How do I get a Tock API Key?

Log in to your Tock dashboard as an administrator, navigate to **Settings > API**, and you can generate or retrieve your unique **REST API Key** from there. Ensure you have an active business subscription.

Does the integration show guest dietary preferences?

Yes, you can use the get_reservation_details tool to retrieve specific guest notes, which typically include dietary restrictions, special occasions, and seating preferences.

Can the agent make new reservations?

This integration currently focuses on listing and auditing existing reservations, guests, and events. Making new reservations or processing payments should be handled via the Tock booking widget or dashboard interface.

Tock Reservations MCP Server for Claude Desktop 10 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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Classic Setup·json

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

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About Tock Reservations MCP Server

Integrate Tock, the leading reservation and hospitality management platform, directly into your AI workflow. Manage your restaurant or venue reservations and guest directory, track special events and pop-ups, monitor real-time business metrics and occupancy rates, and oversee your hospitality operation using natural language.

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Tock Reservations to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 10 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

Reservation Oversight — List and retrieve detailed information, party sizes, and statuses for all your business reservations.
Guest Intelligence — Monitor guest profiles and history, resolving names, contact details, and total visit counts across your venues.
Performance Management — Access real-time business metrics, resolving total covers, average check size, and occupancy telemetry via chat.
Hospitality Auditing — Retrieve high-level summaries of reservation volume, event activity, and organizational hospitality health instantly.

The Tock Reservations MCP Server exposes 10 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 Tock Reservations to Claude Desktop via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Tock Reservations 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 Tock Reservations

Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat. your 10 tools are now available

Why Use Claude Desktop with the Tock Reservations MCP Server

Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with Tock Reservations 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

Tock Reservations + Claude Desktop Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the Tock Reservations 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

Tock Reservations MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Tock Reservations to Claude Desktop via MCP:

get_business_detailed_data

Get detailed settings and information for a specific business

get_business_performance_metrics

Get a summary of performance metrics for a specific business

get_reservation_details

Get full content and status for a specific reservation

get_tock_account_metadata

Retrieve metadata and limits for your Tock account

list_business_guests

List all guests registered in the business directory

list_business_reservations

List all reservations for a specific business

list_business_special_events

List all special events and pop-ups for a specific business

list_future_scheduled_reservations

Identify reservations that are scheduled for a future date

list_managed_businesses

List all businesses and venues managed in your Tock account

quick_hospitality_volume_audit

Retrieve a high-level summary of reservations, guests, and events

Example Prompts for Tock Reservations in Claude Desktop

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

"List all reservations for tonight."

"What are our performance metrics for this week?"

"Search for guest 'Sarah Connor'."

Troubleshooting Tock Reservations MCP Server with Claude Desktop

Common issues when connecting Tock Reservations 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.

Tock Reservations + Claude Desktop FAQ

Common questions about integrating Tock Reservations 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.