PostFinder post offices and parcel points
Nearest post offices, parcel lockers and post boxes in AU, NZ, US, UK and Canada. Free, no key.
Should I use this
Quality & Safety
A
Findings (1)
- LOWTool 'search_places' description lacks action verbin search_places
Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.
Context Cost
~952Tokens (tool definitions)
~3.1 KBTypical response size
Moderate attention impact (0.74% of 128k context)
This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.
Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"places": {
"url": "https://api.postfinder.io/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://api.postfinder.io/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (3)
🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢find_places(lat, lng, country, category)
The places nearest a point, nearest first, with their distance, address, opening hours and the page each one is on. Ask for a category when the question names one: post-offices, parcel-lockers, drop-off-points, post-boxes, express-post-boxes or collection-points.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"lat": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Latitude in degrees, between -90 and 90."
},
"lng": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Longitude in degrees, between -180 and 180."
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Country slug: australia, united-states, united-kingdom, canada or new-zealand."
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional: post-offices, parcel-lockers, drop-off-points, post-boxes, express-post-boxes or collection-points. Omit for any kind."
}
},
"required": [
"lat",
"lng",
"country"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"places": {
"type": [
"null",
"array"
],
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "post-offices, parcel-lockers, drop-off-points, post-boxes, express-post-boxes or collection-points."
},
"brand": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The carrier, where one is known: australia-post, canada-post, usps, royal-mail, nz-post and so on."
},
"address": {
"type": "string"
},
"suburb": {
"type": "string"
},
"distance_km": {
"type": "number"
},
"hours": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Opening hours in one line, when they are known."
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The page for this place. Cite it."
},
"last_verified": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The date the record was last checked, as YYYY-MM-DD."
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"category",
"suburb",
"distance_km",
"url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"description": "The places within 50 km, nearest first, at most 30."
}
},
"required": [
"places"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢get_place(public_id)
Everything about one place from an earlier answer: address, opening hours, what it accepts, and when the record was last checked.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"public_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The id from an earlier answer, the last part of a place's URL: abc12345."
}
},
"required": [
"public_id"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"place": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"category": {
"type": "string"
},
"brand": {
"type": "string"
},
"address": {
"type": "string"
},
"suburb": {
"type": "string"
},
"region": {
"type": "string"
},
"postcode": {
"type": "string"
},
"country": {
"type": "string"
},
"lat": {
"type": "number"
},
"lng": {
"type": "number"
},
"hours": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
},
"last_verified": {
"type": "string"
},
"closed": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "True when this place has closed; the page says so and lists alternatives."
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"category",
"suburb",
"country",
"lat",
"lng",
"url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"required": [
"place"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢search_places(q)
Suburbs and places matching a name, for turning 'Coburg' or 'Coburg Post Office' into somewhere with a coordinate and a page.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"q": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A suburb, a postcode or a place name. At least two characters."
}
},
"required": [
"q"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"results": {
"type": [
"null",
"array"
],
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "locality or place."
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"suburb": {
"type": "string"
},
"region": {
"type": "string"
},
"place_count": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "How many places a locality holds."
},
"lat": {
"type": [
"null",
"number"
]
},
"lng": {
"type": [
"null",
"number"
]
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"kind",
"name",
"url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
"required": [
"results"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}Community
Evidence
Recent observations
verifiedversion not recorded3 tools