search_venues
Search venues
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Search published venues by name or description, optionally filtered by city, cuisine, price band, neighbourhood, whether the venue takes reservations, proximity (near a lat/long within a radius, nearest first) and opening hours (open on a given day/time, or open now) — all HARD filters that exclude on a miss, plus a HARD experiential-facet filter (facets, '<facet_type>:<value>' tokens from facet_vocabulary) — with prefer_cuisine, prefer_neighbourhood, avoid and prefer_facets as SOFT preferences that only rank a venue up or down and never drop it; each result carries the venue's capabilities and, when it is live, its mcp_endpoint.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | any | no | Text to match against venue names and descriptions; omit to list all. |
| city | any | no | Only return venues in this city (case-insensitive); call list_cities for the exact values this directory knows. |
| cuisine | any | no | Only return venues with this cuisine (case-insensitive exact match). |
| price_band | any | no | Only return venues in this price band, e.g. '$$' (case-insensitive). |
| neighbourhood | any | no | Only return venues in this neighbourhood (case-insensitive exact match). |
| accepts_reservations | any | no | Filter by whether the venue takes reservations (has a live booking tool or a booking link); omit for both. |
| near | any | no | Only return venues within radius_km of this 'latitude,longitude' point, nearest first, each with a distance_km; venues with no coordinates are excluded. |
| radius_km | any | no | Search radius in km around 'near' (default applied when omitted). |
| open_on | any | no | Only return venues open on this weekday (optionally at 'at'); venues with no published hours are excluded. |
| at | any | no | A 24-hour HH:MM time; with open_on, require the venue be open then. |
| open_now | any | no | Only return venues open (true) or closed (false) at their own local time now; venues with no timezone or hours are excluded. |
| prefer_cuisine | array | no | Soft preference: venues of these cuisines rank higher; non-matches are NOT dropped. |
| avoid | array | no | Soft preference: venues matching these cuisine/neighbourhood tokens rank LOWER; not dropped. |
| prefer_neighbourhood | array | no | Soft preference: venues in these neighbourhoods rank higher; non-matches are NOT dropped. |
| facets | array | no | HARD experiential-facet filter: each token is '<facet_type>:<value>' (e.g. 'dietary:vegetarian', 'vibe:romantic'). A venue must match every facet_type given (values OR within a type, types AND across); a miss EXCLUDES it. Call facet_vocabulary for the legal types and values. |
| prefer_facets | array | no | SOFT experiential-facet preference, same '<facet_type>:<value>' tokens as facets: a venue that declares them ranks higher but is NEVER dropped. Call facet_vocabulary for the legal types and values. |
| limit | integer | no | Maximum number of items to return. |
| cursor | integer | no | Number of items to skip; pass `next_cursor` from the previous page. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"query": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Text to match against venue names and descriptions; omit to list all."
},
"city": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Only return venues in this city (case-insensitive); call list_cities for the exact values this directory knows."
},
"cuisine": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Only return venues with this cuisine (case-insensitive exact match)."
},
"price_band": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Only return venues in this price band, e.g. '$$' (case-insensitive)."
},
"neighbourhood": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Only return venues in this neighbourhood (case-insensitive exact match)."
},
"accepts_reservations": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "boolean"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Filter by whether the venue takes reservations (has a live booking tool or a booking link); omit for both."
},
"near": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Only return venues within radius_km of this 'latitude,longitude' point, nearest first, each with a distance_km; venues with no coordinates are excluded."
},
"radius_km": {
"anyOf": [
{
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Search radius in km around 'near' (default applied when omitted)."
},
"open_on": {
"anyOf": [
{
"enum": [
"monday",
"tuesday",
"wednesday",
"thursday",
"friday",
"saturday",
"sunday"
],
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Only return venues open on this weekday (optionally at 'at'); venues with no published hours are excluded."
},
"at": {
"anyOf": [
{
"format": "time",
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "A 24-hour HH:MM time; with open_on, require the venue be open then."
},
"open_now": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "boolean"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Only return venues open (true) or closed (false) at their own local time now; venues with no timezone or hours are excluded."
},
"prefer_cuisine": {
"description": "Soft preference: venues of these cuisines rank higher; non-matches are NOT dropped.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 8,
"type": "array"
},
"avoid": {
"description": "Soft preference: venues matching these cuisine/neighbourhood tokens rank LOWER; not dropped.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 8,
"type": "array"
},
"prefer_neighbourhood": {
"description": "Soft preference: venues in these neighbourhoods rank higher; non-matches are NOT dropped.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 8,
"type": "array"
},
"facets": {
"description": "HARD experiential-facet filter: each token is '<facet_type>:<value>' (e.g. 'dietary:vegetarian', 'vibe:romantic'). A venue must match every facet_type given (values OR within a type, types AND across); a miss EXCLUDES it. Call facet_vocabulary for the legal types and values.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 8,
"type": "array"
},
"prefer_facets": {
"description": "SOFT experiential-facet preference, same '<facet_type>:<value>' tokens as facets: a venue that declares them ranks higher but is NEVER dropped. Call facet_vocabulary for the legal types and values.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 8,
"type": "array"
},
"limit": {
"default": 20,
"description": "Maximum number of items to return.",
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"cursor": {
"default": 0,
"description": "Number of items to skip; pass `next_cursor` from the previous page.",
"maximum": 10000,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
}
},
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false
}