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BinaSmart is answering right now. Last checked 10 min ago. It exposes 33 tools. Last commit 18 Oct 2026.

Ethiopia: Addis rides, jobs, tenders, hotels, health, homes, cars, news and government guides

Uptime history 66 days of history · worst day 91%
66 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
33
Tools
read from the server
1167 ms
Response time
average over 24h
1
Stars
last commit 18 Oct 2026

What changed 60

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 4 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

19 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day
18 Oct 6 tools changed the parameters they ask for8 times that day cancel_ride, get_ride_status, list_overseas_agencies and 3 more
18 Oct 6 tools appeared list_cinema_showtimes, list_tv_and_radio, list_tv_series and 3 more
18 Oct a tool changed version
11 Oct 9 tool descriptions were rewritten cancel_ride, get_ethiopia_guide, list_jobs and 6 more
11 Oct a tool changed version3 times that day
11 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for list_tenders
9 Oct a tool description was rewritten quote_ride
8 Oct a tool appeared list_overseas_agencies
5 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day
and 32 more, back to 4 September 2026

What the code does

We read the source, 7 d ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Builds a file path from a variable api/usage.js:40
  const livePath = () => path.join(dir, 'live.' + proc + '.json');
Page executes code built at runtime mcp-server/widgets/jobs.html:197
  $('list').innerHTML = jobs.slice(0, one ? 1 : shown).map((j, i) => card(j, i, one)).join('');

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This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 10 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add binasmart --transport http https://bina.et/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://bina.et/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.binasmart]
url = "https://bina.et/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "binasmart": {
      "url": "https://bina.et/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "binasmart": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bina.et/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 33

