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MCP server · Data access / search

BinaSmart

Ethiopia: Addis rides, jobs, tenders, hotels, health, homes, cars, news and government guides

Checks passed
15 / 22

0 failed · 7 not measured

Median response
364 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
33

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Responded

The server completed its last measured handshake. This is an observation, not a guarantee.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
103
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?
402

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 336 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name binasmart.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 33 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 364 ms over 2 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 388 ms over 2 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    2 of 2 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Pass
    Stable tool list

    No tool was removed and no required parameter was added in the last 30 days.

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

    91 of 91 parameters have a description (100%). 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.

  • Pass
    Source repo linked

    A 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 2026-10-11T17:21:02.493814Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    The GitHub licence lookup has not returned an OSI result yet.

Start using BinaSmart

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 binasmart https://bina.et/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 33

cancel_ride

Cancels a BinaSmart ride that has not started yet. A cancellation cannot be undone. Needs the ride id and the rider phone used to book.

Discovered
find_pool_groups

Cars currently filling within about 2.5 km of a point in Addis Ababa: destination, seats left, seat price, women-only flag, and a share url (https://bina.et/pool/<id>) the rider can open to join. Driver-opened cars at stations are listed first. Requires lat/lng.

Discovered
get_employer

A company listed on BinaSmart: what it does, its address and location when we hold them, and every vacancy it has posted. By employer slug from list_jobs or get_job.

Discovered
get_ethiopia_guide

BinaSmart's bilingual (Amharic + English) step-by-step guides to Ethiopian government and banking services: Fayda ID, telebirr, CBE Birr, e-Passport, eVisa, TIN, business licence, VAT/TOT, customs, driving licence, car import, Yellow Card, bank account, birth/marriage certificate, utility bills, Labor ID and LMIS registration and the COC occupational competency certificate (Overseas Employment Proclamation 1389/2025), rental agreements, tenant screening. Call with no slug to list guides; call with a slug for the full text. The guides hold the correct official names and links.

Discovered
get_hospital_departments

Departments of a hospital listed on BinaSmart with consultation fee (ETB), doctors, hours, floor/room and appointment slots left for a date. Use the slug from search_places (is_hospital = true).

Discovered
get_hotel_rooms

Room types, nightly prices (ETB), capacity and amenities for a hotel listed on BinaSmart. Use the slug from search_places (is_hotel = true).

Discovered
get_job

The full advert for a single vacancy on BinaSmart, by its slug from list_jobs: the duties and requirements as the employer wrote them, how to apply, and the company behind it with its address when we hold one.

Discovered
get_news_article

The full text of a single BinaSmart news article by its slug from list_news.

Discovered
get_ride_status

Current status of a BinaSmart ride (dispatching, assigned, arriving, arrived, ontrip, completed, cancelled) with driver name, vehicle and plate once assigned. Needs the ride id and the rider phone used to book.

Discovered
get_tender

The full text of a single tender notice on BinaSmart, by its slug from list_tenders: requirements, bid bond, where and when to submit, and the link to the original notice.

Discovered
list_cinema_showtimes

What is showing in Addis Ababa cinemas this week, from BinaSmart Cinema (bina.et/cinema): each cinema with its address and phone, and each film with its show times and dates as the cinema posted them, with a link to the cinema's own post. Filter by cinema or film title (English or Amharic).

Discovered
list_events

Upcoming films, concerts, theatre and events on BinaSmart in Addis Ababa with venue, hall, start time, prices per tier and seats left. Seats are chosen and paid at the url returned (Chapa or at the counter); the ticket is a QR code.

Discovered
list_films

Licensed Amharic (Ethiopian) films that can be watched online on BinaSmart Watch (bina.et/watch): title in Amharic and English, year, genre, whether it is free or rented for 48 hours (ETB), and the watch url. Free titles are public YouTube releases played through the YouTube player; rentals need Chapa. Optional search by title or genre.

