Canal Nav
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Plan canal routes on Great Britain's waterways: lock-aware timing, live closures, boat-fit checks.
Endpoint: https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp
Connect
claude mcp add --transport http canal-nav https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"canal-nav": {
"url": "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"canal-nav": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
}
}
}Tools (6)
- find_placeLook up a place name on the British inland waterway network and return matching locations with coordinates (marinas, moorings, water points and other waterside facilities). Use it to disambiguate a p…
- get_closuresLive closure, stoppage and restriction notices for the inland waterways of Great Britain, covering every GB navigation authority: Canal & River Trust, Environment Agency, Scottish Canals, Broads Auth…
- plan_round_tripPlan return-to-start cruises from a point on the inland waterways of Great Britain, sized to fit a number of days. Returns several options: circular loops where the canal network offers one (canal "r…
- plan_routePlan a boat journey between two points on the inland waterways of Great Britain (canals and navigable rivers). The route follows the water itself, not roads. It counts every lock and estimates cruisi…
- search_directorySearch Canal Nav's directory of waterside businesses on the British inland waterways: marinas, chandleries, boat hire, boatyards, pump-out and services, fuel, moorings, surveyors, brokerage, and cana…
- will_my_boat_fitCheck boat dimensions against the published maximum craft dimensions for a named British waterway (length, beam, draught and air draught, from Canal & River Trust published figures covering the full …
History
- 6 tools added: plan_route, plan_round_trip, get_closures, will_my_boat_fit, find_place, search_directory
- Became working (was unverified)
- First seen in the registry (1.0.0)