OSM Energy Infrastructure

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OpenStreetMap global energy infrastructure — power plants, substations, generators, transmission lines and towers, plus oil & gas pipelines — queried worldwide by bounding box and tag. Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

What is OSM Energy Infrastructure?

Query OpenStreetMap's crowdsourced energy infrastructure anywhere on Earth through the Overpass API. Find power plants, substations, generators, transmission lines, and towers (with voltage, operator, source, and output), plus oil and gas pipelines, by a required bounding box and OSM tag. The only global, no-auth, queryable source for power and pipeline assets — it complements US-only HIFLD, BTS NTAD, and Rextag with worldwide coverage. Every query is bounded to keep results sane and the upstream mirrors happy.

Available Tools

searchPowerInfra
Find power plants, substations, generators, lines, or towers in a bounding box
searchPipelines
Find oil/gas/water pipelines (man_made=pipeline) in a bounding box
searchByTag
Escape hatch: query any OSM key=value tag within a bounding box
getServiceInfo
List Overpass mirrors with live reachability and the tag vocabulary

Requirements

No setup needed
Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Review the connector card and copy your MCP URL.

Add the endpoint to Claude, ChatGPT, or your MCP client.

Call searchPowerInfra({ type: 'plant', bbox: [west, south, east, north] }) for power assets in any region.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect OSM Energy Infrastructure to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect OSM Energy Infrastructure to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting OSM Energy Infrastructure to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"OSM Energy Infrastructure-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}