{"id":"weatherapi-mcp-server","name":"weatherapi-mcp-server","homepage":"https://pypi.org/project/weatherapi-mcp-server/","repo_url":null,"category":"ai-ml","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","agent-tools","weather","api-integration","tooling"],"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes WeatherAPI functionality to AI agents, enabling tools/actions to fetch weather data.","use_cases":["Agent-driven weather lookups (current conditions, forecasts)","Automating travel/weather-aware assistants","Programmatic weather enrichment for chatbots and workflows","Testing agent tool-use with an MCP weather tool"],"not_for":["Use as a standalone weather UI/service","Use where strong enterprise security/compliance guarantees are required without additional review","Use cases needing non-weather domains (e.g., maps, routing, commerce) beyond what WeatherAPI offers"],"best_when":"You want tool-style weather retrieval inside an agent via MCP, and you have (or can configure) the needed WeatherAPI credentials.","avoid_when":"You cannot supply WeatherAPI credentials securely, or you need guaranteed uptime/SLA and formal reliability metrics from the MCP wrapper itself.","alternatives":["Direct calls to WeatherAPI’s HTTP REST endpoints from your own code","Browser/agent integration via a generic HTTP fetch tool + WeatherAPI","Other MCP weather/weather-data servers (if available)","Cloud functions that wrap WeatherAPI and expose your own API/MCP layer"],"af_score":41.5,"security_score":47.0,"reliability_score":7.5,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["pypi"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:39:37.263538+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["WeatherAPI API key (implied for accessing WeatherAPI)","MCP server host configuration (implied via environment/config)"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"The MCP wrapper likely requires a WeatherAPI API key, but no explicit auth mechanism details were provided here."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Pricing for the wrapper MCP server is not provided; WeatherAPI pricing would apply for requests."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":41.5,"security_score":47.0,"reliability_score":7.5,"mcp_server_quality":50.0,"documentation_accuracy":40.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":60.0,"rate_limit_clarity":20.0,"tls_enforcement":70.0,"auth_strength":60.0,"scope_granularity":20.0,"dependency_hygiene":40.0,"secret_handling":40.0,"security_notes":"Because only the package name/intent is provided here (no concrete implementation details), TLS/auth/secret handling are estimated. Typically, an MCP server should enforce HTTPS for upstream calls and keep API keys out of logs; verify the repo for logging practices, environment variable handling, and any proxying behavior.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":0.0,"breaking_changes_history":0.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":"Most weather fetch operations are naturally idempotent (they are reads), but idempotency guarantees and retry semantics are not documented here.","pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Agents may repeatedly call the weather tool for the same parameters; without caching/throttling this can increase cost/trigger rate limits.","If the tool expects specific parameter formats (e.g., lat/long vs city names), agents may send ambiguous inputs and receive errors.","WeatherAPI results can vary by location/timezone; agents may need to pass the correct timezone/context to avoid surprises."]}}