KnowKensington
Handpicked places in Kensington, London: restaurants, coffee, pubs, parks and shops.
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Findings (5)
- HIGHTool poisoning patterns detected
- MEDIUMTool description contains URL to non-standard domainin list_places
- MEDIUMTool description contains URL to non-standard domainin search_places
- MEDIUMTool description contains URL to non-standard domainin list_guides
- LOWTool 'nearby_places' description lacks action verbin nearby_places
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"places": {
"url": "https://knowkensington.com/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://knowkensington.com/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (7)
🟢list_places(category, tag, featured, limit)
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}.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"category": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"coffee",
"bakery",
"restaurant",
"pub",
"park",
"shop",
"gym",
"school",
"health",
"transport",
"other"
],
"description": "Place category, for example coffee or restaurant"
},
"tag": {
"type": "string",
"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"
],
"description": "Use-case tag, for example brunch or with-kids"
},
"featured": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "When true, only return featured picks"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50,
"description": "Max places to return (default 25)"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢get_place(slug)
Full editorial record for one Kensington place by slug, including Andrew's description and the public /place URL.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"description": "URL slug, for example artisan-coffee"
}
},
"required": [
"slug"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢nearby_places(latitude, longitude, radius, limit, category)
Nearest curated Kensington places to a WGS84 coordinate supplied in the request, with distance in metres.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"latitude": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -90,
"maximum": 90
},
"longitude": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -180,
"maximum": 180
},
"radius": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 5000,
"description": "Search radius in metres (default 500)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50,
"description": "Max places to return (default 10)"
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"coffee",
"bakery",
"restaurant",
"pub",
"park",
"shop",
"gym",
"school",
"health",
"transport",
"other"
]
}
},
"required": [
"latitude",
"longitude"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢search_places(category, sub_zone, tags, featured, query, ...)
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.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"category": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"coffee",
"bakery",
"restaurant",
"pub",
"park",
"shop",
"gym",
"school",
"health",
"transport",
"other"
],
"description": "Place category, for example coffee or restaurant"
},
"sub_zone": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"kensington-high-street",
"kensington-church-street",
"gloucester-road",
"south-kensington",
"earls-court"
],
"description": "Part of Kensington"
},
"tags": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"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"
]
},
"description": "Use-case tags; a place must carry every tag given"
},
"featured": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "When true, only return featured picks"
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 100,
"description": "Text matched against names and Andrew's descriptions and tips"
},
"open_now": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "When true, only places open now by owner-supplied or official-site hours"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50,
"description": "Max places to return (default 25)"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢compare_places(slugs)
Side-by-side sourced records for 2 to 4 Kensington places by slug, with the tags they share.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slugs": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"minItems": 2,
"maxItems": 4,
"uniqueItems": true,
"description": "Distinct place slugs, for example [\"artisan-coffee\", \"the-harwood-arms\"]"
}
},
"required": [
"slugs"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢list_guides
Andrew's published Kensington themed guides (https://knowkensington.com/guides/{slug}), with sourced titles, summaries and place counts.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢get_guide(slug, limit)
One published Kensington guide by slug: Andrew's introduction and its ranked places, every field sourced.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Guide slug from list_guides, for example brunch"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50,
"description": "Max places to return (default 25)"
}
},
"required": [
"slug"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}Community
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