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yelp-mcp-min

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yelp-mcp-min

Minimal MCP server for the Yelp Fusion API v3, built with FastMCP 3.

Prerequisites

Installation

uv sync
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env and set YELP_API_KEY

Running

# stdio transport (for use with Claude Desktop or an MCP client)
uv run python -m server.main

# Docker
docker build -t yelp-mcp-min .
docker run --env-file .env yelp-mcp-min
docker buildx build -t yelp-mcp-min .

Environment variables

Variable

Required

Default

Description

YELP_API_KEY

Yes

Yelp Fusion API bearer token

YELP_BASE_URL

No

https://api.yelp.com/v3

API base URL

HTTP_TIMEOUT

No

10.0

Request timeout in seconds

HTTP_MAX_RETRIES

No

3

Max retry attempts on 429/5xx

HTTP_RETRY_WAIT_MIN

No

1.0

Min back-off wait in seconds

HTTP_RETRY_WAIT_MAX

No

10.0

Max back-off wait in seconds

LOG_LEVEL

No

INFO

structlog level

JSON_LOGS

No

false

Emit JSON log lines (for Datadog etc)

Tools

Tool

Yelp endpoint

Description

search_businesses

GET /v3/businesses/search

Full-text + geo search with pagination

find_business_by_phone

GET /v3/businesses/search/phone

Look up a business by E.164 phone number

match_business

GET /v3/businesses/matches

Match structured name+address to Yelp listing

get_business

GET /v3/businesses/{id}

Full business profile by Yelp ID or alias

get_business_reviews

GET /v3/businesses/{id}/reviews

Customer reviews with pagination

Resource

yelp://business/{id} — Returns the same payload as get_business as an MCP resource (application/json). MCP clients that support resources can embed or subscribe to this URI directly.

Project structure

yelp-mcp-min/
  server/
    main.py              # FastMCP instance + wiring
    core/
      config.py          # pydantic-settings (YELP_API_KEY, tunables)
      logging.py         # structlog setup (stderr only)
      client.py          # async httpx client, retry, error mapping
      models.py          # Pydantic output models
    tools/
      search.py          # search_businesses
      business.py        # find_by_phone, match, get_business
      reviews.py         # get_business_reviews
    resources/
      business.py        # yelp://business/{id}
  tests/
    conftest.py
    test_client.py
    test_tools.py
    test_models.py
  Dockerfile
  pyproject.toml
  .env.example

Running tests

uv run pytest -v
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