findbyo for AI Assistants (MCP)
Ask Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP-capable assistant whether a restaurant is BYO — corkage fees, part-time BYO schedules, and 1,323 BYO venues across 25 cities, answered from findbyo's live community database.
Connect
findbyo runs a free, no-login remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) server:
https://api.findbyo.com/mcp
- Claude — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the URL above.
- ChatGPT — Settings → Connectors → Advanced → enable Developer mode → add the URL above.
- Claude Code —
claude mcp add --transport http findbyo https://api.findbyo.com/mcp - Anything else — standard streamable-HTTP MCP, stateless, no authentication.
What it can answer
- check_byo — “Is France-Soir in Melbourne BYO?” → BYO status, corkage fee, which drinks are allowed, and part-time schedules (“BYO Monday–Wednesday, and today is a BYO day at the venue”).
- find_byo_restaurants — “Find BYO Thai near Surry Hills with corkage under $5” → nearest-first venues with distances, filterable by cuisine, corkage, and drink type.
- list_cities — where findbyo has coverage, with venue counts.
- search / fetch — generic lookup tools for assistants that require them.
Contributing through an assistant
- submit_byo_venue — “Add this BYO restaurant to findbyo” → the venue goes to our review queue and appears on the map once a person approves it.
- suggest_byo_correction — “findbyo has the corkage wrong here” → the correction goes to our review queue; the listing doesn't change until a person accepts it.
Nothing an assistant sends is published automatically.
Honest by design
Coverage is community-built, so the server tells assistants the difference between “listed as not BYO” (real data — the venue doesn't allow it) and “not in our database” (no data — the venue may still be BYO). Every answer carries the venue's verification tier and a reminder that corkage policies change, so call ahead for special occasions.
Data & privacy
Lookups read public listing data only. The server receives the assistant's query — never who asked — and stores nothing about it beyond short-lived rate-limit logs. If you add a venue or suggest a correction, we store what you submitted and the email or mobile you gave, and use that contact only to tell you the outcome. Details in our privacy policy.
Questions or partnership enquiries: hello@findbyo.com