MCP Server For Developers · AI Agents

Seoul Essentials MCP

Help AI agents help foreign tourists in Seoul.

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes 22,000+ records of Seoul's public facilities — restrooms, pharmacies, public WiFi, AED, tourist information centers, and subway timetables — to any AI agent that speaks MCP.

GitHub Install via Smithery View on glama.ai

※ Smithery / glama URL은 실제 등재 경로에 맞게 다음 세션에 보정됩니다.

What's inside

22,000+ records across 6 public data sources, normalized and indexed for fast lookup.

4,452

Public Restrooms

화장실

417

Pharmacies

약국

7,251

Public WiFi

공공 와이파이

10,000+

AED Locations

자동심장충격기

Tourist Info Centers

관광안내소

Live

Subway Timetables

지하철 시간표

MCP Tools exposed

find_places(category, query?)

Search by category and optional keyword. Returns a ranked list.

get_place_detail(place_id)

Full record for a specific place: address, hours, contact, accessibility.

find_nearby(lat, lng, category, radius_m?)

Geo lookup. "What's the nearest pharmacy within 500 m?"

get_subway_timetable(station, direction?)

Live(ish) timetable for any subway station in the Seoul metro.

How to connect

Smithery (recommended)

npx -y @smithery/cli install @do-droid/seoul-essentials --client claude

Claude Desktop (manual config)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "seoul-essentials": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@do-droid/seoul-essentials"]
    }
  }
}

Local development

                        git clone https://github.com/do-droid/seoul-essentials && npm install && npm start
                    

Example prompts

"I'm at Hongdae station, where's the nearest public restroom that's open right now?"

"My friend feels unwell — find the closest pharmacy within 500 m and tell me when it closes."

"What time does the last subway to Incheon Airport leave from Seoul Station tonight?"

"Is there public WiFi within a 2-minute walk of Gyeongbokgung?"

"List all tourist information centers in Jongno-gu with English-speaking staff."

Open source. Open data.

MIT-licensed. Built on Seoul's open data APIs. PRs and issues are welcome.

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※ This MCP server is a separate product from the consumer-facing Seoul Essentials travel guide.