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Foursquare MCP. Find and analyze locations globally.

Foursquare gives you deep control over location data, letting your AI agent find, verify, and analyze any point of interest (POI) in the world. Search millions of venues using natural language; check operating hours, audit photo content, or map density within specific geographic areas like polygons or radii. It's geospatial intelligence built for conversation.

Foursquare MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Foursquare MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Foursquare MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Foursquare MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Foursquare MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Foursquare MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Foursquare MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Foursquare MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

Search for places anywhere

Find points of interest across the globe by executing general searches or limited queries within defined geographic areas.

Define custom search boundaries

Run complex searches that map to specific shapes, like polygons, or measure distance from a central point using radii.

Retrieve detailed venue profiles

Get structural data on a location, including its operating hours, official ratings, and full taxonomy classification.

Analyze user-generated content

Pull in raw text reviews and dynamic image URLs to audit the quality and social buzz of specific venues.

Predict location search terms

Get fast, accurate typeaheads by querying partial letters, helping your agent quickly narrow down intent.

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What AI agents can do with Foursquare: 10 Tools for Geospatial Intelligence

These tools let your agent perform precise location searches, extract detailed venue profiles, map density patterns, and analyze user-generated content across the globe.

Make your AI actually useful.

Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

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Autocomplete Venues

Provides fast suggestions for venues when a user types partial names or location keywords.

List Venue Categories

Exports the entire structured classification tree (taxonomy) used by Foursquare to...

Get Place Photos

Retrieves direct media URLs for images associated with a specific location.

Get Place Details

Gathers comprehensive information on a place, including its official hours and...

Get Place Tips

Collects raw user reviews and tips left by visitors about the venue.

Match Venue Exactly

Runs a validation check to ensure that an ambiguous search query returns only one specific, confident location result.

Search Nearby Venues

Finds venues located within a specified distance (radius) from a given GPS coordinate.

Search Within Polygon

Searches for all points of interest contained entirely within a custom-drawn...

Search Within Radius

Performs rich searches by defining a precise distance scope around a target...

Search Places

Executes broad, general queries across the entire Foursquare POI graph to identify...

Security and governance baked right in.

Pick your AI client below to get set up. Just create a Vinkius account, subscribe, and you're instantly up and running. We handle the entire backend infrastructure, delivering out-of-the-box support for HTTPS Streamable, SSE, and OAuth2—zero messy routing required.

Foursquare MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

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 Foursquare integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

Choose How to Get Started

Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

Build Your Own

Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

  • Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
  • Create Agent Skills with progressive disclosure
  • Deploy to edge with MCPFusion framework
  • Built in DLP, auth, and compliance on each call
  • Real time usage dashboard and cost metering
  • Publish to catalog or keep private
Start building

Make Your AI Do More

Start with Foursquare, then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

  • Use this MCP plus 5,200+ others, all in one place
  • Add new capabilities to your AI anytime you want
  • Connections are secured and governed automatically
  • Track usage and costs across all your servers
  • Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
  • New servers added to the catalog weekly
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The headache of manually checking multiple local listings.

Right now, finding out everything about a spot—its hours, if it's busy, or what's around it—is a click-and-copy nightmare. You jump from Google Maps to the business site for hours, then maybe check Yelp for reviews, and finally use another tool just to map how many other competitors are nearby in that same zip code. It’s tedious, fragmented, and takes forever.

With this MCP, your agent handles it all in a single conversation. You ask: 'What's the vibe at The Corner Bistro, and is it open right now?' And you get back structured details—the hours, the rating, and even recent user tips—all synthesized instantly.

Foursquare MCP gives you total control over location data.

The process of defining a search area used to involve complex manual drawing or guessing radii. You'd spend time verifying if the boundary was right and if your query covered every corner of the target zone.

Now, you specify exact boundaries—whether it’s a custom polygon shape or a precise radius measurement around a pin—and the MCP runs the search immediately. It delivers clean, actionable data for everything within that defined space.

What Foursquare MCP does for your AI

Connecting Foursquare lets your AI client handle complex location discovery without manual searches. Instead of clicking through dozens of tabs to verify a store’s details or check surrounding businesses, you just ask. You can run deep queries, finding what exists near a specific GPS pin, or mapping density across an entire neighborhood using custom boundaries.

It retrieves rich data like operating hours and user ratings instantly. When you combine this with the Vinkius catalog, your agent gets access to one of the industry's deepest sets of location tools. You can even automatically predict search terms as you type, making any conversation about a physical place feel precise and immediate.

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Frequently asked questions about Foursquare MCP

How do I find places near a specific coordinate using Foursquare MCP? +

You use search_nearby_venues or search_within_radius. You just provide the coordinates and the desired search scope (the radius), and the agent finds all relevant POIs.

Can I check if a business is open using Foursquare MCP? +

Yes, run get_place_details on the venue. This tool pulls in structured information that includes current operational hours and status for verification.

What does 'polygon' mean when I use Foursquare MCP? +

A polygon is a custom, multi-sided shape used to define an exact geographic area. Using search_within_polygon lets you analyze only what falls inside your drawn boundaries.

Is there a way to predict what I want to search for with Foursquare MCP? +

Yes, use the autocomplete_venues tool. It provides fast typeaheads by querying partial letters and predicting user intent as you talk to your agent.

How do I get all the possible categories for a venue search using Foursquare MCP? +

You use list_venue_categories. This tool exports the entire official taxonomy, letting you see every classification rule available in the system.