USGS magnitude 4.5+ seismic events — past week

Copy into the console's Import or share a recipe panel to customize fields, types and schedules. This configuration contains no captured records or workspace IDs.

{
  "schema": "sourcefinch/source@1",
  "name": "USGS magnitude 4.5+ seismic events — past week",
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/summary/4.5_week.geojson",
  "recipe": {
    "mode": "http",
    "format": "json",
    "items": "features[*]",
    "fields": {
      "id": "id",
      "url": "properties.url",
      "place": "properties.place",
      "title": "properties.title",
      "status": "properties.status",
      "depth_km": "geometry.coordinates[2]",
      "latitude": "geometry.coordinates[1]",
      "longitude": "geometry.coordinates[0]",
      "magnitude": "properties.mag",
      "event_type": "properties.type",
      "event_time_ms": "properties.time",
      "updated_time_ms": "properties.updated"
    },
    "required": [
      "id",
      "event_time_ms",
      "updated_time_ms",
      "url"
    ],
    "types": {
      "depth_km": "number",
      "event_time_ms": "integer",
      "latitude": "number",
      "longitude": "number",
      "magnitude": "number",
      "updated_time_ms": "integer"
    }
  },
  "schedule": "hourly",
  "key_field": "id"
}

The request body used by the API, CLI and SDK examples.

{
  "name": "USGS magnitude 4.5+ seismic events — past week",
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/summary/4.5_week.geojson",
  "recipe": {
    "mode": "http",
    "format": "json",
    "items": "features[*]",
    "fields": {
      "id": "id",
      "url": "properties.url",
      "place": "properties.place",
      "title": "properties.title",
      "status": "properties.status",
      "depth_km": "geometry.coordinates[2]",
      "latitude": "geometry.coordinates[1]",
      "longitude": "geometry.coordinates[0]",
      "magnitude": "properties.mag",
      "event_type": "properties.type",
      "event_time_ms": "properties.time",
      "updated_time_ms": "properties.updated"
    },
    "required": [
      "id",
      "event_time_ms",
      "updated_time_ms",
      "url"
    ],
    "types": {
      "depth_km": "number",
      "latitude": "number",
      "longitude": "number",
      "magnitude": "number",
      "event_time_ms": "integer",
      "updated_time_ms": "integer"
    }
  },
  "key_field": "id",
  "schedule": "hourly",
  "rights": true,
  "catalog": {
    "slug": "usgs-earthquakes-m45-week",
    "version_id": "7a1098df-12da-408e-a71a-55db8c41eb35"
  }
}

Create an API key under Console → API keys. Reference: /docs/api.

# the Verified entry (fields, recipe, sample, terms) as JSON
curl https://sourcefinch.com/v1/catalog/usgs-earthquakes-m45-week -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY"

# create the monitor from source.json (below)
curl -X POST https://sourcefinch.com/v1/sources \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d @source.json

# then run it now (later runs follow the schedule)
curl -X POST https://sourcefinch.com/v1/sources/$SOURCE_ID/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)"

The sourcefinch CLI is not on npm yet; see /docs/cli.

sourcefinch login
sourcefinch catalog get usgs-earthquakes-m45-week --source-json > source.json
sourcefinch sources create --file source.json
sourcefinch runs create $SOURCE_ID --wait
sourcefinch records $SOURCE_ID

The SDK is not on npm yet; see /docs/sdk.

import { SourceFinch } from "@sourcefinch/sdk";

const sf = new SourceFinch({ apiKey: process.env.SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY });
const entry = await sf.catalog.get("usgs-earthquakes-m45-week");
const source = await sf.sources.create({
  catalog: { slug: entry.slug, version_id: entry.recipe.version_id },
  name: entry.name.slice(0, 100),
  url: entry.acquisition_path.endpoint,
  recipe: entry.recipe.definition,
  key_field: entry.recipe.key_field,
  schedule: entry.recipe.schedule,
  rights: true, // you confirm you have the right to collect this source
});
const run = await sf.runs.wait((await sf.runs.create(source.id)).id);
console.log(run.status);

Remote MCP server with OAuth; see /docs/mcp.

claude mcp add --transport http sourcefinch https://sourcefinch.com/mcp

# then ask your agent:
"Use SourceFinch to monitor USGS magnitude 4.5+ seismic events — past week: get_catalog_source usgs-earthquakes-m45-week,
then create_source with its create_source_args (dry run first), then run_source."