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Namaste America MCP Server

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Namaste America is answering right now. Last checked 7 min ago. It exposes 66 tools. Last commit 23 Jul 2026.

Agent-first directory for Indians from India in the USA — restaurants, temples, events & more.

Uptime history 40 hours of history
40 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
66
Tools
read from the server
420 ms
Response time
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0
Stars
last commit 23 Jul 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 7 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add namaste-america --transport http https://namasteamerica.us/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "namaste-america": {
      "url": "https://namasteamerica.us/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.namaste-america]
url = "https://namasteamerica.us/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "namaste-america": {
      "url": "https://namasteamerica.us/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "namaste-america": {
      "url": "https://namasteamerica.us/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 66

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

indian
get_indian_apparel
Find Indian apparel & jewelry stores (sarees, lehengas, ethnic wear, gold jewelers). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "saree", "bridal", "gold", "jewelry", "tailoring") or `open_now`.
get_indian_community
Find Indian community organizations & cultural associations (regional samaj/sangam, cultural centers, Indo-American associations). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. a region like "telugu", "gujarati", or "association"/"cultural_center").
get_indian_education
Find Indian-American education & tutoring (heritage/language schools, Bal Vihar, coaching). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "language_school", "heritage", "tutoring").
get_indian_events
Find upcoming Indian-American community events (festivals, garba, concerts, puja). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `category` ("festival", "garba", "concert", "puja", …) or `tag` ("diwali", "holi", …). Returns UPCOMING events by default (soonest first); set `include_past=true` for history. Each event has `start_at`/`end_at`, venue, category and a description. Use `offset` to page (the response's `has_more` says whether another page exists).
get_indian_finance
Find Indian-American CPAs, tax preparers & financial advisors. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "cpa", "tax", "financial_advisor").
get_indian_groceries
Find Indian grocery stores (desi groceries / supermarkets). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Optional `region_tag` (e.g. "Gujarati"), `tag` (e.g. "spices", "halal"), `open_now`. Records include description, store type, tags, hours, region and `open_now`.
get_indian_legal
Find Indian-American immigration attorneys & law firms. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "immigration").
get_indian_movies_in_theaters
List Indian-language movies currently playing in US theaters (Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati). Optional `language` filters to one (e.g. "Telugu"). Each movie includes `title`, `language`, `poster_url`, `overview`, `release_date`, `genres`, and a `ticket_url` — a "find showtimes / buy tickets" search link (per-theater showtimes are not available via a free source). Data from TMDB.
get_indian_professionals
Find Indian-American healthcare professionals (doctors, dentists, clinics, pharmacies). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `profession_type` ("doctors", "dentist", "clinic", "pharmacy"), `speciality` (e.g. "pediatrics", "cardiology", "ayurveda"), `tag`, or `open_now`. Note: these are matched from public data via an Indian-name signal, so a `confidence_score` is included.
get_indian_realestate
Find Indian-American realtors & real-estate agencies. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "agency", "mortgage").
get_indian_restaurants
Find Indian restaurants by location and/or filters. Provide either a point (`lat`+`lng`, optionally `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Optional filters: `region_tag` (e.g. "Gujarati", "South Indian"), `dietary_tags` (any of "vegetarian", "vegan", "halal", "jain"), `tag` (a keyword/dish like "biryani", "dosa", "catering"), `open_now` (only places open at the current time), `featured_only`. Use `offset` (e.g. offset=25 after a limit=25 page) to page further; the response's `has_more` says whether another page exists. Each record includes a `description`, `tags`, a `confidence_score` (0-1), an `is_featured` flag, an `open_now` flag (true/false/null), and `distance_miles` when a point was supplied.
get_indian_salons
Find Indian beauty salons (threading, henna/mehndi, hair, bridal). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "threading", "henna", "bridal") or `open_now`. Records include description, services (tags), hours and an `open_now` flag.
get_indian_services
Find Indian community services (money transfer/remittance, banks, immigration/visa, travel agents, tax/insurance). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "money-transfer", "immigration", "travel", "tax") or `open_now`.
get_indian_studios
Find Indian yoga & cultural studios (yoga, classical dance, music, language classes). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "yoga", "bharatanatyam", "kathak", "tabla", "carnatic") or `open_now`.
get_indian_sweets
Find Indian sweets shops (mithai) & bakeries. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "mithai", "jalebi", "bakery", "eggless") or `open_now`.
get_indian_temples
Find Indian-American temples (Hindu/Sikh/Jain places of worship). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `religion` ("hindu", "sikh", "jain"), `denomination` (e.g. "swaminarayan"), `tag`, or `open_now`. Records include description, deity, region, tags, hours and `open_now`.
community
get_community_answers
