Yelp Business Data

Search Yelp businesses and retrieve detailed review data through a simple set of tools.

CommunityOnlineAPI key requiredGlobalFreeCan modify data

What it can do

  • Search: Search Yelp for businesses by keyword and location. Returns business names, ratings, review counts, categories, price range, coordinates, phone, website, and photos.
  • Details: Get detailed profiles for one or more Yelp businesses. Provide either business_ids or business_aliases (at least one required). Returns address, service area, business highlights, images, rev
  • Reviews: Get reviews for a Yelp business. Returns full review text, rating, date, reviewer profile, business owner replies, community feedback counts (useful/funny/cool), and review images. Supports 1

What data it sees

Do you need an account

An API key from the service settings is required

Search Yelp businesses and retrieve detailed review data through a simple set of tools. This MCP server returns up to 16 business fields — including hours, categories, price range, and contact info — along with full review text, star ratings, owner replies, reviewer metadata, and review images.

Use it to analyze customer sentiment for a specific business, compare reviews across competitors, monitor reputation changes, or gather structured business data for local market research.

To get started, create an API key at beatanalytics.org/yelp and add it to your server configuration.

How to connect

How to connect Yelp Business Data to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://yelp-business-data.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 Yelp Business Data to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://yelp-business-data.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 Yelp Business Data to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://yelp-business-data.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 (3)

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

searchSearch Yelp for businesses by keyword and location. Returns business names, ratings, review counts, categories, price range, coordinates, phone, website, and photos.
detailsGet detailed profiles for one or more Yelp businesses. Provide either business_ids or business_aliases (at least one required). Returns address, service area, business highlights, images, review statistics, categories, and contact info.
reviewsGet reviews for a Yelp business. Returns full review text, rating, date, reviewer profile, business owner replies, community feedback counts (useful/funny/cool), and review images. Supports 18 languages and 6 sort modes.