Developer reference

API & MCP

Query geolocated world event signals and the Daily World Brief programmatically — over a REST API and an MCP server. Usage is metered on your token balance.

Overview

The API and MCP server are available on every plan, including Free. Every endpoint lives under https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1 and authenticates with an API key. Requests are billed to your own token balance — the same wallet used across the app.

Issue and manage keys from Account → Developer API. No plan yet? See pricing.

Quickstart

Fetch the free Daily World Brief to confirm your key works, then query signals:

# 1) Free — verify your key
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/brief"

# 2) Query signals (3 token/page)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/signals?days=1&categories=armed_conflict&limit=50"

Authentication

Pass your key as a bearer token (or the X-API-Key header). Keys are shown once at creation — store them securely and never expose them client-side.

Authorization: Bearer ond_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Errors

Errors return a JSON body with a stable machine-readable code, a human message, and a requestId for support.

{
  "error": "date must be YYYY-MM-DD",
  "code": "INVALID_PARAMETERS",
  "requestId": "req_1783..."
}

401	Missing or invalid key
403	Your plan does not include this endpoint
402	Insufficient tokens for a metered call
400	Invalid parameters (see the message)
404	Resource not found
429	Rate limit exceeded

Rate limits

Successful responses include X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Reset. When exceeded, the API returns 429 with a Retry-After header — back off and retry after the indicated delay.

Pagination

/signals is cursor-paginated. Each response carries meta.next_cursor and meta.has_more; pass the cursor back to fetch the next page. Each page is billed as one query.

# follow the cursor until has_more is false
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/signals?limit=100&cursor=MTAw"

Endpoints

Grouped by resource. Every endpoint lives under /api/v1 and is billed to your token balance.

Signals

Query geolocated event signals, aggregate trends, and geographic hotspots.

GET/api/v1/signals3 tok / page

Geolocated world event signals — geopolitical, security, disaster, and infrastructure events distilled from global news media, enriched with AI-verified geolocation, severity/GEOINT scores, and satellite-collection recommendations. Returns up to 500 rows per page (cursor-paginated).

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
bbox	string	Bounding box "minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat" (WGS84). Omit for worldwide.
date	string (date)	Window end date YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Defaults to today.
days	integer 1–30	Window length in days ending on `date`.
categories	string	Comma-separated category filter. Omit for all.
markets	string	Comma-separated market-impact filter (oil, natural_gas, grain, shipping, defense, metals, semiconductors, fx, equities): only signals AI-tagged as exposing these markets via a direct physical/supply channel. Informational only — not investment advice. Omit for all.
limit	integer 1–500	Max rows per page.
cursor	string	Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response's meta.next_cursor.
min_severity	number 0–10	Keep only signals with severity_score >= this (0-10).
escalating	boolean	Set true to keep only signals whose escalation_trend is "escalating".
sort	string	Result ordering. Omit for the feed default ranking. "geoint" ranks by GEOINT spatial-collection value so imageable, high-value events rise and non-observable news noise sinks.
updated_since	string (ISO 8601)	Differential fetch: only signals (re)enriched at/after this ISO 8601 timestamp. Ignores the date window; response signals carry last_updated_at. Use for incremental sync.
created_since	string (ISO 8601)	Differential fetch: only signals first enriched at/after this ISO 8601 timestamp.
observability	string	Keep only signals with this satellite observability — is a physical mark imageable at all (intelligence.satellite_observability).
observability_status	string	3-state observability filter (observable / not_observable / insufficient_detail). Exposes the insufficient_detail bucket that the binary observability filter excludes from both sides.
open_data	string	Keep only signals with this open-data sufficiency — free imagery enough vs commercial tasking recommended (intelligence.open_data_sufficiency).
min_information_gain	number 0–1	Keep only signals whose intelligence.expected_information_gain >= this (0-1).
taskable_only	boolean	Keep only signals whose coordinate is search_ready — GEO-READY ONLY: drops country centroids, ADM1 mismatches, reporting-dateline fallbacks and unresolved fixes (intelligence.geo_validation.search_ready). Does NOT imply observable or quality-passed; for automated imagery tasking use collection_ready_only (or combine with observability=observable).
collection_ready_only	boolean	STRICT tasking-candidate filter: search_ready AND observability=observable AND quality.status!=failed AND a concrete collection plan (rs_target + rs_reason present) AND an event coordinate. The safe input set for automated imagery tasking.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/signals?days=1&categories=armed_conflict&limit=2"

Response

{
  "meta": {
    "start_date": "2026-07-08",
    "end_date": "2026-07-08",
    "bbox": [-180, -90, 180, 90],
    "categories": ["armed_conflict"],
    "count": 2,
    "coverage": {
      "bbox_area_share": 1,
      "worldwide": true,
      "global_available": null,
      "global_capped": false,
      "global_basis": "not_probed",
      "hints": []
    },
    "next_cursor": "Mg",
    "has_more": true,
    "tokens": { "charged": 3, "remaining": 9994 }
  },
  "signals": [
    {
      "id": 1312473707,
      "event_date": "2026-07-08",
      "category": "armed_conflict",
      "event_type": "…",
      "title": "…",
      "summary": "…",
      "location": "Kyiv, Ukraine",
      "country_code": "UA",
      "lat": 50.45, "lng": 30.52,
      "geo_verified": true,
      "severity_score": 7.8,
      "geoint_score": 6.4,
      "escalation_trend": "escalating",
      "cross_border_risk": true,
      "infrastructure_target": "energy",
      "goldstein_scale": -8,
      "avg_tone": -4.2,
      "actors": { "actor1": "…", "actor2": "…" },
      "tags": ["strike", "energy"],
      "num_mentions": 42,
      "num_sources": 11,
      "source_url": "https://…",
      "market_impact": ["oil"],
      "market_note": "…",
      "last_updated_at": "2026-07-08T06:12:00Z",
      "collection": {
        "rs_level": "GSD<1m", "rs_sensor": "sentinel-1-sar",
        "rs_target": "…", "rs_reason": "…",
        "rs_niirs": "…", "rs_analysis": "…"
      },
      "intelligence": {
        "satellite_observability": "observable",
        "open_data_sufficiency": "commercial-recommended",
        "expected_information_gain": 0.72
      }
    }
  ]
}