A community question + its published answers (Dost's AI answer first, then community answers by upvotes). `slug` comes from search_community_questions. Returns the question with an `answers` list, or {'error': 'not_found'}.
get_community_details
Full canonical record for one community organization, plus its version history.
search_community_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian community organizations & associations.
search_community_questions
Search the Namaste America community Q&A — real questions Indians in the USA ask and answer ("Telugu-speaking pediatrician in Plano?", "best sweets for Diwali in Edison?"). Returns published questions matching the query, most-answered first, each with a `slug` you can pass to get_community_answers. A grounded, community-sourced complement to the listings + knowledge base. Returns {'count', 'results': [{slug, title, city, state, vertical, answer_count}]}.
submit
submit_correction
Propose a correction to a listing field (agents/users reporting bad data). `vertical` is the category key (default 'restaurants'); `listing_id` is the id from that category's get_/search_ tools. Correctable restaurant fields: phone, email, website, menu_url, address_full, city, state, region_tag, price_range, cuisine_type, festival_specials. The correction is stored and applied by the Feedback agent — automatically for unclaimed listings, or routed to a human for claimed/featured ones. Identity fields (name, coordinates) are not correctable. Structured field corrections currently apply to restaurants; for other categories use submit_review to flag issues (or the owner portal). Returns {ok, feedback_id|error}.
submit_listing
Submit a new Indian-American business/listing for REVIEW — it does NOT go live automatically. `vertical` is the category key (restaurants, temples, groceries, professionals, salons, apparel, sweets, studios, services, community, legal, education, realestate, finance — not events, which are agent-managed). The submission enters a human moderation queue and is published only after an admin approves it. `name` is required; provide as much else as you can. Returns {'ok', 'id'} or {'ok': False, 'error': 'bad_vertical'|'name_required'}.
submit_review
Submit a community review (1-5 star rating + optional text) for a listing. `vertical` is the category key (restaurants, temples, groceries, professionals, salons, apparel, sweets, studios, services, community, legal, education, realestate, finance) and `listing_id` is the id returned by that category's get_/search_ tools. Reviews are moderated: clean ones publish immediately and spam/abusive ones are held for human review. Returns {'ok', 'id', 'status'}.
apparel
get_apparel_details
Full canonical record for one apparel/jewelry store, plus its version history.
search_apparel_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian apparel & jewelry stores.
education
get_education_details
Full canonical record for one education/tutoring listing, plus its version history.
search_education_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American education & tutoring.
finance
get_finance_details
Full canonical record for one finance/tax listing, plus its version history.
search_finance_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American CPAs, tax preparers & financial advisors.
h1b
get_h1b_sponsor_details
Full details for one H-1B sponsor (the id from search_h1b_sponsors). Returns the sponsor record (employer, certified counts, wages, top titles/states/cities, ...) or {'error': 'not_found'}. Aggregated from U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosure data.
search_h1b_sponsors
Search US employers that sponsor H-1B visas — the visa most Indians-from-India use to work in the USA. Filter by employer name (`query`) and/or worksite `state` (2-letter). Ranked by number of certified Labor Condition Applications. Each result has `certified` (count), `median_wage`, `top_titles`, `top_states`, `top_cities`. Aggregated public figures from U.S. DOL disclosure data.
legal
get_legal_details
Full canonical record for one immigration/legal listing, plus its version history.
search_legal_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American immigration attorneys & law firms.
realestate
get_realestate_details
Full canonical record for one real-estate listing, plus its version history.
search_realestate_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American realtors & real-estate agencies.
sweets
get_sweets_details
Full canonical record for one sweets shop / bakery, plus its version history.
search_sweets_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian sweets shops & bakeries.
all
search_all
Search across ALL Indian-American verticals at once — restaurants, temples, groceries, healthcare professionals, beauty salons, events, apparel & jewelry, sweets & bakeries, yoga/dance studios, and community services. Use for broad queries like "Indian things near me in Edison NJ" or "vegetarian South Indian". Results are ranked by relevance: an exact name match ranks first, then by keyword/semantic similarity, proximity (pass `lat`+`lng`) and freshness. Each result is tagged with its `vertical`. Optionally constrain by `city`/`state`.
ask
ask_community_question
Ask the Namaste America community a question on behalf of a signed-in member. `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email (not free text) — it attributes the question and guards against spam. Questions are moderated: clean ones publish immediately, others are held for review. Returns {'ok', 'id', 'slug', 'status'} or {'ok': False, 'error'}.
event
get_event_details
Full canonical record for one event, plus its version history.
events
search_events_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American events (incl. past, for history). `offset` pages.
festival
get_festival_dates
Upcoming Indian & South-Asian festival dates for planning in the USA. With no `query`, returns the next `limit` festivals soonest-first. With a `query` (e.g. "Diwali", "when is holi"), returns the single soonest matching festival. Each item has name, date (ISO), days_until, emoji and a greeting. IMPORTANT: many Hindu/Sikh/Jain/Muslim festivals follow lunar calendars, so these dates are best-effort — always tell the user to confirm the exact date with their local temple, gurdwara, mosque or a panchang. Returns {'results': [...], 'note': ...}.
