nightlife-mcp

MCP server for nightlife event discovery backed by Supabase.

Quick Start

Production endpoint: https://api.nightlife.dev/mcp

1. Subscribe at nightlife.dev: Starter US$5/month for 500 requests, or Pro US$19/month for 5,000. Both include advanced profile data. There is no free public API tier.
2. Add to Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nightlife": {
      "url": "https://api.nightlife.dev/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

For curl, TypeScript SDK, and other clients, see CLIENT_SETUP.md.

Implemented (v0.3)

• search_events
• get_tonight
• get_event_details
• search_venues
• get_venue_info
• search_performers
• get_performer_info
• list_cities
• list_genres
• list_areas
• log_unmet_request
• create_vip_booking_request
• get_vip_booking_status
• cancel_vip_booking_request
• get_vip_pricing (internal ops sessions only)
• submit_to_guest_list
• get_guest_list_entry_status
• get_recommendations (v0.2, behind MCP_ENABLE_RECOMMENDATIONS=true)
• Streamable HTTP endpoint with API-key middleware
• Structured tool output schemas (outputSchema)
• Deterministic tool error payloads with stable error codes
• Runtime request/tool metrics exposed at /health

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+
• Supabase project URL + service role key

Setup

cp .env.example .env
npm install

Set env vars in .env:

• SUPABASE_URL
• SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY

Optional:

• DEFAULT_CITY (default: tokyo)
• MCP_TOP_LEVEL_CITIES (default example: tokyo,san-francisco; controls available_cities in unsupported-city responses)
• DEFAULT_COUNTRY_CODE (default: JP)
• NIGHTLIFE_BASE_URL (default: https://nightlifetokyo.com)
• MCP_HTTP_REQUIRE_API_KEY (default: true)
• MCP_HTTP_USE_DB_KEYS (default: true)
• MCP_HTTP_ALLOW_ENV_KEY_FALLBACK (default: true)
• MCP_HTTP_API_KEYS (comma-separated legacy fallback keys)
• MCP_ENABLE_RECOMMENDATIONS (default: false; enables get_recommendations)

DB API Key Mode (Recommended)

HTTP authentication can use persistent API keys from Supabase plus quota tracking.

1. Run SQL migration in your Supabase SQL editor:

-- copy file contents from:
-- supabase/migrations/20260219094000_mcp_api_keys.sql

2. Ensure DB auth flags are enabled in .env:

MCP_HTTP_REQUIRE_API_KEY=true
MCP_HTTP_USE_DB_KEYS=true
MCP_HTTP_ALLOW_ENV_KEY_FALLBACK=true

3. Create an API key record:

npm run key:create -- --name claude-desktop --tier starter --daily-quota 1000 --minute-quota 60

This prints the raw api_key once. Save it securely and use it in MCP HTTP calls.

If the DB RPC is unavailable, fallback to MCP_HTTP_API_KEYS works only when MCP_HTTP_ALLOW_ENV_KEY_FALLBACK=true.

Concierge Unmet Request Backlog

Public concierge flows can log unsupported user intents to Supabase.

Run migration:

-- copy file contents from:
-- supabase/migrations/20260226_concierge_unmet_requests.sql

Then call MCP tool log_unmet_request when no good answer exists from available nightlife data.

VIP Booking Phase 1

VIP table booking submission and status tracking are backed by Supabase.

Run migration:

-- copy file contents from:
-- supabase/migrations/20260227143000_vip_phase1_requests_and_queue.sql
-- supabase/migrations/20260228124500_add_vip_booking_enabled_to_venues.sql
-- and if already deployed before 2026-02-28:
-- supabase/migrations/20260228111000_vip_outward_language_defaults.sql
-- supabase/migrations/20260301010000_vip_table_availability_chart.sql
-- supabase/migrations/20260301114000_vip_table_chart_storage_bucket.sql
-- supabase/migrations/20260303093000_vip_dashboard_admin_edits.sql

Then call MCP tools:

• create_vip_booking_request
• get_vip_booking_status
• cancel_vip_booking_request
• get_vip_pricing (ops only: venue/date pricing, open status, zones, and layout image)

Conversation policy for create_vip_booking_request:

• Confirm booking date/time in venue local time before submitting.
• Use dual-date confirmation wording, especially for late-night arrivals (00:00-05:59).
• Required confirmation template:
  • Just to confirm: you want a table for [Night Day] night ([Night Date]), arriving around [Time] on [Arrival Day], [Arrival Date] ([Timezone]). I'll submit that as [Night Day] night with [Time] arrival. Is that correct?
• If the user gives a time like 2am without a day, ask:
  • Do you mean 2:00 AM after Thursday night (Friday morning), or after Friday night (Saturday morning)?
• If the user changes day, regenerate confirmation before submission.

