What types of hotels use Mews?

Mews serves 5,000+ properties in 85+ countries — from boutique hotels and hostels to luxury resorts and hotel groups. It's a cloud-native PMS designed for modern hospitality.

Is the Mews API suitable for large hotel groups?

Yes, Mews provides a robust API that supports multi-property operations, making it ideal for hotel groups to manage central reservations, corporate billing, and group-wide reporting.

Can I check room housekeeping status in real-time?

Yes, you can query Mews to get the real-time status of any room, including whether it is clean, dirty, inspected, or out of order, which helps prioritize housekeeping efforts.

Mews MCP Server for Claude Desktop 12 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

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Claude Desktop is Anthropic's native application for interacting with Claude AI models on macOS and Windows. It was the first consumer application to ship with built-in MCP support, making it the reference implementation for the Model Context Protocol standard.

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mews": {
      // Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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About Mews MCP Server

Connect your Mews hotel to any AI agent and transform your front desk into an intelligent, voice-ready concierge.

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Mews to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 12 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.

What you can do

Reservations — Today's check-ins, upcoming arrivals, room assignments, and booking status
Guests — Search profiles, loyalty tiers, preferences, allergies, and past stays
Rooms — Real-time room status: vacant/occupied, housekeeping (clean/dirty/inspected)
Billing — Guest folios, charges, payments, and balance tracking
Rates & Services — Rate plans, bookable services, and POS outlet items
Property — Hotel configuration, departments, and operational settings

The Mews MCP Server exposes 12 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Claude Desktop in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Mews to Claude Desktop via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Mews MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP Server

Paste the configuration above into the mcpServers section

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new server

Start using Mews

Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat. your 12 tools are now available

Why Use Claude Desktop with the Mews MCP Server

Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with Mews through the Model Context Protocol.

Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available

Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface

Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions

Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network

Mews + Claude Desktop Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the Mews MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Interactive data exploration: ask Claude to query DNS records, look up WHOIS data, and cross-reference results in a single conversation

Ad-hoc security audits: type a domain name and let Claude enumerate subdomains, check DNS history, and flag configuration anomalies. all through natural language

Executive briefings: generate comprehensive domain intelligence reports by asking Claude to compile findings into a formatted summary

Learning and training: new team members can explore API capabilities conversationally without needing to read documentation

Mews MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (12)

These 12 tools become available when you connect Mews to Claude Desktop via MCP:

get_guest

Get guest profile

get_property_info

Get hotel configuration

get_reservation

Get reservation details

get_reservations

Filter by date range. THE core tool — "Who is checking in today?" "How many rooms tonight?" Get hotel reservations

list_bills

Filter by guest for their complete financial history. List guest bills

list_outlet_items

With pricing and categories. List POS items

list_payments

With amounts, dates, and settlement status. List payments

list_rates

With pricing, restrictions, and availability rules. List room rates

list_room_blocks

With dates, room types, and release dates. List room blocks

list_rooms

List hotel rooms

list_services

List hotel services

search_guests

Returns profile, contact info, nationality, loyalty status, past stays, preferences, and billing history. Search hotel guests

Example Prompts for Mews in Claude Desktop

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with Mews immediately.

"Who is checking in today and are there any VIP guests?"

"Show me the housekeeping status for the 3rd floor."

"What is our average daily rate (ADR) for this weekend?"

Troubleshooting Mews MCP Server with Claude Desktop

Common issues when connecting Mews to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Server not appearing after restart

Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).

Authentication error

Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.

Tools not showing in chat

Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.

Mews + Claude Desktop FAQ

Common questions about integrating Mews MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?

When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.

What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?

Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.

Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?

Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.

Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?

Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.

Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?

Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.