WRDO MCP Server

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WRDO is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 5 tools. Last commit 25 Oct 2026.

Local businesses, menus and price lists in Cape Town and the Western Cape; start a request in WRDO.

Uptime history 6 days of history · worst day 99%

6 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

311 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 25 Oct 2026

WRDO missed one check this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add wrdo --transport http https://api.wrdo.co.za/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://api.wrdo.co.za/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.wrdo]
url = "https://api.wrdo.co.za/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wrdo": {
      "url": "https://api.wrdo.co.za/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "wrdo": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.wrdo.co.za/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

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

business

get_business

One business's public WRDO page: name, category, area, whether it is verified, and (for verified businesses) its description, address, opening hours (hours, as the business wrote them), website and menu link. Also open_now (true, false or null when hours are missing or unreadable) and reviews: WRDO's own reviews only (count, average_rating and up to 3 recent comments; never copied from Google or other sites; count 0 with a note when there are none). Takes an id as returned by search_local_businesses. Never a phone number or email.

categories

list_categories

The kinds of business WRDO lists in the Western Cape, with how many of each, for a town or suburb or everywhere. Answers "what is there in Paarl?". Each slug is a valid "category" for search_local_businesses. Most businesses first; categories with none are left out. Outside the Western Cape it returns nothing. No business details, no contact details.

local

search_local_businesses

Find local businesses on WRDO in the Western Cape by what they do (or their name), optionally in a town or suburb, optionally narrowed by category, price list, price and whether they are open now. Example: "hairdressers in Paarl under R200 that are open now". Give "what" (words) and/or "category" (an exact slug from list_categories). Returns id, name, category, area, verified (claimed by the owner), page_url, start_url, has_price_list, price_from_rand (cheapest listed price, rand, or null) and open_now (true, false or null when unknown). When any of has_price_list, max_price_rand or open_now is used, only the top 100 matches are checked (a message says so). open_now uses opening hours that verified businesses publish; a business without readable hours is left out when open_now is true. No contact details: to reach a business, give the person its start_url.

price

get_price_list

A business's price list or menu, for any kind of business (salon, barber, nails, beauty, restaurant): sections of items with name, description, price_zar (rand) and, for services, duration_min. prices_confirmed is false (with a price_note) when the prices come from the business website and are not confirmed. Takes an id as returned by search_local_businesses. An empty list means WRDO has none yet. Never a phone number or email.

start

start_request

Get a link the person opens to ask WRDO for a quote, booking or order (optionally from one business). The person finishes in WRDO. This tool never books, charges or creates an account. It only starts a request: nothing is booked until the business confirms in WRDO.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://api.wrdo.co.za/mcp	streamable-http	answering	206 ms	2 min ago

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WRDO — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can WRDO do?

It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_business, get_price_list, list_categories, search_local_businesses, start_request. 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 →

Is WRDO working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 311 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect WRDO?

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 WRDO need an API key?

No. WRDO completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is WRDO?

It answers our handshake in 311 ms on average, which is faster than 53% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is WRDO open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence and 0 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at api.wrdo.co.za, which runs on its operator's own terms.