GET/api/v1/signals/{id}1 token

Re-read one signal you already hold an id for — cheaper than re-running the query that found it, and the way to check whether its verification or observability has moved since. A cluster member id resolves to its cluster.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
id	integer (required)	The signal id (global_event_id) from a /api/v1/signals result.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/signals/1312473707"

Response

{
  "signal": { "id": 1312473707, "category": "armed_conflict", "severity": 7.4,
              "verification_status": "independently_confirmed", "independent_source_count": 4 },
  "meta": { "tokens": { "charged": 1 } }
}

GET/api/v1/signals/stats1 tok / query

Aggregate statistics over the signal corpus — total event count plus a per-category and per-day (trend) breakdown for a bounding box and date window. Roll-ups, not rows: cheaper than /signals.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
bbox	string	Bounding box "minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat" (WGS84). Omit for worldwide.
date	string (date)	Window end date YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Defaults to today.
days	integer 1–30	Window length in days ending on `date`.
categories	string	Comma-separated category filter. Omit for all.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/signals/stats?days=7&categories=armed_conflict"

Response

{
  "meta": {
    "start_date": "2026-07-05", "end_date": "2026-07-11",
    "bbox": [-180, -90, 180, 90], "categories": ["armed_conflict"],
    "total": 8241,
    "tokens": { "charged": 1, "remaining": 9993 }
  },
  "stats": {
    "by_category": [{ "category": "armed_conflict", "count": 8241 }],
    "by_day": [{ "date": "2026-07-05", "count": 1180 }]
  }
}

GET/api/v1/signals/hotspots1 tok / query

Geographic hotspots — signal density grid-binned into cells and ranked by event count, each with peak severity and the categories present. Answers “where is activity concentrating right now?”

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
bbox	string	Bounding box "minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat" (WGS84). Omit for worldwide.
date	string (date)	Window end date YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Defaults to today.
days	integer 1–30	Window length in days ending on `date`.
categories	string	Comma-separated category filter. Omit for all.
precision	number 0.1–5	Grid cell size in decimal degrees.
min_severity	number 0–10	Keep only points with severity_score >= this (0-10).
limit	integer 1–500	Max source points sampled before grid-binning — not the number of cells returned. Lower values fragment clusters; leave at the default for a representative density map.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/signals/hotspots?days=3&precision=1&min_severity=6"

Response

{
  "meta": {
    "start_date": "2026-07-09", "end_date": "2026-07-11",
    "bbox": [-180, -90, 180, 90], "precision": 1,
    "point_count": 214, "min_severity": 6,
    "tokens": { "charged": 1, "remaining": 9992 }
  },
  "hotspots": [
    { "lat": 50, "lng": 30, "count": 37, "max_severity": 9, "categories": ["armed_conflict"] }
  ]
}

GET/api/v1/developmentsmetered

The difference between "new to you" and "new in the world". Ask this instead of diffing two /signals responses: it separates events that just happened from updates to events you already knew about, and tells you which half of the change came from the reporting and which from our own observation.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
bbox	string	minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat. Omit for worldwide.
date	string	End of the window (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today.
days	integer 1–30	Window length ending at date (1..30, default 7).
categories	string	Comma-separated signal categories.
development_types	string	Comma-separated kinds of change. An unknown value is a 400, never an empty result.
notable_only	boolean	Default true. False returns every recorded change, including minor ones.
limit	integer 1–200	How many developments to return (1..200, default 50).

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/developments?bbox=22,44,40,53&days=7"

Response

{
  "developments": [
    { "canonical_event_id": "3f0c…", "event_id": 1319087300,
      "development_type": "casualty_count_raised", "source": "world",
      "previous_state": "5", "current_state": "25",
      "change_summary": "The reported number killed rose from 5 to 25.",
      "is_new": false, "detected_at": "2026-08-22T09:15:00Z", "event_occurred_at": "2026-08-19T03:40:00Z" },
    { "canonical_event_id": "91ab…", "event_id": 1319104412,
      "development_type": "imagery_available", "source": "measurement",
      "previous_state": "none", "current_state": "confirmed_post",
      "change_summary": "Post-event imagery now covers this event.", "is_new": false }
  ],
  "meta": { "events_examined": 214, "count": 2, "by_type": { "casualty_count_raised": 1, "imagery_available": 1 } }
}

GET/api/v1/events/{eventId}/threadfree

A news feed cannot tell you whether today’s article is about today’s event. This can: the timeline separates the event from the reporting about it, so an attribution published in 2026 about a 2025 attack reads as an update, not as a new attack.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
eventId	integer (required)	Any signal id belonging to the event.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/events/1319087300/thread"

