Orbit Sentinel MCP Server
MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Orbit Sentinel —419,000+ extracted space regulatory filings from FCC, ITU, UNOOSA, and FAA-AST,queryable from Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client.
An API key is required. Beta access: https://console.viventine.com.
The server is a thin, open-source (MIT) stdio client of the public REST API —five Go files, easy to audit before you run it.
Install
Homebrew (macOS — recommended)
brew install --cask viventine-space/tap/orbit-sentinel-mcp
Installs to $(brew --prefix)/bin/orbit-sentinel-mcp, handles the quarantineflag for you, and upgrades with brew upgrade.
Manual download
Download the archive for your platform from thelatest release,then:
tar -xzf orbit-sentinel-mcp_*.tar.gz
mkdir -p ~/bin && mv orbit-sentinel-mcp ~/bin/
macOS only — the binary is not notarized yet, so clear the quarantine flag once:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ~/bin/orbit-sentinel-mcp
Windows: unzip and note the full path to orbit-sentinel-mcp.exe.
Build from source
go install github.com/viventine-space/orbit-sentinel-mcp@latest
Configure
The server reads two environment variables:
| Variable | Purpose |
|---|---|
MCP_API_URL |
Orbit Sentinel API base URL (https://orbit-sentinel.viventine.com) |
MCP_API_KEY |
Your API key from the console |
Claude Desktop — add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json(Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json), using the absolutepath to the binary (~ is not expanded):
{
"mcpServers": {
"orbit-sentinel": {
"command": "/absolute/path/to/orbit-sentinel-mcp",
"env": {
"MCP_API_URL": "https://orbit-sentinel.viventine.com",
"MCP_API_KEY": "<your-key>"
}
}
}
}
Claude Code — one command:
claude mcp add orbit-sentinel \
--env MCP_API_URL=https://orbit-sentinel.viventine.com \
--env MCP_API_KEY=<your-key> \
-- ~/bin/orbit-sentinel-mcp
Restart your client; the Orbit Sentinel tools (research, search_filings,get_entity_profile, …) appear in the tools menu.
Releasing (maintainers)
Tag and push — GitHub Actions builds and publishes all platforms:
git tag v0.x.y && git push origin v0.x.y
Asset names are version-stable (orbit-sentinel-mcp_<os>_<arch>.tar.gz), soreleases/latest/download/... URLs always serve the newest build.
Then repeat the — it does not auto-update from GitHub, and it gates the quality score on thebadge above. On the ,the saved build spec should carry over (build steps install Go and go build;placeholder parameters need a dummy MCP_API_KEY to satisfy the env schema) —click Build, then Make Release with the new version. Manual for now;consider Glama API integration next release cycle.