Informa Events Directory MCP Server

MCP server for querying and retrieving structured event data from the Informa Connect event directory.

Available Tools

Default (always available):

1. get_informa_events Returns normalized events across all pages (API-first, HTML fallback).

2. get_informa_events_page Returns a single directory page with normalized results.

3. get_informa_events_by_date_range Returns normalized events constrained by dateFrom / dateTo.

4. list_informa_event_facets Returns raw and simplified facet/filter metadata for the current query context.

5. find_informa_event Finds one event by id, slug, url, or name.

6. get_informa_event_detail Fetches one event page and extracts richer detail (JSON-LD event data, offers/pricing hints, contact hints, speaker extraction).

7. get_informa_events_with_details Fetches directory events and bulk-enriches each with event-page details using configurable concurrency (including speaker extraction).

8. get_informa_events_chunk Cursor-based chunked retrieval for large exports to avoid oversized single responses.

9. get_informa_event_speakers Fetches one event page and returns speaker records only, with source selection (merged, jsonld, redux).

Feature-flagged (disabled by default):

10. get_informa_discovery_suggestions (feature-flagged) Calls the discovery suggestions endpoint and returns raw JSON.

11. search_informa_module_speakers (feature-flagged) Calls the discovery module speakers endpoint and returns raw JSON.

12. search_informa_module_spex (feature-flagged) Calls the discovery module spex endpoint and returns raw JSON.

Related MCP server: Indico MCP Server

Core Retrieval Behavior

• Primary data source: POST https://informaconnect.com/api/v1/discovery/hub-search/pages/events

• Fallback source: parse window.__REDUX_STORE__ from HTML pages

• API payload optimization:

  • includeFacets=false (default) sends a disabled facetsConfig to reduce payload size

  • includeFacets=true enables facet payloads when needed

• Chunk export support:

  • get_informa_events_chunk returns hasMore + nextCursor

  • cursor can be passed back to continue where the previous chunk stopped

• Pagination stop conditions:

  • Empty page

  • Reached reported totalPages

  • maxPages safety cap

  • Two consecutive pages with no new unique events

• Retry/backoff for 429 and 5xx

• Missing fields normalize to null or empty arrays

Normalized Event Output

Each normalized event includes (if available):

• eventName

• eventUrl

• description

• location.city

• location.venue

• location.country

• startDate

• endDate

• eventType

• subBrand

• industryOrCategory

• pricing (currently usually null in discovery responses)

• contactInfo (currently usually null in discovery responses)

Plus additional enrichment fields (eventId, sectors, topics, deliveryTypes, etc.).

For detail tools, the event-detail payload also includes:

• speakers[] (merged/deduped from JSON-LD performer and Redux speakers when available)

• speakerSources (counts by source and total)

For speaker-only retrieval (get_informa_event_speakers), the response includes:

• speakers[]

• speakerCount

• speakerSource (requested mode)

• speakerSources (available totals by source)

• eventMeta (event name, dates, and location)

When responseMode is set to "slim", each event is reduced to:

• eventId

• eventName

• eventUrl

• startDate

• endDate

• location

• eventType

• subBrand

• sectors

• topics

• deliveryTypes

When responseMode is set to "summary", each event is reduced further to:

• eventId

• eventName

• eventUrl

• startDate

• endDate

• city

• country

• venue

• eventType

• subBrand

• deliveryTypes

Install

npm install
npm run build

MCP Config Example

Use [mcp-config.example.json](/Users/william.kitchin/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Codex Projects/Informa Events Directory MCP Server/mcp-config.example.json).

Example:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "informa-events-directory": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/informa-events-directory-mcp/build/index.js"
    }
  }
}

Example Calls

1) Full crawl

{
  "tool": "get_informa_events",
  "arguments": {
    "pageSize": 100,
    "maxPages": 50,
    "subBrandFilter": "Informa Connect",
    "eventTypeFilter": "EVENT",
    "requestedSortType": "DATE",
    "includeFacets": false,
    "responseMode": "slim"
  }
}

2) Single page fetch

{
  "tool": "get_informa_events_page",
  "arguments": {
    "page": 2,
    "pageSize": 20
  }
}

3) Date-range query

{
  "tool": "get_informa_events_by_date_range",
  "arguments": {
    "dateFrom": "2026-08-01",
    "dateTo": "2026-08-31",
    "pageSize": 100,
    "maxPages": 20,
    "countryFilter": "US",
    "responseMode": "slim"
  }
}

4) Find an event by slug

{
  "tool": "find_informa_event",
  "arguments": {
    "identifier": "imn-btr-spring",
    "identifierType": "slug",
    "includeDetail": true
  }
}

5) Fetch event detail page

{
  "tool": "get_informa_event_detail",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "imn-btr-spring",
    "includeDirectoryRecord": true
  }
}

Detail response includes detail.speakers and detail.speakerSources when speaker metadata is present on the event page.

