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foursquare-places-mcp

Official Foursquare Places API v3 — venue search, place details, location context

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: place search filtered by category, features and hours · GeoTagging (exact location pinpointing via Place Snap) · place metadata: photos, reviews, ratings, real-time popularity · global place database of 100 million places across 1500+ categories
Coverage docs-verified: Global
Formats docs-verified: MCP server (local use only)
Access docs-verified: Foursquare Service API key required; creating a basic developer account is free and includes starter credit. Licence: Other (catalogue metadata).

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Site walkover context: map nearby amenities, businesses and venues around a development site for a planning or site appraisal note · Consultation and stakeholder mapping: locate community venues and facilities near a scheme to inform engagement planning · Geotag survey photos or site visit records to the nearest named place for field note metadata
Audience llm-inferred: GIS analysts · planners · environmental consultants · developers building location-aware AI agents

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: Catalogue auth field is null, but the docs require a Foursquare Service API key · Docs describe local use only; remote production MCP servers are not yet available · Only Python server setup is documented (via uv) · Credit-based starter account implies metered use; pricing and rate limits are not stated in the docs · UK-specific coverage is not stated; the data is venue and point-of-interest focused rather than hydrological or environmental · Catalogue tools list is empty and no tool names appear in the docs, so tool-level capabilities are unverified

Licence: Other
Authentication: Unknown — review source docs
GitHub stars: 18
Last commit: 29/04/2025
Last successful page check: 14/10/2026
Page health: healthy
Package: Not recorded
Verification: Not independently verified

Auto-extracted, unverified fields: tools, auth. Check upstream documentation.

Provenance & evidence

Verified via GitHub API (2026-10-15). Tools/install/auth auto-extracted from README.

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: manual-2026-10-15 (sparkgeo/geo-mcp-servers)