Response

{
  "canonical_event": {
    "canonical_event_id": "3f0c…", "title": "Red Fort explosion",
    "occurred_at": "2025-11-10T18:00:00Z", "occurred_at_precision": "hour",
    "occurred_at_basis": "stated_in_article",
    "first_reported_at": "2025-11-10T19:15:00Z", "last_reported_at": "2026-08-21T06:00:00Z",
    "casualties_killed": 13, "attributed_actor": "AQIS",
    "attribution_basis": "attributed_by_official", "history_incomplete": false
  },
  "timeline": [
    { "at": "2026-08-21T06:10:00Z", "development_type": "attribution_stated", "source": "world",
      "change_summary": "This event is now attributed to AQIS." }
  ],
  "sources": [{ "event_id": 1319087300, "url": "https://…", "reported_at": "2026-08-21T06:00:00Z" }]
}

Imagery

Search the satellite imagery catalog for scenes over an area, and check the optical-weather outlook before tasking — the natural follow-ups to a signal.

GET/api/v1/imagery2 tok / search

Search the satellite imagery catalog (Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, NISAR L-band) for scenes over an area and date window — the natural follow-up to a signal. Returns minimal scene metadata (id, datetime, footprint, cloud cover, platform, preview); no imagery bytes and no signed URLs. Pass the event_* parameters to get pre/post timing, SAR pair status, and per-scene target_relation for the event geometry.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
bbox	string (required)	Bounding box "minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat" (WGS84). Required.
collection	string	Catalog collection. Defaults to sentinel-2-l2a.
date	string (date)	Window end date YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Defaults to today.
days	integer 1–30	Window length in days ending on `date`.
event_date	string (date)	Event date YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). When set, each scene is tagged timing=pre/post/same_day_unknown, the window is widened to the canonical pre/post span, and meta reports has_pre_baseline / has_post / bracketing_available / window_status; for sentinel-1-grd it also reports sar_pair_status + orbit_note.
event_point	string	Event point "lon,lat" (WGS84). When set, each scene reports target_relation (covers_event_geometry = geometry gate; usable_for_analysis additionally requires acceptable cloud for optical) so a scene that only clips the wide bbox — or a cloud-obscured optical scene — is not presented as usable for the event.
event_aoi	string	Event AOI bbox "minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat" (WGS84) for target_relation.intersects_event_aoi / event_aoi_coverage_ratio.
event_timestamp	string (ISO 8601)	Full event timestamp (ISO 8601) when known — promotes same-day scenes from same_day_unknown to pre/post by time.
cloud_cover_max	number 0–100	Sentinel-2 only: max cloud cover percentage.
limit	integer 1–100	Max scenes to return.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/imagery?bbox=30.3,50.3,30.7,50.6&collection=sentinel-2-l2a&days=14&cloud_cover_max=30"

Response

{
  "meta": {
    "collection": "sentinel-2-l2a",
    "start_date": "2026-06-28", "end_date": "2026-07-11",
    "bbox": [30.3, 50.3, 30.7, 50.6], "count": 6,
    "tokens": { "charged": 2, "remaining": 9990 }
  },
  "scenes": [
    {
      "id": "S2A_36UUA_20260710_0_L2A",
      "collection": "sentinel-2-l2a",
      "datetime": "2026-07-10T08:56:21Z",
      "bbox": [30.2, 50.2, 30.8, 50.7],
      "cloud_cover": 12.4,
      "platform": "sentinel-2a",
      "preview": "https://…/preview.png"
    }
  ]
}

GET/api/v1/collection/plan4 tokens

One call plans the imagery for one event: SAR and optical each exactly once, against the event footprint, with per-step counts of what actually covers it. Removes the two ways ad-hoc searching goes wrong — skipping the all-weather look, and repeating the same query.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
event_id	integer (required)	The signal id from /api/v1/signals.
analysis_goal	string (required)	damage_assessment \| flood_mapping \| wildfire_assessment.
event_date	string (date)	Event date YYYY-MM-DD. Optional — the event row supplies it when known.

Request

curl -s "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/collection/plan?event_id=1315064079&analysis_goal=damage_assessment" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..."

Response

{
  "meta": { "event_id": 1315064079, "analysis_goal": "damage_assessment", "event_date": "2026-07-24",
            "tokens": { "charged": 4, "remaining": 9984 } },
  "plan": {
    "steps": [
      { "collection": "sentinel-1-grd", "query_reason": "All-weather baseline", "returned_count": 12,
        "usable_count": 0, "sar_pair_status": "catalog_pair_exists_but_geometry_unverified" },
      { "collection": "sentinel-2-l2a", "query_reason": "Human-legible confirmation", "returned_count": 12, "usable_count": 0 }
    ],
    "skipped_duplicates": 0,
    "capability": { "screening": "suitable", "detection": "suitable", "identification": "not_suitable" },
    "vhr_recommendation": { "open_data_still_valid": true }
  }
}

GET/api/v1/collection/priority1 token

Where observation is most worthwhile, and what class of satellite it needs. Separates targets a free Sentinel pass can answer from those that genuinely require commercial sub-metre tasking — the decision that precedes any imagery spend.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
bbox	string	Area as "west,south,east,north" (WGS84). Omit for a global survey.
start_date	string (date)	Inclusive start date YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today; clamped to the plan history floor.
end_date	string (date)	Inclusive end date YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today. Window capped at 30 days.
categories	string	Comma-separated Delta categories to restrict to.
min_geoint_score	number	Drop events below this GEOINT score before ranking.
top_n	integer 1–50	How many top targets to return (1..50, default 12).