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

job
get_job
The full advert for a single vacancy on BinaSmart, by its slug from list_jobs: the duties and requirements as the employer wrote them, how to apply, and the company behind it with its address when we hold one.
list_job_fields
The fields of work with open vacancies on BinaSmart right now and how many are in each, plus the cities hiring most — useful before calling list_jobs with a field or city filter.
news
get_news_article
The full text of a single BinaSmart news article by its slug from list_news.
list_news
Recent articles from BinaSmart news (bina.et/news), mostly in Amharic: technology, business, law, real estate, construction and employment in Ethiopia. Returns the headline, a short excerpt and the url — call get_news_article for the full text.
pool
find_pool_groups
Cars currently filling within about 2.5 km of a point in Addis Ababa: destination, seats left, seat price, women-only flag, and a share url (https://bina.et/pool/<id>) the rider can open to join. Driver-opened cars at stations are listed first. Requires lat/lng.
list_pool_corridors
BinaPool (ጋራ ጉዞ) is BinaSmart's shared commute in Addis Ababa: up to four riders share one Comfort car and pay per seat. Lists the corridors open right now (Megenagna → Bole, CMC → Bole, Megenagna → Kazanchis, Piassa → Kazanchis, Mexico → Kazanchis; inbound until 13:00 Addis time, outbound after) with their stops, the live seat-price ladder (1–4 riders) and cars currently filling. Riders join at https://bina.et/ride?pool=1.
tender
get_tender
The full text of a single tender notice on BinaSmart, by its slug from list_tenders: requirements, bid bond, where and when to submit, and the link to the original notice.
list_tender_categories
The categories of tender open on BinaSmart right now and how many are in each — useful before calling list_tenders with a category filter.
and
list_tv_and_radio
Ethiopian TV channels and radio stations on BinaWatch (bina.et/watch): whether each is live right now with the live programme title and link, its newest videos, and its own website. Filter by TV or radio.
cancel
cancel_ride
Cancels a BinaSmart ride that has not started yet. A cancellation cannot be undone. Needs the ride id and the rider phone used to book.
cars
search_cars
Live new and used cars on bina.et/cars from Addis Ababa dealers' and car markets' own websites, checked every week: make, model, year, price, mileage, fuel, gearbox, the dealer with its own phone and WhatsApp, and a bina.et link with every photo. Use for "used Toyota", "SUV under 10 million birr", "electric car price", "BYD". Not for taxi rides. Source: the BinaSmart car listings at https://bina.et/cars.
cinema
list_cinema_showtimes
What is showing in Addis Ababa cinemas this week, from BinaSmart Cinema (bina.et/cinema): each cinema with its address and phone, and each film with its show times and dates as the cinema posted them, with a link to the cinema's own post. Filter by cinema or film title (English or Amharic).
companies
search_companies
Companies listed on BinaSmart (bina.et/companies): real-estate developers, car sellers, domestic-worker agencies and other employers, with sub-city, website, whether they are hiring on the BinaSmart job board, and their bina.et page (with their homes, cars and vacancies when they have any). Search by name or brand, filter by kind and sub-city.
employer
get_employer
A company listed on BinaSmart: what it does, its address and location when we hold them, and every vacancy it has posted. By employer slug from list_jobs or get_job.
ethiopia
get_ethiopia_guide
BinaSmart's bilingual (Amharic + English) step-by-step guides to Ethiopian government and banking services: Fayda ID, telebirr, CBE Birr, e-Passport, eVisa, TIN, business licence, VAT/TOT, customs, driving licence, car import, Yellow Card, bank account, birth/marriage certificate, utility bills, Labor ID and LMIS registration and the COC occupational competency certificate (Overseas Employment Proclamation 1389/2025), rental agreements, tenant screening. Call with no slug to list guides; call with a slug for the full text. The guides hold the correct official names and links.
events
list_events
Upcoming films, concerts, theatre and events on BinaSmart in Addis Ababa with venue, hall, start time, prices per tier and seats left. Seats are chosen and paid at the url returned (Chapa or at the counter); the ticket is a QR code.
films
list_films
Licensed Amharic (Ethiopian) films that can be watched online on BinaSmart Watch (bina.et/watch): title in Amharic and English, year, genre, whether it is free or rented for 48 hours (ETB), and the watch url. Free titles are public YouTube releases played through the YouTube player; rentals need Chapa. Optional search by title or genre.
health
search_health
Find hospitals, clinics, dentists, laboratories, health centres and doctors in Addis Ababa from BinaSmart Health (bina.et/health, 250+ places from the city map plus services and doctors the facilities confirmed; doctors' licences are checked by the BinaSmart team). Filter by kind, sub-city, a place to be near (nearest first) and a specialty (children, gynecology, eye, heart, bone, fertility, skin, mental health, blood test). Returns each place's bina.et/health page, landline, sub-city, distance, and its services and doctors when known. Not medical advice; emergencies: 907.
hospital
get_hospital_departments
Departments of a hospital listed on BinaSmart with consultation fee (ETB), doctors, hours, floor/room and appointment slots left for a date. Use the slug from search_places (is_hospital = true).
hotel
get_hotel_rooms
Room types, nightly prices (ETB), capacity and amenities for a hotel listed on BinaSmart. Use the slug from search_places (is_hotel = true).
hotels
search_hotels
Hotels, guest houses, pensions, hostels and furnished apartments in Addis Ababa from BinaSmart's directory (1,000+ places from the city map): name, type, sub-city, stars, the hotel's own office phone and website, and its bina.et page. It has no prices or room availability: those come from the hotel, whose phone is included. Not for hospitals or clinics (use search_health) or for shops, restaurants and other buildings (use search_places).
jobs
list_jobs
