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KnowChelsea

By knowchelsea.com Verified namespace

Curated places in Chelsea, London: restaurants, coffee, pubs, parks and shops.

Website
Connect to KnowChelsea
Checks passed
13 / 22

1 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
243 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
7

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 243 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-06-18, serverInfo.name com.knowchelsea/places.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 7 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-06-18. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 243 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 243 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    17 of 20 parameters have a description (85%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-11-03T15:13:36.731874Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using KnowChelsea

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http knowchelsea https://knowchelsea.com/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 7

compare_places

Side-by-side sourced records for 2 to 4 Chelsea places by slug, with the tags they share.

Discovered
get_guide

One published Chelsea guide by slug: its introduction and its ranked places, every field sourced.

Discovered
get_place

Full editorial record for one Chelsea place by slug, including the guide's description and the public /place URL.

Discovered
list_guides

Published Chelsea themed guides (https://knowchelsea.com/guides/{slug}), with sourced titles, summaries and place counts.

Discovered
list_places

Curated places in Chelsea, optionally filtered by category, use-case tag or featured picks. Each result links to its https://knowchelsea.com/place/{slug} page; ranked pages live at https://knowchelsea.com/best/{category}.

Discovered
nearby_places

Nearest curated Chelsea places to a WGS84 coordinate supplied in the request, with distance in metres.

Discovered
search_places

Filter curated Chelsea places by category, sub-zone, tags, featured picks or text, ranked like https://knowchelsea.com/best/{category}. Every field carries its source; addresses, coordinates, hours, websites and photos are not included, so follow each place url for them. open_now only matches owner-supplied or official-site hours, and none are recorded yet.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

View status
Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected243 ms7

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