Discovered
list_job_fields

The fields of work with open vacancies on BinaSmart right now and how many are in each, plus the cities hiring most — useful before calling list_jobs with a field or city filter.

Discovered
list_jobs

Open job vacancies in Ethiopia listed on BinaSmart (bina.et/jobs): the job title, the company posting it, the city, the deadline and days left, salary and requirements where the advert states them. Thousands of vacancies from Ethiopian job boards and employers, refreshed every morning. Search by keyword in English or Amharic, and filter by field of work (banking, accounting, engineering, it, health, education, sales, ngo, logistics, admin, hospitality, construction, agriculture, legal, security, media) or by city. Open vacancies only unless include_closed is set. Where the assistant shows MCP Apps, the result also appears as job cards with an apply link for each vacancy.

Discovered
list_news

Recent articles from BinaSmart news (bina.et/news), mostly in Amharic: technology, business, law, real estate, construction and employment in Ethiopia. Returns the headline, a short excerpt and the url — call get_news_article for the full text.

Discovered
list_overseas_agencies

Ethiopian agencies that send domestic workers to GCC countries, approved on BinaSmart/GCC Domestic: name, licence, whether it is in the Ministry of Labor and Skills register, and for each country its GCC partner office (the office families contact). Filter by country: UAE, KSA, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman. Recruitment is through LMIS only (Proclamation 1389/2025).

Discovered
list_pool_corridors

BinaPool (ጋራ ጉዞ) is BinaSmart's shared commute in Addis Ababa: up to four riders share one Comfort car and pay per seat. Lists the corridors open right now (Megenagna → Bole, CMC → Bole, Megenagna → Kazanchis, Piassa → Kazanchis, Mexico → Kazanchis; inbound until 13:00 Addis time, outbound after) with their stops, the live seat-price ladder (1–4 riders) and cars currently filling. Riders join at https://bina.et/ride?pool=1.

Discovered
list_tender_categories

The categories of tender open on BinaSmart right now and how many are in each — useful before calling list_tenders with a category filter.

Discovered
list_tenders

Public tender and procurement notices in Ethiopia listed on BinaSmart (bina.et/tenders): the issuing organisation, what is wanted, the deadline and days left, budget when stated, and a link to the original notice. Banks, government bodies, NGOs and World Bank–financed projects. Open tenders only unless include_closed is set. Search by keyword (English or Amharic) and filter by category such as Supply, Construction, Consultancy, Services, Transport.

Discovered
list_tv_and_radio

Ethiopian TV channels and radio stations on BinaWatch (bina.et/watch): whether each is live right now with the live programme title and link, its newest videos, and its own website. Filter by TV or radio.

Discovered
list_tv_series

Ethiopian TV drama and comedy series on BinaWatch (bina.et/watch) with the channel that airs them and their newest episodes (title, date and watch link). Search by series title, English or Amharic.

Discovered
quote_ride

Fixed upfront price for a ride inside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — no surge, cash or telebirr/Chapa. Returns distance, ETA and the fare for every vehicle tier (moto, bajaj, economy, comfort, XL). request_ride books at the fare this returns. Also returns book_url: a one-tap bina.et link with this route and fare for the user to confirm.

Discovered
request_ride

Books a ride in Addis Ababa at the fixed fare from quote_ride. It sends a real driver, so it takes the pickup, drop-off, tier, fare and the rider's Ethiopian phone number as the user confirmed them. A dispatcher assigns a driver; the rider is contacted on the phone given. Returns the ride id and a live tracking link. To book for someone else (e.g. a relative in Addis while you are abroad), pass passenger_name and passenger_phone; rider_name/rider_phone are then the booker and may be a foreign number.

Discovered
search_cars

Live new and used cars on bina.et/cars from Addis Ababa dealers' and car markets' own websites, checked every week: make, model, year, price, mileage, fuel, gearbox, the dealer with its own phone and WhatsApp, and a bina.et link with every photo. Use for "used Toyota", "SUV under 10 million birr", "electric car price", "BYD". Not for taxi rides. Source: the BinaSmart car listings at https://bina.et/cars.

