Seoul MCP Server

22,000+ Seoul public facility data for tourists: restrooms, pharmacies, WiFi, AEDs, and subway.

Local serverstdioPython

What is the Seoul MCP server?

If you already use Seoul, the seoul mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. 22,000+ Seoul public facility data for tourists: restrooms, pharmacies, WiFi, AEDs, and subway.

What the server does

Essential public facility data for AI agents helping foreign tourists in Seoul, South Korea.

Seoul Essentials is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides structured data about essential public facilities in Seoul. Designed for AI agents that assist foreign tourists with real-time queries about nearby services.

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • find_places — The find_places tool exposed by this server
  • get_place_detail — The get_place_detail tool exposed by this server
  • find_nearby — Find public facilities near GPS coordinates, sorted by distance
  • get_subway_timetable — The get_subway_timetable tool exposed by this server

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: API_BASE_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Installation

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

Where it fits

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Seoul's toolset — find_places, get_place_detail, find_nearby and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by do-droid; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Seoul's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
find_placesThe find_places tool exposed by this server.
get_place_detailThe get_place_detail tool exposed by this server.
find_nearbyFind public facilities near GPS coordinates, sorted by distance.
get_subway_timetableThe get_subway_timetable tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Seoul MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "seoul-essentials": {
      "url": "https://seoul-essentials-mcp-230987091625.asia-northeast3.run.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
API_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Seoul to find places.
  • Use Seoul to get place detail.
  • Use Seoul to find nearby.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Seoul to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 4 tools (find_places, get_place_detail, find_nearby, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Seoul directly.