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NUM MCP Server

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NUM is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago. It exposes 10 tools.

Real places for your agent: search 2.5M+ travel places, list businesses, license place photos.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 84 days of history · worst day 93%
84 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
10
Tools
read from the server
160 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

What changed 19

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 17 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

10 Oct 2 tool descriptions were rewritten num_license_photo, num_search_photos
4 Oct 4 tools appeared num_license_photo, num_photo_wallet, num_quote_photo and 1 more
4 Oct a tool changed version
26 Sep 2 tool descriptions were rewritten num_get_place, num_search_places
26 Sep 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for num_get_place, num_search_places
26 Sep a tool appeared num_list_destinations
23 Sep the owner changed
17 Sep 5 tool descriptions were rewritten num_get_place, num_list_submissions, num_search_places and 2 more
17 Sep a tool changed version

This one has been quiet for a while

Quiet is not dead — but it is worth knowing when it wakes up, or when someone else takes it over. We watch the repository and tell you either way.

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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 15 min ago.

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

Available tools 10

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

num
num_get_place
Full record for one place, by the place_id that num_search_places returned, including HOW TO BOOK IT on the venue's own terms. `booking.method` is one of: request (the venue takes requests through NUM and confirms each one itself), venue_system (send the traveller to booking.url, prefilled when you pass party_size, date and time), phone (the number is for the traveller to call), not_through_num, closed, unknown. Follow booking.guidance exactly. If open_status.closed is true, NUM holds evidence the place has gone: do not send anyone there. accolades carry their source; menu is the owner's own list and prices. Each call counts against the daily read quota.
num_license_photo
Buys one use of one photo from this account's prepaid photo wallet and returns the license and a download link to the file (metadata removed). max_price_cents is the most the operator agreed to pay; a higher current price is refused with the quote and nothing is charged. In a live drop the price rises after every license, so another buyer can move it first: within max_price_cents the purchase goes through at the new price, above it you get price_moved with the new quote and nothing is charged. Re-sending the same idempotency_key returns the same license instead of buying again. Spending is capped per UTC day. While NUM's licensing is in its test run, purchases use test credit and no money moves; the response says test: true.
num_list_destinations
Every destination NUM covers, with its country. Use a destination's name or slug as num_search_places city. Free, unmetered, and needs no key.
num_list_submissions
Lists the businesses and promotions this account has submitted, with the reviewer's decision on each. Free and unmetered.
num_photo_wallet
This account's photo wallet balance (US cents, plus test credit), what it spent today against the daily cap, and the licenses it holds. Free and unmetered. Adding credit is POST /api/agent/photos/topup, which returns a checkout link a person pays.
num_quote_photo
The current price in US cents and the full license terms for one use of one photo. Nothing is charged. Counts against the daily read quota.
num_search_photos
Search photos of real places taken by NUM travelers and offered for licensing per use. Each result has a photo_id, a preview URL, the place (name, city, area, category), the month it was taken, the photographer's public name and the price in US cents for each use: social (one post), web (one page), ad (one campaign) and ai_training (one dataset). A price of null means that use cannot be bought right now. Business uses sell in live drops: a limited number of licenses over 3 days, the price rising 10% after each one; drop shows licenses left, the end time and the next price. Every photo shows a place with no recognisable person and was checked by a person; results never include coordinates or exact dates. use=ai_training returns only photos whose photographer allows AI training. Each call counts against the daily read quota.
num_search_places
Search NUM's travel directory: more than 2.5 million places — restaurants, bars, hotels, spas, tours and shops, deepest in Thailand and the UK. Say where to look: city (one of NUM's destinations — see num_list_destinations) or country; then narrow with q, area and category. Places NUM knows have closed are never returned. Returns name, category, address, phone, website, coordinates and whether the owner has claimed the listing; call num_get_place for how to book one. Each call counts against the daily read quota.
num_submit_business
Submit a business to NUM for review. Free and unmetered. A person at 5arz reviews every submission before any traveller sees it, so the result is status 'pending_review', never an immediate listing. 'relationship' records whether the submitter owns the business, was engaged by the owner, or is a third party; reviewers verify it. Contact details must be ones the business has published — submissions with guessed or derived contact details are rejected. Re-sending the same external_ref updates the pending submission instead of creating a duplicate.
num_submit_promo
Attach a promotion, special, event or ad to a business previously submitted by the same account. Free and unmetered. A person reviews it before it is shown to anyone. Re-sending the same promo_ref updates the pending promotion instead of creating a duplicate.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://itsnum.com/mcp streamable-http answering 151 ms 15 min ago

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NUM — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can NUM do?
It exposes 10 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: num_get_place, num_license_photo, num_list_destinations, num_list_submissions, num_photo_wallet, num_quote_photo and 4 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 →
Is NUM 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 160 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Is NUM still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect NUM?
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 NUM need an API key?
No. NUM completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 10 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is NUM?
It answers our handshake in 160 ms on average, which is faster than 81% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.