Ask Hawaiʻi MCP

An MCP server that allows AI assistants to retrieve checked facts about Hawaiʻi, including reservations, hikes, beaches, ocean safety, local laws, and culture. It provides live National Weather Service forecasts and alerts, plus twice-daily local news headlines from Hawaii News Now, KHON2, and Civil Beat.

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Community listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Published by ShakaSoftware LLC

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://www.askaihawaii.com/api/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Check Hawaii facts with sources and dates
Get live National Weather Service forecasts and alerts
Retrieve twice-daily Hawaii news headlines

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0

mcp-registry: io.github.eagles2000/ask-hawaii@1.0.0 Project website

Protocol and capabilities

Server: ask-hawaii 0.32.0
MCP protocol: 2025-06-18
Tools: 6 advertised
Resources: Not advertised
Resource templates: Not advertised
Prompts: Not advertised

Server-advertised capabilities

{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

Ask Hawaiʻi: checked Hawaiʻi facts with sources, plus live National Weather Service forecasts and alerts, and Hawaiʻi news headlines updated twice a day. Always tell the person the source (including the news outlet for headlines) and suggest confirming time-sensitive details (hours, fees, closures) on the official site.

Tools

6 advertised

search_hawaii

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Search verified Hawaiʻi visitor and resident facts: beaches and parks, ocean safety, wildlife rules, sunscreen laws, lodging taxes and who to call. Every result includes official sources and a last-checked date. Use for questions like 'Do I need a reservation for Hanauma Bay?' or 'How close can I get to a sea turtle?'.

search_hawaii input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "enum": [
        "place",
        "hike",
        "history",
        "guide",
        "safety",
        "rule",
        "culture",
        "transport",
        "contact",
        "tax",
        "route",
        "event",
        "food",
        "garden",
        "animal",
        "shop",
        "tour",
        "trip",
        "golf",
        "sport",
        "museum",
        "living",
        "holiday",
        "hotel",
        "military",
        "camping",
        "nightlife",
        "entertainers"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional category filter."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 5,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "What the person wants to know, in plain words."
    },
    "island": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional island filter: Oʻahu, Maui, Lānaʻi, Molokaʻi, Kauaʻi, or Hawaiʻi Island. Statewide facts are always included."
    }
  }
}

get_hawaii_entry

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Get the full details of one Ask Hawaiʻi entry by its id (from search_hawaii results), including every detail line and source link.

get_hawaii_entry input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

get_hawaii_weather

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Live forecast from the U.S. National Weather Service for a Hawaiʻi place, e.g. Honolulu, Haleʻiwa, Kahului, Haleakalā summit, Līhuʻe, Kona, Hilo or Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.

get_hawaii_weather input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "place"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "place": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

get_hawaii_alerts

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Active National Weather Service alerts in Hawaiʻi (high surf, flash flood, wind, tsunami and more), optionally filtered by island.

get_hawaii_alerts input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "island": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, or Big Island."
    }
  }
}

get_hawaii_headlines

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Today's Hawaiʻi news headlines (titles and links) from Hawaii News Now, KHON2 and Civil Beat. Updated twice a day, at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Hawaiʻi time.

get_hawaii_headlines input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

list_hawaii_topics

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

List every topic Ask Hawaiʻi covers, grouped by category, with ids.

list_hawaii_topics input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks: 1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency: 587 ms
95th percentile latency: 587 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

Nov 1, 2026, 11:52 AM UTC · probe · passed · 587 ms · metadata changed · 6 tool(s)

Connect from your client

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http ask-hawai-i-mcp https://www.askaihawaii.com/api/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add ask-hawai-i-mcp --url https://www.askaihawaii.com/api/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable ask-hawai-i-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-hawai-i-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.askaihawaii.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-hawai-i-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://www.askaihawaii.com/api/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start ask-hawai-i-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "ask-hawai-i-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.askaihawaii.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http ask-hawai-i-mcp https://www.askaihawaii.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-hawai-i-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.askaihawaii.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-hawai-i-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://www.askaihawaii.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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