bearing-local-business

bearing-local-business is a Bearing reference stdio MCP server for a fictional bakery, Cypress & Crumb. It makes a local business agent-queryable so a customer's AI agent can check hours, inspect the menu, ask about custom-order timing, and initiate a demo inquiry.

All data is fictional demo data. The server makes no network calls, persists nothing, and is intended as a reference for the agentic economy: a local business exposing a clean, typed MCP surface for discovery and transaction initiation.

Tools

get_business_profile

• Input: none

• Output: bakery name, tagline, weekly hours, address, phone, pickup details, delivery details, and custom-order lead time

get_menu

• Input: { category?: string }

• Output: the full menu grouped by category, or the filtered category if provided

check_custom_order_availability

• Input: { date: string, orderType?: string }

• Output: whether the requested date is far enough out for a custom order, the integer days out, and the earliest available date

submit_order_inquiry

• Input: { name: string, contact: string, details: string, date?: string }

• Output: a demo inquiry reference plus the captured request details

Related MCP server: agent-storefront

Run

Development:

bun run dev

Build and run the compiled server:

bun run build
bun run start

The server reads src/data/demo-bakery.json at runtime with readFileSync and import.meta.url path resolution. The loader checks both the source-layout path used by bun run src/index.ts and the built-layout path used by node dist/index.js, so the JSON file does not need to be copied into dist/.

MCP Client Config

Example Claude Desktop or compatible stdio client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bearing-local-business": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/absolute/path/to/bearing-mcp/dist/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

For local development, you can also point a client at Bun:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bearing-local-business": {
      "command": "bun",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "/absolute/path/to/bearing-mcp/src/index.ts"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Point It At A Real Business

To adapt this for a real business, replace the fictional demo-bakery.json source with a consented, authenticated system of record such as a POS, ordering backend, or inventory service. In a real deployment:

• keep the MCP tool contracts stable

• add authentication and authorization

• persist inquiries into the business's system

• fetch live hours, menu, and availability from an approved source

This demo intentionally does none of that. It persists nothing and only echoes a simulated inquiry capture.