Ops-tier sessions also have internal queue tools:

• list_vip_reservations (all outstanding reservations; default statuses: submitted, in_review, confirmed)
• list_vip_requests_for_alerting (due alerts only)
• mark_vip_request_alert_sent
• claim_vip_request_after_ack
• update_vip_booking_status (set confirmed/rejected/cancelled with audit event)
• upsert_vip_venue_tables (write venue table definitions + chart coordinates + optional table notes + optional layout_image_url)
• upsert_vip_table_availability (write per-date table statuses)
• upload_vip_table_chart_image (upload chart image to storage and attach layout_image_url to venue table metadata)

To discover bookable venues first, use:

• search_venues with vip_booking_supported_only=true
• or get_venue_info and check vip_booking_supported

For internal venue-booking workers, claim queue tasks via DB function:

• public.claim_next_vip_agent_task(p_agent_id text)

VIP Ops Dashboard

Internal dashboard routes:

• GET /ops/login
• POST /ops/login
• POST /ops/logout
• GET /ops/vip-dashboard

Internal admin API routes (cookie-session protected):

• GET /api/v1/admin/vip-bookings
• GET /api/v1/admin/vip-bookings/:id
• PATCH /api/v1/admin/vip-bookings/:id

Required env vars:

• VIP_DASHBOARD_ADMINS (comma-separated username:password pairs)

Optional env vars:

• VIP_DASHBOARD_SESSION_TTL_MINUTES (default: 720)
• VIP_DASHBOARD_SESSION_COOKIE_NAME (default: vip_dashboard_session)

Run

Stdio (local desktop clients):

npm run dev

Streamable HTTP:

npm run dev:http

For production build:

npm run build
npm start

For HTTP in production:

npm run start:http

Authenticated production smoke check:

NLT_API_KEY=... npm run smoke:prod:auth

Optional env overrides:

• NLT_MCP_URL (default: https://api.nightlife.dev/mcp)
• NLT_REST_BASE_URL (default: https://api.nightlife.dev/api/v1)
• NLT_SMOKE_CITY (default: tokyo)

Debug web UI for recommendations:

MCP_ENABLE_RECOMMENDATIONS=true npm run dev:http
# open http://127.0.0.1:3000/debug/recommendations

Notes

• Date handling supports tonight, this_weekend, YYYY-MM-DD, and YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD.
• get_recommendations returns up to 10 diverse modal slots with dynamic city-aware fallback.
• Venue and performer tools include upcoming events snapshots.
• log_unmet_request writes unresolved user asks to public.concierge_unmet_requests.
• VIP phase 1 writes booking submissions to public.vip_booking_requests and worker queue tasks to public.vip_agent_tasks.
• VIP inventory writes table definitions to public.vip_venue_tables and date-specific statuses to public.vip_table_availability.
• search_venues and get_venue_info include vip_booking_supported so clients can show exactly which venues accept VIP booking submissions.
• vip_booking_supported is sourced from public.venues.vip_booking_enabled (separate from guest_list_enabled).
• create_vip_booking_request only accepts venues where vip_booking_supported=true.
• City handling is backed by public.cities (slug, timezone, and service-day cutoff).
• Supported top-level cities are environment-configurable (for example tokyo and san-francisco) while Tokyo can remain the default.
• Stdio transport: no API key check.
• HTTP transport (/mcp): API key required by default (MCP_HTTP_REQUIRE_API_KEY=true).
• API key headers:
  • Authorization: Bearer <key>
  • x-api-key: <key>
• HTTP responses include key tier/source and rate-limit headers when DB-backed auth is active:
  • X-API-Key-Tier
  • X-API-Key-Source
  • X-RateLimit-Daily-Limit
  • X-RateLimit-Daily-Remaining
  • X-RateLimit-Minute-Limit
  • X-RateLimit-Minute-Remaining
• Health endpoint: /health.
• Debug page for manual tool testing: /debug/recommendations.
• Tool errors are returned as JSON text payloads in result.content[0].text:

Contributing & CI

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the workflow and rules. AI agents read AGENTS.md. CLAUDE.md is the architecture source of truth.