GW Data FAQs

Question 1

What is GW Data?

Accepted Answer

GW Data is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI assistants to query gravitational wave (GW) data from GraceDB and GWOSC databases in real-time, using natural language commands.

Question 2

What types of gravitational wave data can I access?

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You can search for GW events by False Alarm Rate (FAR), GPS time, and pipeline; retrieve comprehensive event details and associated files (skymaps, PSDs); query GWTC catalogs (GWTC-1/2/3); and fetch gravitational wave strain time-series data for specific events or GPS ranges.

Question 3

Does GW Data require authentication?

Accepted Answer

Public data from GWOSC is fully accessible without authentication. For GraceDB, public released events are available, but full access to the current observing run requires LIGO/Virgo Collaboration credentials. GCN Kafka access requires NASA Earthdata credentials.

Question 4

Which AI assistants and frameworks can use GW Data?

Accepted Answer

GW Data is designed for AI assistants supporting the Model Context Protocol (MCP), like Claude. It also offers direct integration with LangChain via `langchain-mcp-adapters` and can be used with other LLMs (e.g., OpenAI, Ollama) by wrapping its services or using MCP-compatible clients.

Question 5

Can I get strain time-series data for events?

Accepted Answer

Yes, GW Data allows you to fetch gravitational wave strain time-series data for specific named events (like GW150914) or for arbitrary GPS time ranges from the GWOSC database.

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