BJJ Square
BJJ and grappling gyms worldwide, plus upcoming competitions.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
BJJ and grappling gyms worldwide, plus upcoming competitions. Free, read-only.
How to connect
How to connect BJJ Square to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://bjjsquare.com/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect BJJ Square to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://bjjsquare.com/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect BJJ Square to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://bjjsquare.com/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (4)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| find_gyms | Find Brazilian jiu-jitsu and grappling gyms by city, by country, or near a point. Give at least one of: city, country, or lat+lng. Returns at most 25 gyms per call (no pagination: narrow the area for more specific results). Each gym has a link to its public page on bjjsquare.com, where contacts and full details are shown. Use get_gym with the slug for the class schedule and what the gym offers. |
| get_gym | Public details of one gym by its slug (from find_gyms): address, website, affiliation, what it offers, class schedule when the gym has published one, and when the schedule was last updated. Only known facts are returned: a missing field means unknown, not "no". Phone and email are on the gym page linked in the result. |
| list_places | Countries covered by BJJ Square with gym counts, or, with a country code, the cities of that country with gym counts (largest 200). Use it to check coverage before find_gyms. |
| find_competitions | Upcoming BJJ and grappling competitions from federation and organizer calendars (IBJJF, AJP, Smoothcomp and others), by country and date range. Returns at most 10 per call with the link to the organizer for registration, plus the BJJ Square calendar page for the full list. |