UniAffitti Room Finder
Find, rank, and compare student rooms from UniAffitti public listings.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Find, rank, and compare student rooms from UniAffitti public listings.
How to connect
How to connect UniAffitti Room Finder to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://www.uniaffitti.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 UniAffitti Room Finder to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://www.uniaffitti.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 UniAffitti Room Finder to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://www.uniaffitti.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 (21)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| search_rooms | Search approved and available student rooms by budget, type, university, optional campus, distance, and features. |
| rank_room_matches | Find rooms and score them against student preferences such as budget, campus distance, room type, and trust signals. |
| get_room_details | Return public details for one approved room, including media, features, and limited landlord trust information. |
| compare_rooms | Compare selected rooms side by side for price, distance, type, availability, features, and trust signals. |
| list_search_metadata | List a paginated slice of the global university catalog, optional campuses, and feature filters for room search. The catalog is not limited to 500 records. |
| search_universities | Search the complete active UniAffitti university catalog worldwide with pagination and total count. |
| search_cities | Search cities in the complete active worldwide university catalog, with country and university counts for assisted room search. |
| list_university_campuses | List active campuses for a selected university so the user can refine the room search. |
| get_my_profile | When the user asks to access or connect UniAffitti, call this tool. It starts the secure OAuth account connection when the user is not authenticated, then returns the profile without credentials or secrets. |
| list_my_messages | Read the authenticated user’s UniAffitti conversations from the same chat used by the web app. Without a conversation_id return fast conversation summaries and last-message previews; with one load the complete recent messages for that conversation. |
| send_room_message | Send a first message to the landlord of an approved available room from the authenticated UniAffitti account. The conversation is stored in the same UniAffitti chat used by the web app. |
| get_my_conversation_messages | Load the recent messages for one authenticated UniAffitti conversation. This is a data-only tool intended to be called by the messages UI after the user selects a conversation. |
| list_my_favorites | List the authenticated user’s saved available rooms. |
| add_favorite | Save an approved room to the authenticated user’s favorites. |
| remove_favorite | Remove a room from the authenticated user’s favorites. |
| list_my_requests | List rental requests sent or received by the authenticated user. |
| create_rental_request | Send a rental request for an approved available room using the authenticated UniAffitti account. |
| update_rental_request_status | Accept, review, reject, or cancel a UniAffitti rental request according to the authenticated user’s role. |
| list_my_listings | List the authenticated user’s own listings and moderation status. |
| create_listing | Create a UniAffitti listing draft for moderation. Listings intentionally keep university_id and campus_id NULL; location is stored independently from the university catalog. |
| get_account_links | Return deep links for account, listing creation, messages, requests, and favorites in the full UniAffitti web app. |