How to Use the Mews MCP in Claude

Q: How does Claude Desktop handle daily reservation checks in Mews?

Your agent calls getreservations to scan your arrival list for the day. It filters the results to show you VIP guests, specific room requests, or pending balances.

Q: Can I check housekeeping room statuses?

The listrooms tool displays the current status of every room in your property. You can ask your agent to list clean rooms ready for early check-ins.

Get real-time hotel reservations and guest billing details directly inside your Claude Desktop chat window.

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Create your Vinkius account to connect Mews to Claude Desktop and route execution through our secure gateway. The platform manages server hosting, runtime updates, and security layers. Configuration requires no manual server provisioning.

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Instant Guest Search in Claude Desktop

The `search_guests` tool pulls up full customer profiles, showing you contact info, nationality, and loyalty status right inside your desktop chat. You don't have to toggle over to the Mews web app to check if a guest has stayed with you before or what their preferences are. Your agent uses `get_guest` to look into specific profiles when you ask about a VIP arrival. This local MCP integration means you can cross-reference guest profiles with your local check-in spreadsheet without manual copy-pasting.

Real-Time Reservation Tracking via MCP Server

The `get_reservations` tool tracks check-ins, departures, and room blocks for any date range you specify. Instead of digging through daily reports, you ask your agent to list who is arriving today, and it pulls the exact numbers instantly. When a group booking changes, `list_room_blocks` verifies the release dates and room types assigned to them. You see the inventory updates immediately, allowing you to reallocate rooms before the front desk experiences a bottleneck.

Audit Guest Bills and Outstanding Payments

The `list_bills` tool exposes the full financial history for any guest account directly in your conversation. Your agent matches outstanding invoice balances with payment records retrieved by `list_payments` to flag unsettled balances before checkout. If a guest disputes a charge, `list_outlet_items` retrieves the specific point-of-sale items and pricing rules applied to their folio. You resolve billing discrepancies on the fly while chatting with Claude Desktop, keeping the front desk line moving.

Setup guide

Set up Mews MCP in Claude Web or Desktop

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.
2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL: https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.
3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Mews MCP tools are available immediately — no restart needed.

Endpoint URL

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

No configuration file needed — paste the URL directly in the Claude web interface.

Available on Free (1 connector), Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.

Prerequisites

Claude Desktop installed (macOS or Windows)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Click the menu icon at the top-left corner, go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config. This opens claude_desktop_config.json in your default text editor.
2

Paste the Mews MCP configuration

Copy the JSON snippet on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen the application. Claude needs a full restart to load new MCPs — refreshing a conversation is not enough.
4

Verify the connection

Open a new conversation. Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the message input. You should see tools listed under mews-mcp.

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mews-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Mews MCP in Claude Desktop

Open your Claude Desktop configuration file and add the server configuration under the mcpServers key. Once you restart the app, the hammer icon appears in your chat input, confirming the tools are active.

Yes. You paste your Vinkius hosted URL into the custom connector settings on claude.ai. This lets you access your hotel data via MCP from any browser without installing anything locally.

Your agent calls `get_reservations` to scan your arrival list for the day. It filters the results to show you VIP guests, specific room requests, or pending balances.

The `list_rooms` tool displays the current status of every room in your property. You can ask your agent to list clean rooms ready for early check-ins.

Your guest names, contact details, and billing histories stay strictly within the secure V8 sandbox. Vinkius handles the API authentication, ensuring no raw Mews credentials ever expose themselves to the Claude Desktop client.

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