "coverage": { "regions": [ "Global, subject to each provider's offerings" ], "notes": "Docs: missing offerings mean 'access restrictions or provider constraints (territory, embargo, high/low demand regions)'. SAR, elevation and some Airbus/Planet configurations are 'Non-Standard' and need coordination with support before ordering.", "areas": [ "*" ] }, "licensing": { "summary": "No SkyWatch imagery licence or terms of service was found on skywatch.com or the docs site (the site footer lists only privacy and cookie policies). Imagery comes from third-party providers whose own licences presumably apply; SkyWatch's rights terms are not stated here. Resale, AI training and ownership are therefore left unstated." }, "verification": { "human": { "level": "none", "unknown": "Captured by satellites or aircraft of the underlying providers; no person is identity-checked." }, "application": { "level": "none", "unknown": "No attestation of delivered files is documented." }, "camera": { "level": "none", "unknown": "Not a signed capture, so none (STANDARD \u00a73). Offerings and search results carry provider and sensor metadata passed through from the operator." }, "time": { "level": "claimed", "unknown": "Search results carry capture timestamps from the provider; no independent check documented." }, "location": { "level": "claimed", "unknown": "Results have footprints and GeoTIFF outputs; georeferencing accuracy is not stated." }, "content": { "level": "none", "unknown": "No integrity or anti-manipulation method is documented." }, "corroboration": { "level": "none", "unknown": "No cross-provider checking is documented, though the MCP search has a compare_providers mode a buyer could use." } }, "freshness": { "mode": "mixed", "typical_age": "Archive: whatever exists; tasking: captured after you order inside a window of 7 days or more", "notes": "Archive search and tasking share one order API." }, "api": { "available": true, "self_serve": false, "docs_url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/docs/", "base_url": "https://api.skywatch.co/earthcache", "openapi_url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/openapi-spec.json", "auth": [ { "type": "oauth2", "resource_metadata": "https://mcp.skywatch.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource", "scopes": [ "offline_access" ], "dynamic_registration": false, "pkce": "S256", "transport": "mcp", "how_to_get": "Add https://mcp.skywatch.com/mcp to an MCP client and sign in with a SkyWatch Explore (free, self-service) or Hub account. The authorization server advertises client_id_metadata_document_supported, public clients (token auth none) and S256 PKCE, but no registration_endpoint, so an agent cannot self-register by RFC 7591. Explore accounts can order archive imagery and standard tasking; the assistant shows price and asks to confirm before ordering." }, { "type": "api_key_header", "header": "x-api-key", "env_var": "SKYWATCH_API_KEY", "how_to_get": "Log in to a SkyWatch Hub account, open account settings and copy the API key (no 'Bearer' prefix). Hub accounts are by invitation from an organisation admin per the MCP docs." }, { "type": "none", "how_to_get": "Public MCP v1 endpoint https://api.skywatch.co/mcp needs no account: search_archive_imagery, calculate_pricing, get_satellites, get_offerings only." } ], "endpoints": [ { "action": "search", "method": "POST", "path": "/archive/search", "notes": "Results at GET /archive/search/{id}/search_results; WebSocket alternative" }, { "action": "list", "method": "POST", "path": "/products/offerings/search/", "params": "location (required), resolution_low, resolution_high, product_name, partner_name, category archive|tasking" }, { "action": "quote", "method": "POST", "path": "/price/calculate", "params": "resolution, location, start_date, end_date, interval, product.configuration.offering_id" }, { "action": "order", "method": "POST", "path": "/pipelines", "params": "name, future dates, max_cost from calculator, interval >= 7d, aoi, output geotiff, product.configuration.offering_id", "notes": "Creates archive or tasking orders" }, { "action": "status", "method": "GET", "path": "/pipelines/{id}", "notes": "Interval results at /pipelines/{id}/interval_results" }, { "action": "fetch", "method": "GET", "path": "/outputs/{id}" }, { "action": "list", "method": "GET", "path": "/pipelines" } ], "rate_limits": "Not stated in the docs read (limits-errors page covers geometry and cost rules only).", "mcp": { "remote": "https://mcp.skywatch.com/mcp", "registry_name": null, "auth": "OAuth sign-in with a SkyWatch account, S256 PKCE, scope offline_access, no dynamic registration endpoint advertised", "first_party": true, "notes": "Not in the official MCP Registry (search=skywatch returned 0). Unsigned: 5 tools. Explore accounts: 24 tools including ordering. The older public server at https://api.skywatch.co/mcp answered a JSON-RPC initialize without credentials (server skywatch-mcp-server 1.0.0)." }, "notes": "Constraints from llms.txt: single polygon only, max 500 vertices recommended, tasking output geotiff with mosaic unstitched, min_aoi_coverage_percentage typically 85 or less." }, "delivery": { "modes": [ "commission" ], "speed": "weeks", "basis": "Docs: 'Minimum interval: 7 days' and 'Place orders at least 2 days before start'." }, "access": { "cost": "paid", "key_required": true, "tested_live": null, "gate": "approval" }, "capture": { "by": "devices" }, "payment": { "methods": [ "card", "invoice" ], "agent_can_pay": false, "notes": "Docs list a payment-methods API and budgets per project, and the MCP says orders charge the account after a confirmed price; the actual methods (card, invoice, credits) were not itemised in the pages read, so this list is the Hub/Explore norm, not verified." }, "requester": { "checks": "Account sign-in; Hub roles Reader, Creator and SuperAdmin decide who can order; SuperAdmin approves orders waiting for approval.", "unknown": "Whether SkyWatch screens buyers (identity, sanctions, end use) is not documented in the pages read." }, "providers": [ { "name": "SkyWatch Space Applications Inc.", "roles": [ "reseller" ], "url": "https://skywatch.com" } ], "sources": [ { "claim": "Base URL, x-api-key auth, categories, constraints (tasking min interval 7 days, order 2 days ahead, cannot cancel within 48 h), servers", "url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/llms.txt" }, { "claim": "OpenAPI 3.1 paths, servers, x-api-key and Bearer JWT schemes", "url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/openapi-spec.json" }, { "claim": "MCP manifest v1.7", "url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/.well-known/mcp.json" }, { "claim": "API key from Hub account settings", "url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/docs/general/api-authentication" }, { "claim": "Tasking workflow: offerings search, cost calculation, POST /earthcache/pipelines", "url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/docs/tasking/tasking-workflow" }, { "claim": "Offerings search and Standard vs Non-Standard offerings", "url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/docs/products/offerings-and-configs" }, { "claim": "Price calculation, max_cost required for tasking", "url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/docs/pricing/pricing" }, { "claim": "Limits: single polygon, tasking max_cost must match", "url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/docs/limits-errors" }, { "claim": "MCP v2.0: sign-in, Explore vs Hub abilities, confirm before order, tools", "url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/docs/mcp/setup-guide" }, { "claim": "Public MCP v1 at api.skywatch.co/mcp, no key, search/pricing tools", "url": "https://docs.skywatch.com/docs/mcp/mcp-server" }, { "claim": "Protected-resource metadata for mcp.skywatch.com", "url": "https://mcp.skywatch.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource" }, { "claim": "Authorization-server metadata: S256, CIMD supported, no registration_endpoint", "url": "https://mcp.skywatch.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server" }, { "claim": "Not in MCP Registry (0 results)", "url": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=skywatch" } ], "spec_version": "2026-10-26", "capability": "com.irlpls.capture.card", "status": "unclaimed", "updated": "2026-10-28", "expires": "2027-10-27" }