Open job vacancies in Ethiopia listed on BinaSmart (bina.et/jobs): the job title, the company posting it, the city, the deadline and days left, salary and requirements where the advert states them. Thousands of vacancies from Ethiopian job boards and employers, refreshed every morning. Search by keyword in English or Amharic, and filter by field of work (banking, accounting, engineering, it, health, education, sales, ngo, logistics, admin, hospitality, construction, agriculture, legal, security, media) or by city. Open vacancies only unless include_closed is set. Where the assistant shows MCP Apps, the result also appears as job cards with an apply link for each vacancy.
knowledge
search_knowledge
Semantic search over BinaSmart's knowledge base: every service (BinaRide, BinaPool shared commute, Bina Airport, hotels, cinema, BinaWatch, insurance, flights, property, cars, tenders), the product rules (fixed fares, what is demo, payments), the 25 Digital Ethiopia guides, and practical Addis Ababa knowledge (neighbourhoods, transport hubs, Ethiopian time and calendar, emergency numbers). For questions about BinaSmart, Ethiopian paperwork or getting around Addis. Returns the best-matching passages, each with its source url. Exact fares are not in the passages: they come from quote_ride.
overseas
list_overseas_agencies
Ethiopian agencies that send domestic workers to GCC countries, approved on BinaSmart/GCC Domestic: name, licence, whether it is in the Ministry of Labor and Skills register, and for each country its GCC partner office (the office families contact). Filter by country: UAE, KSA, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman. Recruitment is through LMIS only (Proclamation 1389/2025).
pharmacies
search_pharmacies
Pharmacies in Addis Ababa from BinaSmart Health (bina.et/health, about 1,700 pharmacies from the Ministry of Health registry and the city map). Search by name or area. With medicine, also returns whether any pharmacy on BinaSmart has reported having that medicine in the last 7 days, and whether it needs a prescription. Not medical advice; emergencies: 907.
places
search_places
Find buildings, hotels, hospitals and shops in Addis Ababa listed on BinaSmart (bina.et): cafés, restaurants, pharmacies, banks, gyms, salons, clinics, offices. Returns names (English + Amharic), building and unit, the phone only for shops that have claimed their listing, coordinates when known (usable as pickup/dropoff for quote_ride), and the bina.et page. Hotels and hospitals are flagged — use get_hotel_rooms / get_hospital_departments for details. For hospitals, clinics, dentists, labs and doctors anywhere in Addis Ababa, use search_health. For food (restaurants, cafes, a dish, "lunch near Megenagna") with no listed shop it returns map_place results from the city map: name, area, distance, coords and ride link, with no phone, hours, prices or menu (see map_note).
properties
search_properties
Live listings on bina.et/property from Addis Ababa real-estate companies' own websites, checked every week: title, price as the company wrote it (some per m² or in USD), bedrooms, size, area, the listing company with its own phone and WhatsApp, the date the company last updated it, and a bina.et link with every photo. Use for "apartment for rent in Bole", "3 bedroom for sale", "ቤት ኪራይ". Every listing and price is as the company published it.
quote
quote_ride
Fixed upfront price for a ride inside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — no surge, cash or telebirr/Chapa. Returns distance, ETA and the fare for every vehicle tier (moto, bajaj, economy, comfort, XL). request_ride books at the fare this returns. Also returns book_url: a one-tap bina.et link with this route and fare for the user to confirm.
request
request_ride
Books a ride in Addis Ababa at the fixed fare from quote_ride. It sends a real driver, so it takes the pickup, drop-off, tier, fare and the rider's Ethiopian phone number as the user confirmed them. A dispatcher assigns a driver; the rider is contacted on the phone given. Returns the ride id and a live tracking link. To book for someone else (e.g. a relative in Addis while you are abroad), pass passenger_name and passenger_phone; rider_name/rider_phone are then the booker and may be a foreign number.
restaurants
search_restaurants
Restaurants, cafés and fast-food places in Addis Ababa from BinaSmart Restaurants (bina.et/restaurants, about 890 places from the city map plus what restaurants confirmed). Search by name or cuisine word, filter by kind and sub-city. Returns each place's bina.et page, phone when known, sub-city, cuisine and map point (pass "lat,lng" to quote_ride for a ride there).
ride
get_ride_status
Current status of a BinaSmart ride (dispatching, assigned, arriving, arrived, ontrip, completed, cancelled) with driver name, vehicle and plate once assigned. Needs the ride id and the rider phone used to book.
series
list_tv_series
Ethiopian TV drama and comedy series on BinaWatch (bina.et/watch) with the channel that airs them and their newest episodes (title, date and watch link). Search by series title, English or Amharic.
tenders
list_tenders
Public tender and procurement notices in Ethiopia listed on BinaSmart (bina.et/tenders): the issuing organisation, what is wanted, the deadline and days left, budget when stated, and a link to the original notice. Banks, government bodies, NGOs and World Bank–financed projects. Open tenders only unless include_closed is set. Search by keyword (English or Amharic) and filter by category such as Supply, Construction, Consultancy, Services, Transport.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://bina.et/mcp streamable-http answering 794 ms 10 min ago

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BinaSmart — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can BinaSmart do?
It exposes 33 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: cancel_ride, find_pool_groups, get_employer, get_ethiopia_guide, get_hospital_departments, get_hotel_rooms and 27 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is BinaSmart mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around tender, job and pool. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is BinaSmart working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 1167 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect BinaSmart?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does BinaSmart need an API key?
No. BinaSmart completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 33 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is BinaSmart?
It answers our handshake in 1167 ms on average, which is faster than 2% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is BinaSmart open source?
The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at bina.et, which runs on its operator's own terms.