mcp-foursquare

MCP server for Foursquare place search and discovery. Lets your AI assistant find venues, search for places near a location, look up place details, and get location context — all through the Foursquare Places API v3.

Status: Ready

Prerequisites

• Bun runtime (curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash)

• A Foursquare Developer account and API key

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Install

git clone git@github.com:McCullonas/mcp-foursquare.git
cd mcp-foursquare
bun install

Configuration

The server requires one environment variable:

Get your API key at location.foursquare.com/developer. Free tier includes 1,000 calls/day.

Available Tools

search_near

Search for places near a named location (city, neighbourhood, landmark).

Parameters:

• query — What to search for (e.g. "coffee", "museum")

• near — Named location (e.g. "Edinburgh, UK", "Soho, London")

• categories (optional) — Foursquare category IDs to filter by

• limit (optional) — Max results (default 10)

search_near_point

Search for places near a specific latitude/longitude coordinate.

Parameters:

• query — What to search for

• ll — Coordinates as "lat,lng" (e.g. "51.5074,-0.1278")

• radius (optional) — Search radius in metres

• limit (optional) — Max results

place_snap

Get the most likely place at a given location — useful for geotagging.

Parameters:

• ll — Coordinates as "lat,lng"

• accuracy (optional) — GPS accuracy in metres

place_details

Get comprehensive details about a specific place by its Foursquare ID.

Returns: description, phone, website, hours, rating, price level, menu link, photos, tips.

Parameters:

• fsq_id — Foursquare place ID (from a search result)

get_location

Get an approximate location based on the user's IP address (via ip-api.com). Useful as a starting point when no explicit location is provided.

No parameters required.

MCP Client Configuration

Add to your settings.json (or claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "foursquare": {
      "command": "bun",
      "args": ["run", "/path/to/mcp-foursquare/src/index.ts"],
      "env": {
        "FOURSQUARE_SERVICE_TOKEN": "your-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace /path/to/mcp-foursquare with the absolute path to your clone.

Development

# Run directly
bun run src/index.ts

# Build (outputs to dist/)
bun build src/index.ts --outdir dist --target node

Licence

MIT