Foursquare

Foursquare MCP Connector for Claude

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Manage your location data — audit places, photos, and tips via AI.

7 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Empower your AI agent to orchestrate your entire location-based intelligence with Foursquare, the world's most trusted independent location data platform. By connecting Foursquare to your agent, you transform complex venue discovery into a natural conversation. Your agent can instantly search for places, audit venue metadata, and retrieve customer tips without you ever touching a dashboard. Whether you are conducting market research or managing a localized service, your agent acts as a real-time location scout, ensuring your data is always relevant and precise.

What you can do

  • Place Auditing — Search for venues by name, category, or coordinates and retrieve detailed metadata, including addresses and categories.
  • Visual Insights — List place photos to understand the aesthetic and environment of any venue instantly.
  • Customer Oversight — Query community tips and reviews to understand public sentiment and venue highlights.
  • Autocomplete Intelligence — Retrieve real-time naming suggestions to ensure your location queries are always accurate.
  • Geographic Discovery — Find nearby places based on coordinates to maintain a clear view of any local ecosystem.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. Enter your Foursquare API Key
  3. Start managing your location data through Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

Who is this for?

  • Market Researchers — monitor venue distributions and category trends straight from your workflow.
  • Operations Leads — verify if localized services are correctly identified and categorized in specific regions.
  • Travel Planners — perform rapid audits of nearby places and retrieve top-rated tips without manual searches.
  • Business Analysts — automate location querying to orchestrate cross-functional geographic strategy smoothly.
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7 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

autocomplete_places

Get autocomplete suggestions for place names

get_nearby_places

Find nearby places based on coordinates

get_place_details

Get details for a specific place

get_place_photos

Get photos for a specific place

get_place_tips

Get tips and reviews for a specific place

list_categories

List all Foursquare venue categories

search_places

Search for places on Foursquare

See how to talk to your AI agent using Foursquare.

Search for coffee shops near 'New York, NY'.

I've found several coffee shops in New York. Top results include 'Blue Bottle Coffee' and 'Stumptown Coffee Roasters'. Would you like the addresses for any of them?

Show me tips for place ID 4b2af3d6f964a520...

I've retrieved 5 tips for this venue. Customers recommend the 'espresso' and mentioned the 'cozy seating area'. Would you like to see the full list?

Get nearby places for lat 40.7, long -74.0.

Finding nearby venues... I've identified several places within 1km, including a 'Fitness Center' and a 'Library'. Would you like the full categories and details?

Log in to the [**Foursquare Developer Console**](https://foursquare.com/developers/apps), create a Project, and you will find your API Key there. Copy and paste it into the field below.

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