GeoLens
local MCP serverGeoLens is a local MCP server: Read-only access to a self-hosted GeoLens spatial catalog: datasets, features, maps, sandboxed SQL. Install it from pypi as geolens-mcp.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add geolens -e GEOLENS_INSTANCE=... -e GEOLENS_API_KEY=... -e GEOLENS_TOKEN=... -- uvx geolens-mcp
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients
Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"geolens": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"geolens-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GEOLENS_INSTANCE": "...",
"GEOLENS_API_KEY": "...",
"GEOLENS_TOKEN": "..."
}
}
}
}Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.
What you need
- Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx).
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
- Environment variables:
GEOLENS_INSTANCE,GEOLENS_API_KEY,GEOLENS_TOKEN
Summary
Read-only access to a self-hosted GeoLens spatial catalog: datasets, features, maps, sandboxed SQL.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeoLens | 261 | Local | Yes | pypi |
| treg.to | 3,615 | Hosted | Yes | None |
| Sanity | 187 | Hosted | No | None |
| mcp-apple-music | 43 | Local | Yes | pypi |
| mcp-server-browser | 39K | Local | Yes | npm |
Questions
It reads 3 environment variables: GEOLENS_INSTANCE, GEOLENS_API_KEY, GEOLENS_TOKEN. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.
Python with uv (runs with uvx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
GeoLens is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package geolens-mcp.
Run: claude mcp add geolens -e GEOLENS_INSTANCE=... -e GEOLENS_API_KEY=... -e GEOLENS_TOKEN=... -- uvx geolens-mcp
Run: codex mcp add geolens --env GEOLENS_INSTANCE=... --env GEOLENS_API_KEY=... --env GEOLENS_TOKEN=... -- uvx geolens-mcp
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