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OpenAQ air quality

Ground-level air-quality measurements from government and research monitors worldwide.

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About this source

Find monitoring locations, list parameters (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, O3 …) and fetch readings and measurement series by location and period.

Questions you can ask OpenAQ air quality

Type them into Kahubi’s chat once the source is connected.

Compare an indicator across three countries over ten years, naming the dataset and unit.

What comes back: Values with dataset codes, units and time coverage.

What the assistant can do with it

The 7 tools this server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.

  • openaq_find_locations

    Find air-quality monitoring stations (measured by physical sensors, not modeled) near a point, within a bounding box, or by country.

  • openaq_get_readings

    Latest measured value for every sensor at a monitoring station - the current-conditions tool.

  • openaq_get_measurements

    Historical measurement series for one pollutant at one station over a date range - for trend analysis and "was last week worse than the monthly average?".

  • openaq_list_parameters

    Catalog of every measurable pollutant and its canonical unit: id, code, display name, unit, and a one-line description (pm25, pm10, o3, no2, so2, co, bc, and ~38 more).

  • openaq_list_countries

    Catalog of country-level coverage: id, ISO code, name, the date span of available station data (datetimeFirst/datetimeLast), and which parameters are measured anywhere in that c...

  • openaq_dataframe_query

    Run a read-only SQL SELECT against the measurement tables openaq_get_measurements staged on a DataCanvas.

  • openaq_dataframe_describe

    List the tables and columns staged on a DataCanvas so you can write valid SQL for openaq_dataframe_query without guessing column names.

Good to know

  • Community server. An open-source server maintained by the MCP community. Kahubi tests it with live queries before listing it and health-checks it regularly.
  • Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
  • Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to OpenAQ air quality.

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