Science & Math

Connect USGS Water Services to any app

Water quality and level info for rivers and lakes. Free, credential-less public API.

No account neededwaterservices.usgs.gov
5 actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

Build solutions, not workarounds.

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Set it up in your client
Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

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Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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What your agent can do with USGS Water Services

Triggers and actions 5 actions

  • Action
    Find daily values

    Query summarized daily statistics (mean, median, max, min) for streams, springs, lakes and wells.

  • Action
    Find groundwater levels

    Retrieve historical manually-recorded groundwater levels for hydrologic sites.

  • Action
    Find instantaneous values

    Query near-real-time water readings (e.g. gage height, discharge, temperature) from USGS monitoring sites.

  • Action
    Find sites

    Query USGS hydrologic site metadata (location, site type, data availability period)

  • Action
    Find site statistics

    Retrieve daily/monthly/annual statistics (mean, min, max, percentiles) for a site's approved time-series data.

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What can your agent do in USGS Water Services?

Any of USGS Water Services's 5 actions, including Find daily values, Find groundwater levels, Find instantaneous values and Find sites. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Which apps can USGS Water Services connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs USGS Water Services with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.