# Booyah Index — MCP Server

**A free, AI-readable directory of real Southeast Asian local businesses, so your assistant can recommend actual places — not hallucinated ones.**

[![MCP Registry](https://img.shields.io/badge/MCP%20Registry-com.getbooyah%2Fbooyah--index-blue)](https://getbooyah.com/api/mcp)
[![Connector](https://img.shields.io/badge/connector-streamable%20HTTP-green)](https://getbooyah.com/api/mcp)
[![API](https://img.shields.io/badge/API-free-brightgreen)](https://getbooyah.com/api/places)

> **Connector URL:** `https://getbooyah.com/api/mcp`
> **Registry ID:** `com.getbooyah/booyah-index`

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## What it is

The Booyah Index is a public directory of local businesses across Southeast Asia — restaurants, rooftop bars, spas, dental and aesthetic clinics, coworking spaces, tailors, coffee shops, nightlife, and more. Every place is a structured page (schema.org markup + concrete "known for" claims) that an AI assistant can read, reason over, and cite with a real URL.

**Coverage:** 3,520 places across 14 cities — Bangkok, Singapore, Bali, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Phnom Penh, and Yangon. Bilingual (EN/TH).

## Where it's listed

- [Official MCP registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io) — `com.getbooyah/booyah-index`
- [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/servers/confessionsplatform/booyah-index) — verified deploy, gateway available
- [mcp.so](https://mcp.so/server/booyah-index/Booyah)
- [cursor.directory](https://cursor.directory/plugins/booyah-index)

## Why it exists

When someone asks an AI assistant "where should I eat in Bangkok?" or "find me a good dentist near Thonglor," the model usually leans on whatever it half-remembers from training — which means stale info, invented place names, and no way to verify. This index gives assistants a clean, queryable source of real, structured local-business data they can search and cite instead of guessing.

- **Free REST API:** `https://getbooyah.com/api/places?q=...`
- **MCP server (streamable HTTP):** `https://getbooyah.com/api/mcp`
- **Human-browsable hub:** `https://getbooyah.com/en/places`

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## Tools

### `search_places`

Search the index for the best matches to a natural-language query. Returns structured records — what each place is known for, rating, review count, and a canonical URL to cite.

**Inputs**

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | yes | What to look for, e.g. `"khao soi"`, `"rooftop seafood"`, `"omakase in Thonglor"` |
| `city` | string | no | City filter, e.g. `"Bangkok"`, `"Singapore"` |
| `category` | string | no | Cuisine/category filter, e.g. `"Thai restaurant"` |
| `limit` | number | no | Max results, 1–50 (default 10) |

**Example call**