Request

curl -s "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/collection/priority?bbox=30.2,50.2,30.8,50.7&top_n=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..."

Response

{
  "meta": { "bbox": [30.2, 50.2, 30.8, 50.7], "start_date": "2026-07-25", "end_date": "2026-07-25",
            "tokens": { "charged": 1, "remaining": 9989 } },
  "priority": {
    "by_spec_class": { "vhr": { "count": 4, "mean_importance": 0.81 }, "hr": { "count": 11, "mean_importance": 0.44 } },
    "top": [ { "event_id": 1315064079, "importance": 0.86, "required_class": "vhr", "rs_aoi": [56.2, 27.1, 56.4, 27.3] } ]
  }
}

GET/api/v1/collection/observability1 token

Which events a sensor can actually resolve — exhaustively, not just the top few. The honest answer to "what can we see" before committing collection effort, and cheap enough to run over a whole window.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
sensor	string	sentinel-2 (~10 m optical) or sentinel-1 (SAR). Default sentinel-2.
bbox	string	Area as "west,south,east,north" (WGS84). Omit for a global survey.
start_date	string (date)	Inclusive start date YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today; clamped to the plan history floor.
end_date	string (date)	Inclusive end date YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today. Window capped at 30 days.
categories	string	Comma-separated Delta categories to restrict to.
min_geoint_score	number	Drop events below this GEOINT score before surveying.
top_n	integer 1–50	How many observable events to return (1..50, default 20).

Request

curl -s "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/collection/observability?sensor=sentinel-1&bbox=30.2,50.2,30.8,50.7" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..."

Response

{
  "meta": { "bbox": [30.2, 50.2, 30.8, 50.7], "start_date": "2026-07-25", "end_date": "2026-07-25",
            "tokens": { "charged": 1, "remaining": 9988 } },
  "survey": {
    "sensor": "sentinel-1",
    "observable_count": 9,
    "not_observable_count": 23,
    "by_rs_level": { "GSD<10m": 6, "GSD<100m": 3 },
    "top": [ { "event_id": 1315107514, "rs_target": "damaged structures ~10m at Bucha" } ]
  }
}

GET/api/v1/passes2 tokens

When can this place next be imaged, and by what. Free systematic passes (Sentinel/Landsat) are separated from taskable commercial access windows (WorldView / ICEYE / Capella / SkySat), so you can decide whether to wait or to pay — and a failed element fetch says timing is unavailable rather than reporting "no passes".

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
lat	number -90–90	Target latitude (-90..90; positive = North). Required unless bbox is given.
lon	number -180–180	Target longitude (-180..180; positive = East). Required unless bbox is given.
bbox	string	Area as "west,south,east,north" (WGS84). The CENTRE is used as the target when lat/lon are omitted.
start_date	string (date)	Inclusive start date YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Defaults to today.
end_date	string (date)	Inclusive end date YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Defaults to start+2 days; capped to a 7-day horizon.
satellites	string	Comma-separated family keys to consider: sentinel-1, sentinel-2, landsat, worldview, iceye, capella, skysat. Omit for all seven.
max_passes	integer 1–100	Maximum passes to return, soonest first (1..100, default 40).

Request

curl -s "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/passes?lat=27.1842&lon=56.2893&satellites=sentinel-1,sentinel-2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..."

Response

{
  "meta": {
    "target": { "lat": 27.1842, "lon": 56.2893 },
    "window": { "start": "2026-07-25T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-07-27T23:59:59Z" },
    "tokens": { "charged": 2, "remaining": 9988 }
  },
  "passes": [
    {
      "satellite": "SENTINEL-1C",
      "family_key": "sentinel-1",
      "sensor": "sar",
      "collection_mode": "systematic",
      "peak": "2026-07-26T02:14:08Z",
      "off_nadir_deg": 21.4,
      "direction": "descending",
      "sunlit": false,
      "tle_age_days": 1.2
    }
  ],
  "freshness": { "max_tle_age_days": 1.2, "stale": false },
  "retrieval_ok": true,
  "note": "Systematic (Sentinel/Landsat) passes are scheduled acquisitions.",
  "attribution": "Orbital data by CelesTrak"
}

Measure

Put a number on the ground itself: how an index moved across the archive, how many vessels are in a scene, what the terrain does to a radar look. These measure imagery on demand — Monitoring, further down, is the same measurements repeated as new acquisitions arrive.

GET/api/v1/elevationfree

Height, and the numbers that depend on it. Relief (max − min) is the one that matters operationally: it governs how much of an area radar loses to layover and shadow, so a fabricated relief produces fabricated collection advice. Land only — no coverage over water is reported as absence, never as 0 m.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
lat	number -90–90	Latitude of a single point (use with lon).
lon	number -180–180	Longitude of a single point (use with lat).
bbox	string	Area as "lon_min,lat_min,lon_max,lat_max" (WGS84).

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/elevation?bbox=138.70,35.34,138.76,35.38"

Response

{
  "mode": "bbox",
  "elevation": { "min_m": 852.4, "max_m": 3768.4, "mean_m": 1892.7, "median_m": 1740.2,
                 "p10_m": 1004.1, "p90_m": 2988.6, "relief_m": 2916.0,
                 "sample_spacing_m": 31, "downsampled": true, "measured_over": "bbox" },
  "attribution": "Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM™-30 …"
}

POST/api/v1/elevationfree

The same measurement clipped to the ring you drew rather than the box around it. For an L-shaped or diagonal AOI those are different areas, and reporting the box as "the polygon" is the overstatement this endpoint exists to avoid — the response names the clip in `measured_over`.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
polygon	array[]	WGS84 ring [[lon, lat], …] with at least 3 vertices. A GeoJSON Polygon or Feature is also accepted.
bbox	number[]	Alternative to polygon: [lon_min, lat_min, lon_max, lat_max].