Discovered
search_companies

Companies listed on BinaSmart (bina.et/companies): real-estate developers, car sellers, domestic-worker agencies and other employers, with sub-city, website, whether they are hiring on the BinaSmart job board, and their bina.et page (with their homes, cars and vacancies when they have any). Search by name or brand, filter by kind and sub-city.

Discovered
search_health

Find hospitals, clinics, dentists, laboratories, health centres and doctors in Addis Ababa from BinaSmart Health (bina.et/health, 250+ places from the city map plus services and doctors the facilities confirmed; doctors' licences are checked by the BinaSmart team). Filter by kind, sub-city, a place to be near (nearest first) and a specialty (children, gynecology, eye, heart, bone, fertility, skin, mental health, blood test). Returns each place's bina.et/health page, landline, sub-city, distance, and its services and doctors when known. Not medical advice; emergencies: 907.

Discovered
search_hotels

Hotels, guest houses, pensions, hostels and furnished apartments in Addis Ababa from BinaSmart's directory (1,000+ places from the city map): name, type, sub-city, stars, the hotel's own office phone and website, and its bina.et page. It has no prices or room availability: those come from the hotel, whose phone is included. Not for hospitals or clinics (use search_health) or for shops, restaurants and other buildings (use search_places).

Discovered
search_knowledge

Semantic search over BinaSmart's knowledge base: every service (BinaRide, BinaPool shared commute, Bina Airport, hotels, cinema, BinaWatch, insurance, flights, property, cars, tenders), the product rules (fixed fares, what is demo, payments), the 25 Digital Ethiopia guides, and practical Addis Ababa knowledge (neighbourhoods, transport hubs, Ethiopian time and calendar, emergency numbers). For questions about BinaSmart, Ethiopian paperwork or getting around Addis. Returns the best-matching passages, each with its source url. Exact fares are not in the passages: they come from quote_ride.

Discovered
search_pharmacies

Pharmacies in Addis Ababa from BinaSmart Health (bina.et/health, about 1,700 pharmacies from the Ministry of Health registry and the city map). Search by name or area. With medicine, also returns whether any pharmacy on BinaSmart has reported having that medicine in the last 7 days, and whether it needs a prescription. Not medical advice; emergencies: 907.

Discovered
search_places

Find buildings, hotels, hospitals and shops in Addis Ababa listed on BinaSmart (bina.et): cafés, restaurants, pharmacies, banks, gyms, salons, clinics, offices. Returns names (English + Amharic), building and unit, the phone only for shops that have claimed their listing, coordinates when known (usable as pickup/dropoff for quote_ride), and the bina.et page. Hotels and hospitals are flagged — use get_hotel_rooms / get_hospital_departments for details. For hospitals, clinics, dentists, labs and doctors anywhere in Addis Ababa, use search_health. For food (restaurants, cafes, a dish, "lunch near Megenagna") with no listed shop it returns map_place results from the city map: name, area, distance, coords and ride link, with no phone, hours, prices or menu (see map_note).

Discovered
search_properties

Live listings on bina.et/property from Addis Ababa real-estate companies' own websites, checked every week: title, price as the company wrote it (some per m² or in USD), bedrooms, size, area, the listing company with its own phone and WhatsApp, the date the company last updated it, and a bina.et link with every photo. Use for "apartment for rent in Bole", "3 bedroom for sale", "ቤት ኪራይ". Every listing and price is as the company published it.

Discovered
search_restaurants

Restaurants, cafés and fast-food places in Addis Ababa from BinaSmart Restaurants (bina.et/restaurants, about 890 places from the city map plus what restaurants confirmed). Search by name or cuisine word, filter by kind and sub-city. Returns each place's bina.et page, phone when known, sub-city, cuisine and map point (pass "lat,lng" to quote_ride for a ride there).

Discovered

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Probe history

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