# Moscow Shops, Malls, and Restaurants AI Agent Connect > Moscow Shops, Malls & Restaurants MCP provides direct access to OpenStreetMap data for the city. Your AI client can query thousands of supermarkets, restaurants, cafes, and shopping centers. Use it to find specific brands, check if a business is currently open, or count retail categories across the city. ## Overview - **Category:** food-beverage - **Price:** Free - **Endpoint:** https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_KY2FzJrqOqbKvQmilh02ySJcVyOtjqKYErdFroRL/ai-agent-connect - **Tags:** moscow, russia, shops, supermarkets, restaurants, malls, markets, openstreetmap, keyless ## Description This MCP gives your AI client a direct line to Moscow's retail and food landscape using OpenStreetMap data. You can pull information on over 6,600 supermarkets, 3,500 restaurants, and thousands of other local businesses. Instead of searching manually, you ask your agent to find what you need, and it pulls the exact location, phone number, and opening hours. You can filter by specific shop types like pharmacies, electronics stores, or bakeries. If you are looking for a specific vibe, you can search for restaurants by cuisine or find shopping malls like Aviapark. The data includes real-time status, so your agent can tell you if a place is open right now. It also helps you understand the market by ranking the most common retail chains or counting how many businesses exist in a specific category across the city. ## Tools ### find_malls Find shopping centers in Moscow. It returns the name, operator, and coordinates for about 120 malls like Vavilon. ### find_markets Locate food and street markets. You can filter by name or check if they are currently open. ### find_restaurants Search for restaurants, cafes, or fast food. It provides cuisine types, phone numbers, and delivery availability. ### find_shops Query 28 different shop classes including supermarkets, pharmacies, and clothing stores. It includes brand names and real-time opening status. ### shopping_category_counts Get citywide totals for nine different retail and food categories to understand market density. ### top_shop_brands Identify the most frequent retail chains in Moscow. Use this to find the exact brand names used in the database. ## Prompt Examples **Prompt:** ``` Find a supermarket open now near the centre. ``` **Response:** ``` The find_shops tool identifies supermarkets currently open near your coordinates, providing their phone numbers and exact locations. ``` **Prompt:** ``` Which grocery chains dominate Moscow? ``` **Response:** ``` The top_shop_brands tool ranks the most common retail chains based on a 500-shop sample of mapped locations. ``` **Prompt:** ``` Where can I eat Georgian food nearby? ``` **Response:** ``` The find_restaurants tool searches for locations with Georgian cuisine near you, including details on opening hours and delivery. ``` ## Capabilities ### Real-time availability Your agent checks if a shop or restaurant is currently open before suggesting it. ### Cuisine filtering The AI identifies specific food types like Italian or sushi within the restaurant data. ### Brand identification Your agent uses brand rankings to find the exact names of major retail chains. ### Category counting The AI calculates how many businesses exist in specific retail classes across the city. ### Proximity searching Your agent finds the closest malls, markets, or shops based on your location. ## Use Cases ### Local Dining Ask your agent to find a specific type of cuisine that is open late in your current neighborhood. ### Retail Research Determine which supermarket chains have the highest presence in the city. ### Daily Errands Locate the nearest pharmacy or grocery store that is currently open. ### Market Analysis Get a count of different food and retail categories to understand citywide distribution. ## Benefits - Accesses live OpenStreetMap data without manual searching. - Provides exact brand names for accurate shop queries. - Includes operational details like phone numbers and opening hours. - Filters results by proximity and real-time status. ## How It Works Connect the MCP to your client and start asking questions about Moscow. 1. Connect your MCP-compatible client to Vinkius. 2. Select this Moscow retail and food MCP from the catalog. 3. Ask your AI client a question about shops, food, or malls. 4. The agent calls the relevant tool to pull data from OpenStreetMap. 5. Your agent presents the names, locations, and details to you. ## Frequently Asked Questions **What kind of shop types are available?** The MCP supports 28 different classes, including supermarkets, bakeries, electronics, pharmacies, and more. **How is the restaurant data filtered?** You can filter restaurants by cuisine type, whether they are open now, and their proximity to you. **Can I find specific shopping malls?** Yes, the find_malls tool allows you to search for shopping centers by name or proximity. **Does this include contact information?** Yes, many tools return phone numbers and opening hours for the businesses found. **How accurate are the brand rankings?** The top_shop_brands tool uses a 500-shop sample to rank the most frequently mapped retail chains. **Do I need an API key?** No. Every source is keyless and global: OpenStreetMap (Overpass + Nominatim), Open-Meteo and Russian Wikipedia. The MCP defines no credentials. **Why does a chain appear more than once under different names?** The map records brand tags as mappers wrote them (Пятёрочка, Pyaterochka, 5ka). top_shop_brands shows the variants ranked by frequency — pick the exact value for find_shops. **Why are the counts bigger than the listed rows?** Yes. OSM maps most large venues as areas (buildings, park outlines), and every tool uses the nwr selector, so nodes, ways and relations all count. Point-only queries would miss them. **Can I find shops near me?** Pass lat + lon (and optionally km, 0.1–25) and the query narrows to a radius instead of the whole city. Use it before a long list — a citywide scan is heavy and capped at 200 rows.