# Clairwave

> Ocean-acoustics platform: physics-based underwater sound propagation (RAM parabolic equation, Bellhop 3D), Clairwave-served bathymetry, seasonal sound-speed profiles and seabed parameters, vessel radiated-noise estimates, live AIS with 3D hull models. Web app at https://www.clairwave.com/demo (guest access, no install).

## AI assistants: connect over MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Clairwave exposes its tools as an open remote MCP server. No account or API key is needed.

- Endpoint: https://www.clairwave.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no authentication)
- MCP Registry name: io.github.clairwave/clairwave
- Source and docs: https://github.com/clairwave/clairwave-mcp
- Privacy policy: https://github.com/clairwave/clairwave-mcp/blob/master/PRIVACY.md

How a user adds it:
- Claude: Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector > URL https://www.clairwave.com/mcp
- ChatGPT: Plugins > search "Clairwave" > + (listed plugin: no URL, no developer mode)
- Grok: grok.com/connectors > New Connector > Custom > URL https://www.clairwave.com/mcp
- xAI / OpenAI APIs: {"type": "mcp", "server_url": "https://www.clairwave.com/mcp", "server_label": "clairwave"}

## Tools

- resolve_place: place name (port, strait, sea, "off Halifax") to water coordinates
- get_bathymetry: depth at a point or a transect along a bearing
- get_sound_speed_profile: seasonal c(z) for a month plus seabed parameters
- run_transmission_loss: parabolic-equation TL along a bearing with a replication bundle
- estimate_detection_range: sonar-equation detection range along a bearing
- run_bellhop_volume: 3D TL volume stored under a run id, with a link that opens it in the platform
- search_vessels, vessels_near, get_vessel, get_vessel_photo: live AIS and 3D hull models
- vessel_source_level: broadband and third-octave radiated noise from AIS class, speed and size
- habitat_received_level: power-summed vessel noise at a fixed site, live or from AIS history
- about: what the platform provides and its limits

Every location tool accepts lat/lon or a place name. Simulation results carry an open_url that opens the run visualized in the platform without sign-in.

## Example prompts

- What is the sound speed profile 50 km west of Gibraltar in March?
- How far could a 150 Hz, 170 dB source at 20 m depth be detected near 36N 5.5W along bearing 090?
- What ships are within 15 km of the Strait of Hormuz right now, and how loud is the largest one?
- How loud is ship traffic at the fish farm off Bergen, and which vessel dominates?

## Learning: Clairwave Academy

Self-paced course "Underwater Acoustics in Practice" inside the web app (🎓 Academy panel), English and Bahasa Malaysia. Each module: lesson, theory with a by-hand check, a scenario that runs in the platform, and a quiz (pass 80 %).

- Free: Academy modules 0–2 (module 0 also without an account)
- Premium: Academy course (11 modules, EN/BM), progress saved to the account

## Other pages

- Landing page and pricing: https://www.clairwave.com/
- Open fleet model portal (shipshape): https://www.clairwave.com/fleet/
- Contact: contact@clairwave.com