Command-line tool and TypeScript library

`strahlenschutz`

Query Germany’s ambient gamma dose-rate (ODL) monitoring network from your terminal. strahlenschutz is a command-line tool over the open BfS ODL-Info WFS (imis.bfs.de): fetch the latest readings across all ~1 700 stations, look up a single station by its kenn id, or pull hourly/daily time series — all as clean GeoJSON you can pipe straight into jq.

Version 0.0.7 npm GitHub API reference

Install

Needs Node.js 20 or newer. Installs the strahlenschutz command:

npm i -g @maschinenlesbar.org/strahlenschutz-cli

Access

No account, no API key, no configuration — install and query.

Quick start

strahlenschutz latest --max 5

Commands

latest

Latest ambient gamma dose-rate (ODL) reading per station
station

Latest reading for a single station by its kenn id
timeseries

Time series for a station (hourly by default)

All commands, arguments and options →

Claude Code skills

The strahlenschutz plugin teaches Claude to use strahlenschutz. Install it from the maschinenlesbar.org marketplace:

/plugin marketplace add maschinenlesbar-org/plugins
/plugin install strahlenschutz@maschinenlesbar

/strahlenschutz:strahlenschutz-dose-snapshot
/strahlenschutz:strahlenschutz-map
/strahlenschutz:strahlenschutz-station-trend

What the skills answer, with real examples → Skill descriptions and requirements →

TypeScript library

@maschinenlesbar.org/strahlenschutz-cli is also a typed API client you can import in your own code, with no runtime HTTP dependencies.

API reference → Library usage and architecture →

The tool, not the data

The data comes from the provider behind the API, under its own terms — see DATA_LICENSE.md. The code is dual-licensed AGPL-3.0-or-later or commercial — see LICENSING.md.