follow
follow_city
Follow a city so the member is notified of new events there (e.g. "Plano, TX"). `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email. Returns {'ok'} or {'ok': False, 'error'}.
follows
list_follows
What a member follows (cities + categories). `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email. Returns {'count', 'results': [{kind, value}]}.
groceries
search_groceries_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian grocery stores (name/region/store type).
grocery
get_grocery_details
Full canonical record for one grocery store, plus its version history.
knowledge
search_knowledge
Grounded answers from the Namaste America knowledge base — culture, festivals, visa/H-1B, tax, banking, and newcomer/settling-in guides for Indians from India living in the USA. Returns the top matching passages, each with the source document's title + url so you can cite it. Optionally scope to a `vertical`. Use this for factual "how/what/when" questions rather than the listing-search tools. Returns {'count', 'results': [{text, title, url, source_type, vertical}]}.
movie
get_movie_details
Full details for one Indian movie (the id from get_indian_movies_in_theaters). Returns the movie record (title, language, overview, release_date, genres, poster_url, ...) or {'error': 'not_found'}. Movie data from TMDB; this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
offers
get_offers
Live offers & announcements posted by Indian-American business owners (e.g. "20% off thalis this week", "new weekend Garba class"), optionally filtered by city/state/vertical. Returns current, non-expired owner posts with the listing they belong to. Great for "any deals near me this week". Returns {'count', 'results': [{title, body, kind, vertical, listing_id, name, city, state, created_at, expires_at}]}.
professional
get_professional_details
Full canonical record for one professional/practice, plus its version history.
professionals
search_professionals_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American healthcare professionals.
restaurant
get_restaurant_details
Fetch the full canonical record for one restaurant, plus its version history.
restaurants
search_restaurants_by_text
Free-text search over restaurant name/cuisine/region, ranked by relevance. Optionally constrain to a `city`/`state`. Featured listings are surfaced first. Use `offset` to page further (the response's `has_more` says whether another page exists).
reviews
get_reviews
Published community reviews for a listing (newest first) + its rolled-up community rating. The community rating is first-party (visitor-submitted) and is separate from any web-harvested `rating` returned by the get_/search_ tools. Each review includes the business owner's public reply when they've responded. Returns {'community_rating', 'community_rating_count', 'reviews': [{rating, title, body, author, created_at, owner_reply, owner_reply_at}]}.
salon
get_salon_details
Full canonical record for one salon, plus its version history.
salons
search_salons_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian beauty salons.
save
save_place
Save a listing to a signed-in member's list. `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email. `vertical` + `listing_id` come from the get_/search_ tools. Returns {'ok', 'name'} or {'ok': False, 'error'}.
saved
list_saved_places
A member's saved places (each joined to its live listing). `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email. Returns {'count', 'results': [{vertical, id, name, city, state}]}.
service
get_service_details
Full canonical record for one service business, plus its version history.
services
search_services_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian community services.
studio
get_studio_details
Full canonical record for one studio, plus its version history.
studios
search_studios_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over Indian yoga/dance/music studios.
temple
get_temple_details
Full canonical record for one temple, plus its version history.
temples
search_temples_by_text
Free-text/semantic search over temples (name/deity/denomination/region).
today
get_today_highlights
What's happening in Indian America today, optionally for a city + languages — the upcoming festival (+ approximate tithi), soonest events nearby, Indian movies in theaters, places newly added in the city, a culture/immigration nugget, and trending community questions. `languages` is a comma-separated list (e.g. "Telugu,Hindi"). Great for a daily briefing. Returns the assembled feed; date fields are ISO. Lunar festival/tithi dates are approximate — tell users to confirm locally.
unsave
unsave_place
Remove a listing from a member's saved list. `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email. Returns {'ok': True}.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://namasteamerica.us/mcp streamable-http answering 377 ms 7 min ago

Namaste America — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Namaste America do?
It exposes 66 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: ask_community_question, follow_city, get_apparel_details, get_community_answers, get_community_details, get_education_details and 60 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 Namaste America mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around indian, community and submit. 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 Namaste America 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 420 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Namaste America?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Namaste America need an API key?
No. Namaste America completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 66 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Namaste America?
It answers our handshake in 420 ms on average, which is faster than 31% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Namaste America open source?
Yes — written in Python, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.