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Windsurf inaturalist mcp server inaturalist_get_histogram

How to: Windsurf inaturalist mcp server inaturalist_get_histogram

client:Windsurf transport:streamable-http tool:inaturalist_get_histogram

Add inaturalist mcp server to Windsurf

  1. 01

    Open ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inaturalist-mcp-server": {
      "serverUrl": "https://inaturalist.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Windsurf.

  2. 03

    Ask for something inaturalist_get_histogram does. Windsurf lists the server's tools on connect and calls inaturalist_get_histogram itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that inaturalist mcp server's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Global only — Windsurf has no per-project MCP config. Refresh Cascade after saving. Windsurf docs

Set these first

inaturalist mcp server will not start until these are set, so inaturalist_get_histogram never becomes available.

  • MCP_LOG_LEVEL
  • INATURALIST_USER_AGENT
  • INATURALIST_MIN_REQUEST_INTERVAL_MS
  • INATURALIST_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS
  • INATURALIST_DAILY_REQUEST_BUDGET

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.