6) Bulk enrich many events with detail pages

{
  "tool": "get_informa_events_with_details",
  "arguments": {
    "pageSize": 20,
    "maxPages": 5,
    "detailMaxEvents": 40,
    "detailConcurrency": 3,
    "stopOnDetailError": false
  }
}

7) Cursor-based chunk retrieval

{
  "tool": "get_informa_events_chunk",
  "arguments": {
    "pageSize": 100,
    "chunkPages": 2,
    "requestedSortType": "DATE",
    "responseMode": "summary",
    "includeFacets": false
  }
}

Then continue with returned nextCursor:

{
  "tool": "get_informa_events_chunk",
  "arguments": {
    "cursor": "<nextCursor-from-previous-response>",
    "chunkPages": 2
  }
}

8) Suggestions endpoint (feature-flagged)

{
  "tool": "get_informa_discovery_suggestions",
  "arguments": {
    "searchInput": "biotech",
    "pageSize": 5
  }
}

9) Event speakers (single event)

{
  "tool": "get_informa_event_speakers",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "pharma-forum",
    "speakerSource": "merged"
  }
}

10) Speakers module endpoint (feature-flagged)

{
  "tool": "search_informa_module_speakers",
  "arguments": {
    "speakers": [
      {
        "siteId": "example-site-id",
        "contentType": "SPEAKER",
        "displayType": "LIST"
      }
    ]
  }
}

11) Spex module endpoint (feature-flagged)

{
  "tool": "search_informa_module_spex",
  "arguments": {
    "spexs": [{ "eventId": "c8b90e9b-548d-44a5-823f-f01ed5d08c13" }]
  }
}

Useful Query Parameters

• includeFacets (boolean, default false): include discovery facets in API responses

• responseMode ("full" | "slim" | "summary", default "full"): control event payload size

• countryFilter (string | string[]): alias merged into locationFilter

• deliveryTypeFilter (string | string[]): e.g. "PHYSICAL", "VIRTUAL", "ON_DEMAND"

• sectorsFilter, topicsFilter, locationFilter: facet-driven filtering inputs

• cursor + chunkPages: resume and control chunk-sized retrieval with get_informa_events_chunk

• speakerSource ("merged" | "jsonld" | "redux"): source selection for get_informa_event_speakers

Speaker Retrieval Notes

• get_informa_event_speakers is the recommended tool when you only need speaker data.

• Speaker extraction works from event-page HTML, not directory listing API pages.

• Source priority for quality is typically JSON-LD performer, then Redux speakers.

• speakerSource="merged" returns deduped speakers from both sources.

Response Metadata Notes

For multi-page tools (get_informa_events, get_informa_events_by_date_range, get_informa_events_with_details), response metadata includes:

• totalResultsReported and apiReportedTotalCount

• totalPagesReported and apiReportedTotalPages

• isComplete (whether retrieval completed naturally vs. capped by maxPages)

Optional Environment Variables

INFORMA_ENTRY_URL="https://informaconnect.com/events/?subBrands%5B0%5D=Informa%20Connect&availableSubBrands%5B0%5D=Informa%20Connect&requestedSortType=FEATURED&page=1&count=20&searchInput=&type%5B0%5D=EVENT"
INFORMA_ORIGIN="https://informaconnect.com"
INFORMA_DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE=20
INFORMA_DEFAULT_MAX_PAGES=200
INFORMA_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS=15000
INFORMA_MAX_RETRIES=4
INFORMA_ENABLE_SUGGESTIONS_TOOL=false
INFORMA_ENABLE_MODULE_TOOLS=false

Set INFORMA_ENABLE_SUGGESTIONS_TOOL=true and/or INFORMA_ENABLE_MODULE_TOOLS=true to expose the optional discovery tools.

Limitations

• Discovery API is unofficial and may change.

• Some event metadata (pricing/contact) is not consistently present in discovery payloads.

• Facet metadata may be empty for some query contexts.

• HTML fallback relies on Redux state being embedded in the page.

• Anti-bot/CDN protections can affect reliability at higher request volume.

• modules/speakers request shape is not publicly documented and may return 422 unless exact speaker payload objects are provided.

• Speaker extraction quality depends on event-page metadata consistency; JSON-LD performer is usually the cleanest source.

• search_informa_module_speakers is included for experimentation, but event-page speaker extraction is currently the more reliable path.