The official Model Context Protocol server for Outerview. It gives an MCP host one focused tool for searching visual observations of the physical world: places, objects, conditions, and 360-capable captures.

Website: outerview.ai
Documentation: outerview.ai/docs
Developer setup and billing: outerview.ai/developers

Install

npm install -g @outerview/mcp

Create an Outerview API key, then provide it only to the MCP server process:

export OUTERVIEW_API_KEY="ov_your_key"
outerview-mcp

For PowerShell:

$env:OUTERVIEW_API_KEY = "ov_your_key"
outerview-mcp

Configure an MCP host

Use the outerview-mcp command as a stdio server. A typical host entry looks like this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "outerview": {
      "command": "outerview-mcp",
      "env": { "OUTERVIEW_API_KEY": "ov_your_key" }
    }
  }
}

Tool: `search_world`

The server exposes search_world.

Input	Required	Description
`query`	Yes	A description of what to find in real-world visual data.
`limit`	No	Result count, constrained by the API key's plan.
`interactive`	No	Set `true` to return only 360-capable results.

Example prompt for an MCP client: “Search for protected bike lanes in Montreal and return 25 results.” For immersive capture work: “Find interactive 360 waterfront paths in Chicago.”

Results and access

The tool returns the raw Outerview JSON payload so an agent can inspect the GeoJSON features, dates, location geometry, and result properties. Video access is limited to Pro and Scale API keys. Use interactive: true before asking a client to render a 360 view.

Environments and limits

Set OUTERVIEW_BASE_URL to use a compatible development endpoint; otherwise the server calls https://api.outerview.ai. Free allows 5 RPM and 5 results; Developer allows 500 RPM and 50 results; Pro allows 2,000 RPM and 50 results; Scale allows 8,000 RPM and 200 results. See billing documentation.