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"polygon": [[138.72,35.34],[138.76,35.36],[138.73,35.38],[138.70,35.36]]}' \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/elevation"

Response

{
  "mode": "polygon",
  "elevation": { "min_m": 1204.8, "max_m": 3768.4, "mean_m": 2311.5, "relief_m": 2563.6,
                 "measured_over": "polygon_interior", "polygon_vertices": 4 },
  "attribution": "Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM™-30 …"
}

GET/api/v1/terrainfree

The arithmetic behind "can radar actually use this ground", and behind "can this position see that one". Both change with inputs that must not be assumed: layover measured on one volcanic flank was 2.6% looking west against 0.7% looking east at the same 35°, which is why the geometry is required rather than defaulted. Both answers state the sample spacing they were computed at — a coarser grid reads flatter, and therefore more observable, than the ground is.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
operation	string (required)	Which computation to run.
bbox	string	For sar_geometry: area as "lon_min,lat_min,lon_max,lat_max" (WGS84).
incidence_deg	number 10–80	For sar_geometry: sensor incidence angle. Sentinel-1 IW spans roughly 29-46 degrees.
look_azimuth_deg	number 0–360	For sar_geometry: compass bearing the sensor looks along the ground range. A right-looking descending pass looks roughly west (270).
lat	number -90–90	For profile: latitude of the observer end.
lon	number -180–180	For profile: longitude of the observer end.
to_lat	number -90–90	For profile: latitude of the far end.
to_lon	number -180–180	For profile: longitude of the far end.
observer_height_m	number	For profile: eye height above the ground, default 2 m. Use the real mast or tower height when that is the question.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/terrain?operation=sar_geometry&bbox=138.70,35.34,138.76,35.38&incidence_deg=35&look_azimuth_deg=270"

Response

{
  "operation": "sar_geometry",
  "sar_geometry": { "layover_fraction": 0.026, "shadow_fraction": 0.0,
                    "foreshortening_fraction": 0.517, "usable_fraction": 0.457,
                    "mean_local_incidence_deg": 32.7, "sample_spacing_m": 31 },
  "interpretation": "3% of the area is in layover at this geometry …"
}

POST/api/v1/signals/{id}/refine-location3–29 tokens, 0 if it does not improve

Most signals are geolocated once, for free, from one article’s place string — about two thirds sit at ±5 km or have no bounded radius at all. This buys a second, deeper read of the sources for one signal you care about.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
id	integer (required)	The signal (global_event_id) whose location should be researched further.

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/signals/1318224420/refine-location"

Response

{
  "summary": "Refined from locality precision (±5000 m) to site precision (±500 m) on a source that names "Narita International Airport, Chiba, Japan".",
  "result": {
    "improved": true,
    "before": { "granularity": "locality", "uncertainty_m": 5000, "footprint_kind": "area" },
    "after":  { "granularity": "site", "uncertainty_m": 500, "footprint_kind": "point" },
    "evidence": [{ "url": "https://…", "publisher": "…", "place_named": "Narita International Airport, Chiba, Japan", "origin": "live_search" }],
    "tokens": { "charged": 14, "maximum_possible": 29 }
  }
}

POST/api/v1/index-series0.5 tokens / scene measured

The retrospective half of Monitoring: the same measurement, run backwards over the archive instead of forwards over new acquisitions. Estimate first — it is free, and it is the only way to know the cost before spending it.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
polygon	array[]	WGS84 ring [[lon, lat], …] with at least 3 vertices. Statistics cover the samples INSIDE it. A GeoJSON Polygon or Feature is also accepted.
bbox	number[4]	Alternative to polygon: [lon_min, lat_min, lon_max, lat_max] (WGS84).
index	string (required)	Which optical index to measure: ndvi, evi, savi, ndmi, ndwi, mndwi, ndbi, ndsi, nbr, iron-oxide, clay, ferrous.
start	string (date) (required)	Start date YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Clamped forward to 2015-06-27 if earlier.
end	string (date) (required)	End date YYYY-MM-DD (UTC).
max_scenes	integer 1–24	Cap on scenes measured in this call. Server maximum 24.
max_cloud_cover	number 1–100	Scene cloud-cover ceiling in percent. Default 30.
estimate_only	boolean	True = free: return the scene count, date span and token cost WITHOUT measuring or charging.

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"bbox": [67.64, 33.31, 67.74, 33.84], "index": "ndvi", "start": "2016-01-01", "end": "2026-08-01", "estimate_only": true}' \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/index-series"

Response

{
  "summary": "322 Sentinel-2 scene(s) match. The 100 examined span 2023-02-06 to 2026-07-25. Measuring 24 of them would cost 12 token(s) (0.5 per scene).",
  "estimate": { "index": "ndvi", "scenes_found": 322, "scenes_examined": 100, "scenes_measurable": 24,
                "truncated": true, "archive_start": "2015-06-27", "estimated_tokens": 12,
                "candidate_date_span": { "first": "2023-02-06", "last": "2026-07-25" },
                "notes": ["Only the newest 100 of those 322 were examined, so the earliest date shown here is the edge of that page — not the start of the archive …"] },
  "charged": false
}

POST/api/v1/ships5 tokens / detection

Radar sees through cloud and at night, so a vessel count works when optical would not. The number alone is not the answer — what the land mask did, and how much of your area the scene actually covers, decide what it means.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
collection	string (required)	Catalog collection of the scene.
item_id	string (required)	STAC item id of the scene, as returned by GET /api/v1/imagery.
bbox	number[4]	Area to search within the scene, [lon_min, lat_min, lon_max, lat_max] (WGS84). Must be under 120,000 km².
geometry	object	Alternative to bbox: a GeoJSON Polygon or MultiPolygon.
algorithm_version	string	Detector version. 'auto' picks the recommended version for the sensor.

