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MCP server · Code & DevOps

NYCfoodie

Editorial NYC restaurant recommendations for AI agents: search, compare, guides, ratings.

Checks passed
15 / 22

0 failed · 7 not measured

Median response
601 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
8

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 620 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

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

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 8 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 601 ms over 2 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 618 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

    45 of 45 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.

  • Not measured
    Website matches publisher

    This namespace is not a reverse domain, so the website comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Source repo linked

    A repository URL is on file.

  • Pass
    Repo owner matches

    The GitHub repository owner matches the namespace login.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-09-19T22:35:15.569017Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

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

Start using NYCfoodie

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 nycfoodie https://nycfoodie-production.up.railway.app/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 8

compare_restaurants

Compare 2–5 named restaurants head-to-head as structured data (rating, price, tags, review summary). Use when the user asks to choose between specific places, e.g. 'should I go to X or Y?' or to compare four options on a budget.

Discovered
find_guides

Find curated editorial guides (ranked lists) matching a theme, e.g. 'best ramen'. Returns each guide with its ranked entries, blurbs and linked restaurants. Use when the user wants the editorial lists themselves rather than individual restaurant picks. Set include_entries=false to list guide titles and metadata without pulling every entry blurb.

Discovered
find_similar

Find restaurants similar to a named one, scored by shared cuisine, occasion and neighbourhood tags, price-tier proximity and guide co-occurrence. Use for 'like X' or 'alternatives to X' requests.

Discovered
get_restaurant

Get the full picture for one restaurant in one call: Infatuation rating (0–10), price tier, address, reservation link, booking intel, review summary, tags and every guide it appears in. Use when the user names a specific restaurant. editorial_blurbs carries verbatim Eater guide excerpts (guide title, URL, position, blurb, captured_at) for any venue with Eater guide entries — Eater-only venues have no rating or price, only this prose plus tags. Full review prose is opt-in via include_prose (default: headline and summary only). review.headline is the source's actual headline when one exists, otherwise null — use review.summary for the descriptive text. match_type is 'exact' when the id or name matched verbatim, 'fuzzy' when it was resolved from a partial/typo'd name — never present a fuzzy match as the venue the user named without saying so. booking is null when the source has no booking intel (not the same as walk-in-only); a reservation link alone never implies a booking policy. data_as_of is the dataset vintage and crawled_at is when this venue was last crawled — caveat fast-decaying claims (closures especially) when these are old.

Discovered
guide_consensus

Rank restaurants by how many distinct guides feature them, optionally filtered by theme. Use for 'where can't I go wrong' or safest-bet picks. Differs from find_guides: this returns ranked restaurants, not the guides themselves. Each row carries guide_appearance_count (a number); get_restaurant's guide_appearances is the full entry list.

Discovered
search_restaurants

Search restaurants by free text, cuisine, neighbourhood, occasion or price, optionally near a point. Use when the user describes what they want (e.g. 'Italian date night in the West Village', 'ramen near me') rather than naming a specific restaurant. Free text matches names, tags, review prose and guide blurbs (e.g. 'cacio e pepe'). Returns compact matches with Infatuation rating (0–10), price tier, address_line and tags. Cards carry guide_appearance_count (a number); get_restaurant's guide_appearances is the full entry list. Known-closed venues are excluded by default. Coverage for city='new-york' is the five boroughs plus the immediate metro (within 30 km of Manhattan). With no query or filters, returns the highest-rated venues.

Discovered
submit_feedback

Record feedback on a tool result: a 1–5 rating, a comment, or both (at least one is required). Use after showing the user a recommendation to log what was good or wrong. Each call stores a new feedback entry; it changes nothing the user sees.

Discovered
top_rated

List the highest-rated restaurants (Infatuation 0–10 scale), with optional cuisine, neighbourhood and price filters. Use for 'best in the city' requests. Differs from search_restaurants: no free-text query, strictly rating-ordered.

Discovered

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Probe history

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