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IODA (Internet Outage Detection)

Internet outage detection and analysis — real-time alerts, processed events, aggregated summaries, and time-series signal data for countries, ASNs, and regions. Monitors BGP, active probing, and traffic data.

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Data source: IODA (Georgia Tech Internet Intelligence Lab)

MCP Endpoint (Streamable HTTP) https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/ioda/
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Tools (6)

get_outage_alerts

Get recent internet outage alerts from IODA (Georgia Tech).

Returns alerts about detected internet connectivity disruptions worldwide.
Monitors BGP routing, active probing, and traffic data to detect outages
affecting countries, autonomous systems (ASNs), and regions.

Args:
country_code: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code to filter by (e.g. "US", "DE", "NO").
asn: Autonomous System Number to filter by (e.g. "15169" for Google).
hours: Lookback window in hours (1-720, default 24).
limit: Maximum results to return (1-200, default 20).

Returns:
Dict with 'source', 'count', and 'alerts' list. Each alert includes
entity info, datasource, severity level, timestamp, and signal values.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
country_codeanyoptionalISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code to filter by (e.g. "US", "DE", "NO").
asnanyoptionalAutonomous System Number to filter by (e.g. "15169" for Google, "13335" for Cloudflare).
hoursnumberoptionalLookback window in hours (1-720, default 24). (default: 24)
limitintegeroptionalMaximum results to return (1-200, default 20). (default: 20)
JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "get_outage_alerts",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
get_outage_events

Get processed internet outage events with severity and duration.

Unlike raw alerts, events are correlated and processed to show distinct
outage incidents with start/end times, severity scores, and affected
datasources. Use this for a cleaner view of actual outage incidents.

Args:
country_code: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code to filter by (e.g. "US", "DE", "NO").
asn: Autonomous System Number to filter by (e.g. "15169" for Google).
hours: Lookback window in hours (1-720, default 24).
limit: Maximum results to return (1-200, default 20).

Returns:
Dict with 'source', 'count', and 'events' list. Each event includes
entity info, start/end times, severity score, and contributing datasources.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
country_codeanyoptionalISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code to filter by (e.g. "US", "DE", "NO").
asnanyoptionalAutonomous System Number to filter by (e.g. "15169" for Google).
hoursnumberoptionalLookback window in hours (1-720, default 24). (default: 24)
limitintegeroptionalMaximum results to return (1-200, default 20). (default: 20)
JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "get_outage_events",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
get_outage_summary

Get aggregated outage summaries showing which entities had the most disruptions.

Provides a high-level overview of outage activity, ranked by severity.
Useful for identifying the most impacted countries, ASNs, or regions
in a given time window.

Args:
country_code: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code to filter by (e.g. "US", "DE", "NO").
hours: Lookback window in hours (1-720, default 24).
limit: Maximum results to return (1-200, default 20).

Returns:
Dict with 'source', 'count', and 'summaries' list. Each summary includes
entity info, aggregate score, outage count, and contributing datasources.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
country_codeanyoptionalISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code to filter by (e.g. "US", "DE", "NO").
hoursnumberoptionalLookback window in hours (1-720, default 24). (default: 24)
limitintegeroptionalMaximum results to return (1-200, default 20). (default: 20)
JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "get_outage_summary",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
get_signals

Get raw time-series signal data for a specific internet entity.

Returns the actual measurement values over time for a given entity and
datasource. Useful for visualizing connectivity trends, detecting drops,
and analyzing the magnitude of outages.

Args:
entity_type: Entity type: "country", "asn", "region", or "county".
entity_code: Entity code (e.g. "US" for country, "15169" for ASN).
hours: Lookback window in hours (1-720, default 24).
datasource: Data source: "bgp", "ucsd-nt", "merit-nt", "gtr", or "ping-slash24".
max_points: Maximum data points in the time series (1-5000, default 500).

Returns:
Dict with 'source' and 'signal' containing the time-series data
including datasource, entity info, time range, step size, and values array.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
entity_typestringrequiredEntity type: "country", "asn", "region", or "county".
entity_codestringrequiredEntity code (e.g. "US" for country, "15169" for ASN).
hoursnumberoptionalLookback window in hours (1-720, default 24). (default: 24)
datasourcestringoptionalData source: "bgp", "ucsd-nt", "merit-nt", "gtr", or "ping-slash24" (default "bgp"). (default: "bgp")
max_pointsintegeroptionalMaximum data points in the time series (1-5000, default 500). (default: 500)
JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "get_signals",
    "arguments": {
      "entity_type": "NO",
      "entity_code": "NO"
    }
  }
}
search_entities

Search for internet entities (countries, ASNs, regions) in IODA's database.

Find entity codes needed for other IODA tools. For example, search for
"Google" to find its ASN (15169), or "Norway" to find its country code.

Args:
query: Search term (e.g. "United States", "Google", "Cloudflare").
entity_type: Filter by entity type: "country", "asn", "region", or "county".
limit: Maximum results to return (1-200, default 20).

Returns:
Dict with 'source', 'count', and 'entities' list. Each entity includes
type, code, name, and additional attributes.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
querystringrequiredSearch term (e.g. "United States", "Google", "Cloudflare").
entity_typeanyoptionalFilter by entity type: "country", "asn", "region", or "county".
limitintegeroptionalMaximum results to return (1-200, default 20). (default: 20)
JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "search_entities",
    "arguments": {
      "query": "example"
    }
  }
}
report_feedback

Report a bug, feature request, or general feedback for this data source.

Use this when something doesn't work as expected, when you'd like
a new feature, or when you have suggestions for improvement.

Args:
feedback: Describe the issue or suggestion.
feedback_type: One of 'bug', 'feature_request', or 'general'.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
feedbackstringrequired
feedback_typestringoptional (default: "general")
JSON-RPC Request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "report_feedback",
    "arguments": {
      "feedback": "example"
    }
  }
}

Quick Start

Shell 
curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/ioda/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "get_signals", "arguments": {"entity_type": "example", "entity_code": "example"}}}'
Python 
import httpx

resp = httpx.post(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/ioda/",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "id": 1,
  "params": {
    "name": "get_signals",
    "arguments": {
      "entity_type": "example",
      "entity_code": "example"
    }
  }
},
)
print(resp.json())

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