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Nasa Ads

13 tools. 0 can modify or destroy data without limits.

Read-only server. Low risk, but rate limits prevent runaway API costs.

Last updated: 3 Jul 2026

0 can modify or destroy data

13 read-only

13 tools total

Community server · catalogue entry verified 03/07/2026

How to control Nasa Ads ↓

TOOL MAP

What Nasa Ads exposes to your agents

Read (13) Write / Execute (0) Destructive / Financial (0)

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THE RISK

What can go wrong

Even read-only tools carry cost. An agent in a retry loop can make thousands of API calls per minute, exhausting rate limits and running up bills.

POLICY

How to control Nasa Ads

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Nasa Ads, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. These are the rules we recommend:

Cap read operations

{
  "author_network": {
    "limits": [
      {
        "counter": "author_network_per_minute",
        "window": "minute",
        "max": 60,
        "scope": "grant"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Controls API costs and prevents retry loops from exhausting upstream rate limits.

Create a free account and register Nasa Ads — nothing to install.
Add these rules — paste them, or build them visually. Tune the limits to your setup.
Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.

ENFORCE POLICY ON NASA ADS →

Instant setup, no code required.

FULL CATALOGUE

All 13 Nasa Ads tools

READ 13 tools

Read author_network Coauthor network graph for a set of bibcodes. Read bigquery Batch-fetch records for up to ~2000 bibcodes in one call. Read export_bibtex BibTeX for the given bibcodes. Returns raw BibTeX string. Read export_refs Export citations in an arbitrary ADS format. Read get_abstract Abstract + basic metadata for a paper by bibcode. Read get_arxiv_id get_arxiv_id Read get_citations Papers that cite the given bibcode, sorted by citation count. Read get_paper Full record for a single paper by bibcode (e.g. 1974Natur.248...30H). Read get_references Papers cited BY the given bibcode (its reference list). Read metrics Citation metrics (h-index, reads, tori, i10, etc.) for a set of bibcodes. Read paper_network Citation/reference network graph for a set of bibcodes. Read resolve_links Resolver links for a bibcode (arxiv, PDF, DOI, data products, etc.). Read search search

FAQ

Questions about Nasa Ads

Is the Nasa Ads MCP server safe to use without restrictions? +

The Nasa Ads server is primarily read-only with 13 read tools. While it cannot modify data, an agent in a retry loop can make thousands of API calls per minute, exhausting rate limits and running up costs. Rate limiting is still recommended.

How many tools does the Nasa Ads MCP server expose? +

13 tools across 2 categories: Read, Write. 13 are read-only. 0 can modify, create, or delete data.

How do I enforce a policy on Nasa Ads? +

Register the Nasa Ads MCP server in PolicyLayer, apply the suggested rules above (adjust the limits to your use case), and point your AI client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL instead of the server directly. Your agents keep the same tools; PolicyLayer evaluates every call against policy before it executes. Nothing to install, live in minutes.

Enforce policy on every Nasa Ads tool call.

Deterministic rules across all 13 Nasa Ads tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.

ENFORCE POLICY ON NASA ADS →

Instant setup, no code required.

13 Nasa Ads tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 43,000+ MCP servers.