Bookrails MCP Server

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Bookrails is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 13 tools.

Find, compare, and book local service businesses: live availability, prices, reviews, booking.

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

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 0%

91 days agonow

0.0%

Uptime 24h

0 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

56 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Bookrails does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 0.0% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not 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 3 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add bookrails --transport http https://bookrails-api.azurewebsites.net/mcp/

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

https://bookrails-api.azurewebsites.net/mcp/

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.bookrails]
url = "https://bookrails-api.azurewebsites.net/mcp/"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bookrails": {
      "url": "https://bookrails-api.azurewebsites.net/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "bookrails": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bookrails-api.azurewebsites.net/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 13

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

availability

check_availability

List open, bookable time slots for one service from the business's live calendar. Slots are held nothing — they can be taken by others until book_appointment succeeds, so book promptly after user confirmation.

get_availability_now

Answer urgency: 'who can fit me in today?', 'emergency plumber available now'. Returns only businesses with a genuinely open slot inside the window, sorted by soonest slot. Ideal for same-day and emergency requests (HVAC, plumbing, urgent dental).

ask

ask_business_question

Answer a specific question about one business, grounded in that business's own knowledge base (FAQs, policies, service descriptions) rather than model guesswork. Returns 'unknown' when unanswerable — never fabricates. Returns: {answer, confidence: 'high'|'low'|'unknown', source: 'faq'|'policy'|'services'}

book

book_appointment

Book the appointment. ONLY call after the user has explicitly confirmed the business, service, price, and exact slot. Writes to the business's calendar and emails/texts the customer a confirmation. Returns: {confirmation_id, status: 'confirmed' | 'pending_deposit', payment_url (present when a deposit is required — user completes payment on the hosted page), booking_page_url, cancellation_policy} Errors: SLOT_TAKEN (re-run check_availability and offer alternatives), DEPOSIT_REQUIRED, INVALID_CONTACT.

business

get_business_details

Get a business's full profile: services with prices and durations, hours, booking and cancellation policies, review summary, photos, and hosted booking page URL. Call this before quoting prices to the user. Returns: {business: BusinessSummary, services: list[ServiceItem], hours: dict[str, str], policy: BookingPolicy, review_summary: str}

businesses

search_businesses

Find top-rated local service businesses matching a need near a location. Returns ranked businesses with rating, distance, price band, one-line highlight, the soonest available slot, and a hosted booking URL. Results are bookable directly via check_availability + book_appointment.

cancel

cancel_or_reschedule

Cancel or reschedule an existing booking. Enforces the business's cancellation window; returns REFUND_FORFEITED warning when a deposit is non-refundable so the assistant can warn the user BEFORE confirming. Returns: {confirmation_id, status, refund_status, message}

compare

compare_businesses

Side-by-side comparison of 2-4 businesses the user is deciding between: prices for comparable services, ratings, soonest availability, policies, and a one-line 'best for' verdict per business. Returns: {comparison_table: list[dict], best_for: dict[str, str]}

join

join_waitlist

When no slot fits, capture demand instead of losing it: add the customer to the business's waitlist. They are auto-notified (email/SMS) when a matching slot opens. Only call after the user explicitly agrees to join the waitlist. Returns: {waitlist_id, position, status}

local

get_local_insights

Market-level answers: most-booked services in this area, typical price ranges, busiest days/times (book early), and top-rated businesses. Useful when the user asks broad questions like 'what do people usually get at a med spa' or 'when is the best time to book HVAC maintenance'. Returns: {popular_services: list[{name, median_price_usd, share}], busiest_days: list[str], booking_lead_time_days, top_rated: list[BusinessSummary]}

price

get_price_estimates

Answer 'how much does X cost near me' with real local prices — not national averages. Returns low/median/high from actual listed prices of businesses in the area, plus the 3 best-value businesses with links. Returns: {service, location, price_low_usd, price_median_usd, price_high_usd, sample_size, best_value: list[BusinessSummary]}

promotions

get_promotions

Answer 'any deals near me?' — current promotions, first-visit offers, and seasonal specials from local businesses, each with validity dates and a direct booking link. Returns: list[{business: BusinessSummary, offer, valid_until, terms}]

reviews

get_reviews

Answer 'is this place any good?' — recent reviews plus a themed summary (what customers praise, what they complain about) so the assistant can give a balanced recommendation. Returns: {rating, review_count, themes: {praise: [...], complaints: [...]}, recent_reviews: list[{rating, date, text_snippet}]}

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://bookrails-api.azurewebsites.net/mcp/	streamable-http	answering	56 ms	3 min ago

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Bookrails — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Bookrails do?

It exposes 13 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: ask_business_question, book_appointment, cancel_or_reschedule, check_availability, compare_businesses, get_availability_now and 7 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 Bookrails working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 92 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 56 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

Is Bookrails 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.

The registry lists Bookrails as active — why does it not respond?

The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.

How do I connect Bookrails?

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 Bookrails need an API key?

No. Bookrails completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 13 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.