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"collection": "sentinel-1-grd", "item_id": "S1A_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20260801T031500", "bbox": [37.79, 44.69, 37.83, 44.72]}' \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/ships"

Response

{
  "summary": "14 vessel-like target(s) detected over the requested area (sentinel-1-grd, algorithm v3). Detections within 300 m of the coast were excluded, so vessels alongside a quay are not in this count.",
  "count": 14,
  "caveats": ["Detections within 300 m of the coast were excluded, …"],
  "processing": { "resolved_algorithm_version": "v3", "sea_ratio": 0.62, "land_mask_source": "osm:land_polygons" }
}

Brief

The AI-synthesized Daily World Brief (free).

GET/api/v1/brieffree

The Daily World Brief — an AI-synthesized digest of the previous day’s worldwide event signals (headline, executive summary, top developments, ranked signals). Free of token charges.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
date	string (date)	Brief date YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Defaults to the latest available.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/brief"

Response

{
  "brief": {
    "date": "2026-07-07",
    "headline": "…",
    "summary": "…",
    "developments": [ { "title": "…", "why_it_matters": "…" } ],
    "key_judgments": [ … ]
  }
}

Intelligence (AI)

AI assessment and the agentic analyst — available on every plan, metered on your token balance.

POST/api/v1/assess5/15 tok · AI

AI remote-sensing deep-dive for a single signal: what to observe, recommended sensors, and a collection window. `eventId` is the `id` from a signals result. A prior (event, kind) assessment is cached and not re-charged. Available on every plan, including Free; metered on your token balance.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
eventId	integer (required)	Signal id (global_event_id) from /api/v1/signals.
kind	string	Assessment depth. quick=5 tok, deep=15 tok. Defaults to quick.

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"eventId": 1312473707, "kind": "quick"}' \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/assess"

Response

{
  "kind": "quick",
  "cached": false,
  "model": "…",
  "content": {
    "summary": "…",
    "observability": "…",
    "recommendedSensors": ["SAR satellites", "high-resolution optical"]
  },
  "meta": { "tokens": { "charged": 5, "remaining": 195 } }
}

POST/api/v1/analyst5–123 tok · AI

Ask the Delta Analyst an OSINT/GEOINT question. Runs an agentic multi-step analysis and returns a structured brief (summary, findings with collection recommendations, assessment, citations). Usage-based pricing: 5–123 tokens metered by the compute the question actually uses (the exact charge is returned in meta.tokens.charged). Hybrid async: the call waits up to ~95s and returns the brief (200); a longer run returns 202 with a job_id to poll at GET /api/v1/analyst/{jobId}. Send an Idempotency-Key header to make a timeout or a retry safe — the same key resolves to the same run with no second charge. Available on every plan, including Free; metered on your token balance.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
Idempotency-Key	string	At-most-once key. A re-send with the same key resolves to the SAME run: done → the brief (no re-charge); still running → 202 with the job_id.
question	string (required)	The analytic question (≤ 500 chars).
bbox	number[4]	Optional focus bounding box [minLon, minLat, maxLon, maxLat] (WGS84).
mode	string	fast (default) or deep. Deep enables extended reasoning and wider evidence-gathering budgets for forecasting, collection trade-offs and market-implication questions; it is slower and the ceiling rises from 123 to 415 tokens. Charging stays metered by what the run actually consumes.

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: my-question-2026-07-25-1" \
  -d '{"question": "Key escalation signals in the Black Sea this week?"}' \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/analyst"

Response

{
  "brief": {
    "summary": "…",
    "findings": [ { "global_event_id": 131…, "recommended_sensor": "SAR", "rationale": "…" } ],
    "assessment": "…",
    "citations": [ "https://…" ]
  },
  "meta": { "tokens": { "charged": 12, "remaining": 150 } }
}

GET/api/v1/analyst/{jobId}free

Poll an analyst run started by POST /api/v1/analyst. Free — the run itself is charged once, on completion. While the job is processing the response carries a progress block (stage plus completed_steps / total_steps); completed_steps reaches total_steps only when status is "done".

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
jobId	string (uuid) (required)	The job_id returned by POST /api/v1/analyst.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/analyst/c27a5d66-64a6-4785-aa9a-ea182e23efa6"

Response

{
  "job_id": "c27a5d66-64a6-4785-aa9a-ea182e23efa6",
  "status": "processing",
  "progress": { "stage": "synthesis", "completed_steps": 3, "total_steps": 6 },
  "created_at": "2026-07-25T09:12:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-07-25T09:12:41Z"
}

Evidence

The claim ledger: what you were told, how well established it was, and whether a later answer restated it — the audit trail behind the answers.

