tickadoo MCP: live experiences for AI assistants

tickadoo's MCP server lets AI assistants discover and compare theatre, tours, attractions, hidden gems, and other live experiences worldwide. The full MCP surface can return live availability and tickadoo booking links. No account or API key is required.

Try it

• "What's on in London tonight?"
• "Plan a 3-day food itinerary in Paris."
• "Compare walking tours in Rome."

Connect

Remote (Streamable HTTP), no install:

{ "mcpServers": { "tickadoo": { "url": "https://mcp.tickadoo.com/mcp" } } }

Or the npm bridge for stdio clients:

npx -y @tickadoo/mcp-server

tickadoo MCP Server

@tickadoo/mcp-server is the local stdio entrypoint for tickadoo MCP. Since v2.0.0 it is a thin bridge to the canonical remote server at:

https://mcp.tickadoo.com/mcp

Meta Muse connector

Directory submission pack and the brief Muse should fetch live in connectors/muse/. Stable brief:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tickadoo/tickadoo-mcp/main/connectors/muse/muse.md

Submit at muse.ai/platform using connectors/muse/SUBMISSION.md. No API key. Discovery is this MCP server; checkout stays on tickadoo.com.

Agent Plugins 1.0

This repository is also a portable Agent Plugins 1.0.0 package. Compatible clients discover the root plugin.json, the seven workflows in skills/, and the credential-free Streamable HTTP configuration in mcp.json. The portable OpenAI/Codex package uses the separate discovery-only endpoint https://mcp.tickadoo.com/mcp/agents; it does not return direct purchase, transaction, or checkout links. OpenAI's plugin directory reads extensions.com.openai from the root manifest.

The npm stdio bridge, MCP Registry, Claude, the copy-ready Copilot cloud MCP adapter, Gemini, Smithery, Muse, and direct integrations retain the established full endpoint https://mcp.tickadoo.com/mcp. The Copilot portable-plugin marketplace entry installs the root public-agent package instead. The two surfaces are intentionally distinct. .codex-plugin/plugin.json remains the compatibility form of the portable public-agent package.

Run npm run test:plugin to validate the package against the vendored official schemas and its containment, discovery, transport, and secret-safety checks. The same command verifies the exact npm tarball contents and the provider-neutral acceptance corpus in evals/agent-plugin-scenarios.json. See docs/agent-plugins.md for the architecture decision, validation, release, and rollback process. The portal-only OpenAI handoff is in docs/openai-plugin-submission.md.

Direct OpenAI Agents API integrations that intentionally use the established full MCP surface are documented in docs/openai-agents-api.md. That integration is separate from the public Plugin Directory package. Use https://mcp.tickadoo.com/mcp — the bare host is a human-readable service landing page, not a Streamable HTTP endpoint.

The package no longer defines tools, formats catalogue data, or calls a local tickadoo backend. It connects to the remote Streamable HTTP MCP server and proxies tools/list, tools/call, resources/list, resources/read, and ping. The live remote owns the tool list, schemas, results, and errors.

No API key is required.

Install

Use the hosted remote directly when your MCP client supports Streamable HTTP:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tickadoo": {
      "url": "https://mcp.tickadoo.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Use the npm package when your MCP client needs a local stdio command:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tickadoo": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@tickadoo/mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Use Gemini CLI:

gemini extensions install https://github.com/tickadoo/tickadoo-mcp

Use Claude Code's supported marketplace flow:

claude plugin marketplace add tickadoo/tickadoo-mcp
claude plugin install tickadoo@tickadoo-agent-plugins

Claude's native adapter explicitly uses HTTP transport and the full MCP URL:

{ "mcpServers": { "tickadoo": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.tickadoo.com/mcp" } } }

Or add that full remote server to Claude Code directly. Claude Code skips a remote entry that has a url but no explicit type:

claude mcp add --transport http tickadoo https://mcp.tickadoo.com/mcp

Configuration

Set TICKADOO_MCP_URL to point the bridge at another compatible Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint:

TICKADOO_MCP_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8787/mcp npx -y @tickadoo/mcp-server

Only point TICKADOO_MCP_URL at endpoints you trust: the bridge forwards your tool arguments (city names, queries, experience IDs) to whichever endpoint is configured.

Set TICKADOO_LOG_LEVEL=none to silence bridge status logs on stderr.

Local Development

Use Node.js 22+ and install Python 3 with a python3 executable on PATH before running the checks. The registry read-back tests execute the workflow's Python verifier against local fixtures; the stdio bridge itself only needs Node.js.

python3 --version
npm install
npm run build
npm test

Run the built stdio bridge:

node dist/index.js

Refresh the MCP registry metadata from the live remote:

npm run sync:server-json

Run the optional live integration test:

LIVE=1 npm test

Live Tools

The current tool list is served by the remote MCP server. Visit mcp.tickadoo.com or run npm run sync:server-json to refresh the registry metadata in this repo.

Privacy & Data Handling

• No account or API key required. The full server is read-mostly: it exposes tickadoo's public experiences catalogue (search, recommendations, availability, comparison, itineraries) and may return tickadoo booking links. The portable public-agent endpoint is read-only and omits direct purchase, transaction, and checkout links. Neither surface requires personal data to perform discovery.
• What is sent: tool arguments (e.g. a city name, query text, or chosen experience id) are forwarded to the tickadoo backend to fulfil the request. The bridge adds no tracking and asks for no credentials.
• First-party service. tickadoo is the operator of the catalogue and backend; supplier inventory is presented as tickadoo. Bookings are completed on tickadoo.com.
• Full policy: tickadoo.com/privacy. Questions: support@tickadoo.com.