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Byway MCP: call Byway Engine and Byway Atlas, the discovery engine for the real world.
Connect it
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
URL: https://www.byway.world/api/mcpSettings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
Create connector with URL: https://www.byway.world/api/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp": {
"url": "https://www.byway.world/api/mcp"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http mcp https://www.byway.world/api/mcp{
"servers": {
"mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://www.byway.world/api/mcp"
}
}
}10 tools, verified live
search_bywaysread-onlySearch scenic byways and signed routes — the US federal roster plus regional routes (Québec, France, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand today; growing). Filter by name, US state, or ISO-2 country. US byways carry byway.world links.
get_bywayread-onlyFull detail for one scenic byway or regional route: designation, states or country, length, scenic lookouts on the route, and itineraries that ride it.
search_lookoutsread-onlyScenic lookouts (viewpoints) along a specific byway, or across a US state. Every lookout is a real, verified place — coverage is growing.
get_itineraryread-onlyA classic road-trip itinerary: waypoints, states, and the scenic byways along the route.
search_placesread-onlySearch the Byway atlas of typed places — waterfalls, hot springs, lighthouses, covered bridges, historic sites, beaches, peaks, rest areas, ghost towns, museums and attractions. Locate by US state (which also needs a kind), by a point and radius, or by name; a name given alongside a locator narrows it. Every result links to the byway.world page for that place, and every place traces to its OpenStr
get_placeread-onlyEverything the Byway atlas holds on one place: its own description, the records it traces to (OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, Wikidata), reconciled public records (GNIS, National Register), the scenic byways that pass near it, and the nearest verified lookouts. Takes the byway.world URL search_places returned, or the place's kind and slug.
places_on_bywayread-onlyAtlas places along one scenic byway: every place of a kind within a band of the drawn route, nearest to the road first, each marked whether it sits on the byway itself or is a detour off it. Only routes with drawn geometry can answer. This is the atlas inventory beside a road, not an itinerary. One limit, stated: ghost-town rows live in a separate Wikidata corpus the corridor read cannot see. Aski
search_destinationsread-onlyFind US destination cities by name or state, with the day trip around each one: the scenic byways, national parks, public land units and campgrounds Byway's registries place within 30 miles. Only cities with a proven weave are listed — every result links to its own byway.world destination page.
plan_drivePlan a scenic drive with the Byway engine: real verified stops, honest timing, official scenic byways. Origin and destination are place names — the tool resolves each to the closest matching real place. budget_min is the whole time window (driving plus stops, default 240): a long drive needs a budget comfortably above its direct drive time or there is no slack to spend on stops. Requires a connect
places_along_routeread-onlyAtlas inventory along a routed drive: every place of a kind within a band of the corridor between two points. This returns the raw record, not a plan — to plan a drive with stops chosen for the traveler, use plan_drive. One limit, stated: ghost-town rows live in a separate Wikidata corpus the corridor read cannot see. Asking for one here is refused rather than answered empty; reach them with searc
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