GET/api/v1/claimsfree

What you were told, and whether it held. Each claim keeps its evidence class and independent source count, and — the part no other feed gives you — a link to the later answer that restated it, saying whether the evidence got stronger or weaker. Audit before you act on it.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
since	string	Only claims asserted on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD or ISO 8601).
evidence_class	string	Restrict to one evidence class.
restated_only	boolean	Only claims that sit in a restatement chain.
downgraded_only	boolean	Only claims a later answer restated with WEAKER evidence — read these first.
limit	integer 1–200	How many claims to return (1..200, default 50).

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/claims?downgraded_only=true"

Response

{
  "claims": [
    { "claim_id": "8f3c…", "text": "US fired on a ship attempting to break the blockade…",
      "evidence_class": "REPORTED", "independent_source_count": 2,
      "sources": ["reuters.com", "apnews.com"],
      "restated_by": { "claim_id": "b21a…", "evidence_class": "CONFIRMED",
                       "what_changed": "A later answer restated this with STRONGER evidence." } }
  ],
  "counts": { "total": 1, "by_evidence_class": { "REPORTED": 1 }, "restated": 1, "downgraded": 0 },
  "summary": "1 recorded claim(s): 1 REPORTED. 1 sit in a restatement chain."
}

Standing Orders

Put an area under continuous watch. A deterministic pass decides whether anything crossed the reporting bar, so quiet periods cost nothing — only a firing check runs the Analyst and is metered.

GET/api/v1/standing-ordersfree

What you are currently watching, and what your plan still allows. quiet_checks is the honest metric here — a watch that has found nothing for many cycles is one you should retire.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/standing-orders"

Response

{
  "orders": [
    { "id": "8f3c…", "name": "Kyiv oblast", "cadence": "daily", "bbox": [30.3, 50.3, 30.7, 50.6],
      "last_checked_at": "2026-07-26T09:15:00Z", "last_run_at": "2026-07-24T09:15:00Z",
      "quiet_checks": 2, "total_runs": 6 }
  ],
  "limits": { "max_orders": 5, "used": 1, "remaining": 4, "min_interval_hours": 24 }
}

POST/api/v1/standing-ordersfree to create · metered per fire

Turn a question into a watch. The cost is per CHANGE, not per check: a deterministic pass over the corpus decides whether anything crossed the reporting bar, and quiet periods never invoke the model. Use this when the question is "tell me when this changes" rather than "what is happening now".

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
bbox	number[4] (required)	Area to watch, [minLon, minLat, maxLon, maxLat] (WGS84). Required — a global watch would fire on everything.
question	string	The question to re-answer when something changes (≤ 500 chars). Defaults to "what changed in this area, and what does it mean?".
name	string	Label for the order.
cadence	string	How often to CHECK — checking is free, only a firing check costs tokens. Default weekly.
categories	string[]	Restrict the watch to these Delta categories.
min_geoint_score	number 0–10	Reporting bar 0–10 (default 6). Raise it to hear only about major developments.
min_new_events	number 1–50	How many new qualifying events must appear before a run is triggered (default 1).
notify_email	boolean	Email the result when it fires (default true). Results are readable from the list either way.

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Kyiv oblast", "bbox": [30.3, 50.3, 30.7, 50.6], "cadence": "daily",
       "question": "What changed in the strike pattern, and what does it imply?"}' \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/standing-orders"

Response

{
  "order": { "id": "8f3c…", "name": "Kyiv oblast", "cadence": "daily", "next_due_at": "2026-07-26T09:20:00Z" },
  "projected_monthly_tokens_typical": 1370,
  "projected_monthly_tokens_max": 3744
}

DELETE/api/v1/standing-orders/{orderId}free

Stop watching. Deleting frees the plan slot; pausing (POST with active:false) keeps the order and its history but not the slot.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
orderId	string (uuid) (required)	The id returned when the order was created.

Request

curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/standing-orders/8f3c1a2b-…"

Response

{ "deleted": "8f3c1a2b-…" }

POST/api/v1/standing-orders/{orderId}free

Pause a watch without losing it. Resuming starts from now rather than replaying the gap — a queue of stale alerts is worse than no alert.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
orderId	string (uuid) (required)	The id returned when the order was created.
active	boolean (required)	false = pause, true = resume.

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"active": false}' \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/standing-orders/8f3c1a2b-…"

Response

{ "order": { "id": "8f3c1a2b-…", "active": false } }

Monitoring

Delta Monitor: fix a place, pick a quantity, and every new acquisition over it is measured automatically. Reading is free; a check is metered only when it finds new imagery to measure.

GET/api/v1/monitoringfree

What you are currently measuring, and the latest number for each. coverage is the honest field here: measured counts what we actually computed, and window_total is null rather than 0 when we have not asked the catalog how many acquisitions exist.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/monitoring"

Response

{
  "areas": [
    { "area_id": "2b5f…", "name": "Strait of Hormuz", "status": "anomaly",
      "bbox": [56.0, 26.4, 56.8, 27.0],
      "metrics": [
        { "polygon_id": "2b5f…", "metric": "ship_detection", "metric_label": "ships",
          "satellite": "sentinel-1-grd", "latest": { "date": "2026-07-30", "value": 31, "is_anomaly": true },
          "delta": 18, "coverage": { "measured": 12, "acquired": 18, "window_total": null } }
      ] }
  ],
  "limits": { "max_areas": 1, "used": 1, "remaining": 0 }
}

POST/api/v1/monitoringfree to create · metered per scene

Turn a place into a time series. The cost follows the imagery, not the calendar: a check that finds no new acquisition measures nothing and charges nothing. Use this when the question is about a quantity at a fixed place over time, rather than about events — that is a standing order.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
bbox	number[4] (required)	Area to measure, [minLon, minLat, maxLon, maxLat] (WGS84). Must be under 5,000 km².
metric	string (required)	What to count. Plain words work (ships, fires, vegetation, water, burn, snow, built_up, moisture, night_lights) as do index names (ship_detection, fire_count, ndvi, evi, savi, ndmi, ndwi, mndwi, ndbi, ndsi, nbr, dnb, vv, vh, rvi, rfdi, cr).
name	string	Label for the area.
start_date	string (date)	YYYY-MM-DD to begin the history from (default 30 days ago). A longer backfill measures more scenes and costs more on the first check.

