fairwhere

FairWhere is a free group meetup planner, currently in London beta.

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What it can do

  • Ping: Verify the FairWhere MCP server is reachable. Returns a greeting echoing the provided note.
  • List Placelists: Discover public curated Placelists (venue collections) on FairWhere. Returns id, slug, name, description, best_for, categories, venue count, and canonical URLs. Call this before fair_
  • Fair Shortlist: Rank the venues in one or more curated FairWhere Placelists by FairWhere Score for this group. Free estimate-only path: no Google calls, no credits. Returns top venues with banded scor

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

FairWhere is a free group meetup planner, currently in London beta. Tell it where everyone is starting from and what you fancy doing, and it ranks venues from curated Placelists (pubs, parks, museums, sports courts, meeting points and more) by how fair the journey is for the whole group. Rankings use the FairWhere Score, which weighs total travel time, how evenly the travel is shared, the longest single trip, the journey home, changes and cost, alongside how well each venue fits the plan. FairPath estimates the journeys, with an optional TfL check before you commit. FairWhere does not rank by geographic midpoint, popularity or sponsorship.

With this connector, your assistant can list Placelists, build a fair shortlist with citations to the published methodology, answer "where should we meet between X and Y" from published area-pair pages, and give the group a link to carry on planning, inviting friends and voting on FairWhere.

How to connect

How to connect fairwhere to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://fairwhere--linford.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. 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 fairwhere to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://fairwhere--linford.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. 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 fairwhere to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://fairwhere--linford.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. 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 (6)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

pingVerify the FairWhere MCP server is reachable. Returns a greeting echoing the provided note.
list_placelistsDiscover public curated Placelists (venue collections) on FairWhere. Returns id, slug, name, description, best_for, categories, venue count, and canonical URLs. Call this before fair_shortlist. If count is 0 for an activity, that activity is unavailable: refuse to invent restaurants/cocktails and pivot to available_activities.
fair_shortlistRank the venues in one or more curated FairWhere Placelists by FairWhere Score for this group. Free estimate-only path: no Google calls, no credits. Returns top venues with banded scores, per-person journey burden, score-factor breakdown, citations, and a continue_on_fairwhere link. Provide placelistIds and/or placelistSlugs (from list_placelists).
open_plan_linkBuild a FairWhere deep link so the group can continue the plan on FairWhere (invite people, vote, live-check journeys). Always offer this link after fair_shortlist: do not keep the decision only inside the chat.
list_meet_pairsList published FairWhere pages that answer “where to meet between area A and area B” in London. Each row has a winner venue, minute gap, FairWhere Score, and citation URL. Prefer this over inventing a midpoint when the user names two neighbourhoods. Only status=live pages are returned.
get_meet_pairReturn the published FairWhere answer for where to meet between two London neighbourhoods (winner venue, minutes, gap, top venues, citation URL). Use when the user asks “where should we meet between X and Y”. Do not invent a geographic midpoint.