SWATGenX MCP Server
The agent-native front door to SWATGenX — automated, calibrated SWAT+ watershed modeling for the conterminous United States.
Add it to Claude or any MCP client and a continental watershed-modeling platform becomes a set of callable tools: search calibrated SWAT+ models, read calibration and held-out validation scores, query a national groundwater lithology inventory of ~28.8 million depth intervals, query a national PFAS monitoring inventory, and — with an API key — order and download watershed models.
- Endpoint:
https://www.swatgenx.com/mcp - Transport: streamable HTTP
- Full documentation & client setup: https://www.swatgenx.com/mcp-server
Connect
{
"mcpServers": {
"swatgenx": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://www.swatgenx.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Six tools need no credentials. To order or download models, send your API key in the
X-SWATGenX-Api-Key header (free key with an account at swatgenx.com).
Tools
| Tool | What it does | Needs |
|---|---|---|
search_swat_models | Browse the example-model catalog (state, size, calibration status) | — |
get_model_calibration | Calibration and held-out validation NSE / PBIAS for one model | — |
query_groundwater | Nearest wells and lithology from the national inventory | — |
query_pfas | National PFAS monitoring inventory by state or analyte | — |
request_model | Preview what SWATGenX would build for a gauge or HUC12 outlet | — |
get_access_info | The access ladder and your current tier | — |
order_model | Order a real SWAT+ build | API key |
get_order_status | Track a build order to completion | API key |
list_my_models | List your build orders | API key |
download_model | Mint a 24-hour download link | API key |
About
SWATGenX builds physically based SWAT+ and coupled SWAT+/MODFLOW 6 models from NHDPlus HR hydrography, gSSURGO soils, NLCD land cover and PRISM climate, and calibrates them against USGS streamflow. The national groundwater inventory this server queries is described in a preprint under open review at Earth System Science Data (doi:10.5194/essd-2026-527).
The server implementation lives in the main SWATGenX repository; this repository holds the
registry manifest (server.json) and the publish workflow.