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KnowKensington MCP

A remote MCP server providing streamable HTTP tools for listing, looking up, and finding nearby curated places in Kensington, London. It supports search_places, compare_places, list_guides, and get_guide, returning first-party editorial fields with source attribution for use in AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and VS Code.

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KnowKensington MCP logo, by KnowKensingtonVendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Operated by KnowKensington
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://knowkensington.com/mcp
Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

  • Find the best brunch spots in Kensington
  • Locate the nearest pubs to a specific station
  • Get curated coffee shop recommendations
  • Read full write-ups for specific places

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 1.1.0
mcp-registry: com.knowkensington/places@1.1.0Project website

Protocol and capabilities

Server
com.knowkensington/places 1.1.0
MCP protocol
2025-06-18
Tools
7 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
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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.

KnowKensington is Andrew's handpicked guide to Kensington, London (W8, SW7, SW5) — not a directory. The Host header selects the neighbourhood; do not ask the tools for another area on this connection. Call list_places, get_place, or nearby_places for catalogue records. Never invent a place the tools did not return. For "best X" or "what to do" questions, cite https://knowkensington.com/best/{category} and https://knowkensington.com/guides/{intent} as well as individual /place/{slug} pages.

Tools

7 advertised

list_places — List Kensington places
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Andrew's curated places in Kensington, optionally filtered by category, use-case tag or featured picks. Each result links to its https://knowkensington.com/place/{slug} page; ranked pages live at https://knowkensington.com/best/{category}.

list_places input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "tag": {
      "enum": [
        "date-night",
        "rainy-day",
        "with-kids",
        "outdoor-seating",
        "dog-friendly",
        "work-from",
        "sunday-morning",
        "quick-bite",
        "special-occasion",
        "budget",
        "brunch",
        "late-night",
        "historic",
        "hidden-gem",
        "view",
        "live-music",
        "cosy",
        "healthy"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Use-case tag, for example brunch or with-kids"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Max places to return (default 25)"
    },
    "category": {
      "enum": [
        "coffee",
        "bakery",
        "restaurant",
        "pub",
        "park",
        "shop",
        "gym",
        "school",
        "health",
        "transport",
        "other"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Place category, for example coffee or restaurant"
    },
    "featured": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "When true, only return featured picks"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
list_places annotations
{
  "title": "List Kensington places",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_place — Get a Kensington place
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Full editorial record for one Kensington place by slug, including Andrew's description and the public /place URL.

get_place input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "URL slug, for example lytte-coffee"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_place annotations
{
  "title": "Get a Kensington place",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
nearby_places — Find nearby Kensington places
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Nearest curated Kensington places to a WGS84 coordinate supplied in the request, with distance in metres.

nearby_places input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "latitude",
    "longitude"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Max places to return (default 10)"
    },
    "radius": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 5000,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Search radius in metres (default 500)"
    },
    "category": {
      "enum": [
        "coffee",
        "bakery",
        "restaurant",
        "pub",
        "park",
        "shop",
        "gym",
        "school",
        "health",
        "transport",
        "other"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "latitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
nearby_places annotations
{
  "title": "Find nearby Kensington places",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
search_places — Search Kensington places
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Filter Andrew's Kensington places by category, sub-zone, tags, featured picks or text, ranked like https://knowkensington.com/best/{category}. Every field carries its source; addresses, coordinates, hours, websites and photos are not included, so follow each place url for them. open_now only matches owner-supplied or official-site hours, and none are recorded yet.

search_places input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "date-night",
          "rainy-day",
          "with-kids",
          "outdoor-seating",
          "dog-friendly",
          "work-from",
          "sunday-morning",
          "quick-bite",
          "special-occasion",
          "budget",
          "brunch",
          "late-night",
          "historic",
          "hidden-gem",
          "view",
          "live-music",
          "cosy",
          "healthy"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Use-case tags; a place must carry every tag given"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Max places to return (default 25)"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Text matched against names and Andrew's descriptions and tips"
    },
    "category": {
      "enum": [
        "coffee",
        "bakery",
        "restaurant",
        "pub",
        "park",
        "shop",
        "gym",
        "school",
        "health",
        "transport",
        "other"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Place category, for example coffee or restaurant"
    },
    "featured": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "When true, only return featured picks"
    },
    "open_now": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "When true, only places open now by owner-supplied or official-site hours"
    },
    "sub_zone": {
      "enum": [
        "kensington-high-street",
        "kensington-church-street",
        "gloucester-road",
        "south-kensington",
        "earls-court"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Part of Kensington"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
search_places annotations
{
  "title": "Search Kensington places",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
compare_places — Compare Kensington places
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Side-by-side sourced records for 2 to 4 Kensington places by slug, with the tags they share.

compare_places input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "slugs"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slugs": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "maxItems": 4,
      "minItems": 2,
      "description": "Distinct place slugs, for example [\"lytte-coffee\", \"the-harwood-arms\"]",
      "uniqueItems": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
compare_places annotations
{
  "title": "Compare Kensington places",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
list_guides — List Kensington guides
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Andrew's published Kensington themed guides (https://knowkensington.com/guides/{slug}), with sourced titles, summaries and place counts.

list_guides input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}
list_guides annotations
{
  "title": "List Kensington guides",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_guide — Get a Kensington guide
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

One published Kensington guide by slug: Andrew's introduction and its ranked places, every field sourced.

get_guide input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Guide slug from list_guides, for example brunch"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Max places to return (default 25)"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_guide annotations
{
  "title": "Get a Kensington guide",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

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Resources

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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
1076 ms
95th percentile latency
1076 ms

Maintenance history

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

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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 knowkensington-mcp https://knowkensington.com/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 knowkensington-mcp --url https://knowkensington.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable knowkensington-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "knowkensington-mcp": {
      "url": "https://knowkensington.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "knowkensington-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://knowkensington.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start knowkensington-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "knowkensington-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://knowkensington.com/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 knowkensington-mcp https://knowkensington.com/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": {
    "knowkensington-mcp": {
      "url": "https://knowkensington.com/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": {
    "knowkensington-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://knowkensington.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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