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Sheskharis berth", "bbox": [37.79, 44.69, 37.83, 44.72], "metric": "ships"}' \
  "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/monitoring"

Response

{
  "area": { "area_id": "2b5f…", "name": "Sheskharis berth", "status": "ok",
            "metrics": [{ "metric": "ship_detection", "satellite": "sentinel-1-grd", "latest": null }] },
  "metering": { "create": "free", "per_check_tokens": 2, "per_scene_tokens": 0.5 }
}

GET/api/v1/monitoring/{areaId}free

The series behind the number — what to read when the question is "is it going up", "when did it change", or "how unusual is today". Every point carries the STAC item it was measured from, so any value can be traced back to a specific acquisition.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
areaId	string (uuid) (required)	The area_id from the list endpoint (a metric polygon_id also resolves).

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/monitoring/2b5f1a2b-…"

Response

{
  "area": { "area_id": "2b5f…", "name": "Strait of Hormuz", "status": "anomaly",
    "metrics": [{ "metric": "ship_detection", "metric_label": "ships",
      "series": [ { "date": "2026-07-18", "value": 13, "is_anomaly": false, "stac_item_id": "S1A_IW_…" },
                  { "date": "2026-07-30", "value": 31, "is_anomaly": true,  "stac_item_id": "S1A_IW_…" } ] }] }
}

Usage

Your token balance and plan capabilities (free) — pre-flight a metered call.

GET/api/v1/usagefree

Your key’s current token balance and plan capabilities — call it to pre-flight a metered request without spending anything.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/usage"

Response

{
  "tokens": { "allocation": 10000, "used": 42, "remaining": 9958 },
  "plan": { "api_llm_access": true }
}

GET/api/v1/statusfree

Pre-flight the data, not just the balance. If the pipeline is behind, a metered query still succeeds and still charges — it just answers from an older corpus than you assumed. This is how you find that out first.

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ond_..." "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/status"

Response

{
  "pipeline_status": "ok",
  "data_current_through": "2026-08-14T06:00:00Z",
  "server": { "version": "1.11.0", "tool_count": 24, "environment": "production" }
}

GET/api/v1/versionfree · no key needed

The only unauthenticated endpoint. Its purpose is drift detection: MCP has no handshake for a changed tool set, so a connector can cache a stale roster indefinitely. Compare the three fingerprints against what your client cached — if they differ, reconnect.

Request

curl "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/version"

Response

{
  "name": "off-nadir-delta", "version": "1.11.0", "tool_count": 24, "toolset": "standard",
  "schema_hash": "7d71fd6d9f4e", "description_hash": "256e28bd5a61", "descriptor_hash": "96beb5b8b825",
  "environment": "production"
}

MCP server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server at /api/v1/mcp exposes the same surface as tools, plus resources and prompts, so any MCP-capable agent can consume the intelligence directly.

query_signals · query_stats · query_hotspots · get_world_brief · get_usage · search_imagery · plan_event_imagery · rank_imaging_priority · survey_observable_events · predict_satellite_passes · get_analyst_job · query_claims · query_developments · get_event_thread · create_standing_order · list_standing_orders · delete_standing_order · list_monitored_areas · get_monitored_area · create_monitored_area · lookup_elevation · analyze_terrain · measure_index_series · detect_ships — tools (metered / free)
assess_signal · ask_analyst · refine_location — AI tools
Resources: brief://latest, signals://schema, usage://current, imagery://collections, status://current, brief://{date}
Prompts: daily-situation-briefing, assess-top-signal, aoi-watch, market-exposure-check

Claude & other web apps (OAuth)

Web apps such as Claude (claude.ai) connect over OAuth — no API key to paste. Add a custom connector (Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector) and enter the MCP URL below. The endpoint is an OAuth 2.1 resource server with discovery, dynamic client registration, and PKCE, so the app completes the flow for you — just sign in to Off-Nadir Delta and approve. Metering and plan gating are billed to that account.

Custom connector URL

https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http off-nadir-delta \
  https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ond_..."

Config file (API key)

Config file

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "off-nadir-delta": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ond_..." }
    }
  }
}

OpenAPI spec

A machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 document is available for codegen and API explorers:

https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/openapi.json

From headline to satellite evidence

One connected intelligence workflow across four surfaces — free to start, no GIS software or remote-sensing background required.

Step 1

Overview

Quickstart

Authentication

Errors

Rate limits

Pagination

Endpoints

Signals

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Imagery

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Measure

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Brief

Parameters

Intelligence (AI)

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Evidence

Parameters

Standing Orders

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters

Monitoring

Parameters

Parameters

Usage

MCP server

Claude & other web apps (OAuth)

Claude Code

Config file (API key)

OpenAPI spec

From headline to satellite evidence

Pick an event on the Watchfloor

Ask Delta Agent why it matters

Look closer on the Map

Keep watching it

Reuse the insight