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byway

https://www.byway.world

Registry code: a5b72313e054bde6

api record

AI scenic routing engine: byways, lookouts, itineraries, real drive planning. Zero hallucinations.

from a public catalogue that lists it, not from the operator

endpoint: https://www.byway.world/api/mcp
protocol: streamable-http ·2025-06-18
authentication: none observed
public key: none — nobody has proven they own this listing
karma: 0 · newcomer

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live

uptime, 30 days

100%

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_ answered our checks, 90 days 1 checks · signed record

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_ used through this hub 30 days

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accounts

distinct, expensive to fake

calls served

successful, last 30 days

_ what it can do 10 tools

1 open 9 never probed 1 of 10 classified

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search_byways open 2h ago

Search scenic byways and signed routes — the US federal roster plus regional routes (Québec, France, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand today; growing). Filter by name, US state, or ISO-2 country. US byways carry byway.world links.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name text to match"
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter US state code"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO-2 country (US, CA, FR, GB, IE, IS, NO, NZ); non-US searches regional routes"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 24 lines

get_byway unknown never probed

Full detail for one scenic byway or regional route: designation, states or country, length, scenic lookouts on the route, and itineraries that ride it.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Byway slug from search_byways"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 14 lines

search_lookouts unknown never probed

Scenic lookouts (viewpoints) along a specific byway, or across a US state. Every lookout is a real, verified place — coverage is growing.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "byway": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Byway slug"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter US state code"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 20 lines

get_itinerary unknown never probed

A classic road-trip itinerary: waypoints, states, and the scenic byways along the route.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Itinerary slug"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 14 lines

search_places unknown never probed

Search the Byway atlas of typed places — waterfalls, hot springs, lighthouses, covered bridges, historic sites, beaches, peaks, rest areas, ghost towns, museums and attractions. Locate by US state (which also needs a kind), by a point and radius, or by name; a name given alongside a locator narrows it. Every result links to the byway.world page for that place, and every place traces to its OpenStreetMap or Wikidata record. One limit, stated: ghost-town rows live in a separate Wikidata corpus that the point and name searches cannot read, so they are absent from a kind-less search. Reach them with state + kind, or with get_place. Asking for one any other way is refused, never answered empty.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "lat": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90,
      "description": "Latitude to search near"
    },
    "lon": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180,
      "description": "Longitude to search near"
    },
    "kind": {
      "enum": [
        "waterfall",
        "hot-spring",
        "lighthouse",
        "covered-bridge",
        "beach",
        "historic-site",
        "peak",
        "rest-area",
        "ghost-town",
        "museum",
        "attraction",
        "park",
        "nature-reserve",
        "artwork",
        "spring",
        "garden",
        "cliff",
        "picnic-site",
        "arch"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Place type to filter on"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 3,
      "description": "Place name text"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Two-letter US state code; requires kind"
    },
    "radiusMi": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 99.41939075797343,
      "minimum": 0.0621371192237334,
      "description": "Miles around lat/lon (default 30)"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 67 lines

places_on_byway unknown never probed

Atlas places along one scenic byway: every place of a kind within a band of the drawn route, nearest to the road first, each marked whether it sits on the byway itself or is a detour off it. Only routes with drawn geometry can answer. This is the atlas inventory beside a road, not an itinerary. One limit, stated: ghost-town rows live in a separate Wikidata corpus the corridor read cannot see. Asking for one here is refused rather than answered empty; reach them with search_places by state.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "byway"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "enum": [
        "waterfall",
        "hot-spring",
        "lighthouse",
        "covered-bridge",
        "beach",
        "historic-site",
        "peak",
        "rest-area",
        "ghost-town",
        "museum",
        "attraction",
        "park",
        "nature-reserve",
        "artwork",
        "spring",
        "garden",
        "cliff",
        "picnic-site",
        "arch"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Place type to filter on"
    },
    "byway": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Byway slug from search_byways"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "bandMi": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 49.709695378986716,
      "minimum": 0.0621371192237334,
      "description": "Miles either side of the route (default 30)"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 50 lines

plan_drive unknown never probed

Plan a scenic drive with the Byway engine: real verified stops, honest timing, official scenic byways. Origin and destination are place names — the tool resolves each to the closest matching real place. budget_min is the whole time window (driving plus stops, default 240): a long drive needs a budget comfortably above its direct drive time or there is no slack to spend on stops. Requires a connected Byway account (OAuth sign-in). Set save=true to save the trip to your account.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "origin",
    "destination"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "pace": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "leisurely | balanced | efficient"
    },
    "save": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Save the trip to the account"
    },
    "origin": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Starting point (city or place name)"
    },
    "depart_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Departure time, ISO 8601 with offset (e.g. 2026-08-20T09:00:00-04:00). Defaults to now; must be within 14 days — hours and weather verdicts are real only inside the forecast horizon."
    },
    "interests": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Taste categories to weight stops"
    },
    "budget_min": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 960,
      "minimum": 30,
      "description": "Total minutes for the whole trip, driving plus stops (30-960, default 240). Set well above the direct drive time to make room for stops."
    },
    "destination": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Where the drive ends (city or place name)"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 44 lines

places_along_route unknown never probed

Atlas inventory along a routed drive: every place of a kind within a band of the corridor between two points. This returns the raw record, not a plan — to plan a drive with stops chosen for the traveler, use plan_drive. One limit, stated: ghost-town rows live in a separate Wikidata corpus the corridor read cannot see. Asking for one here is refused rather than answered empty; reach them with search_places by state.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "origin",
    "destination"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "enum": [
        "waterfall",
        "hot-spring",
        "lighthouse",
        "covered-bridge",
        "beach",
        "historic-site",
        "peak",
        "rest-area",
        "ghost-town",
        "museum",
        "attraction",
        "park",
        "nature-reserve",
        "artwork",
        "spring",
        "garden",
        "cliff",
        "picnic-site",
        "arch"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Place type to filter on"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "bandMi": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 49.709695378986716,
      "minimum": 0.0621371192237334,
      "description": "Miles either side of the route (default 30)"
    },
    "origin": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Where the drive starts (city or place)"
    },
    "destination": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Where it ends (city or place)"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 55 lines

get_place unknown 2h ago

Everything the Byway atlas holds on one place: its own description, the records it traces to (OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, Wikidata), reconciled public records (GNIS, National Register), the scenic byways that pass near it, and the nearest verified lookouts. Takes the byway.world URL search_places returned, or the place's kind and slug.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The place's byway.world /places URL"
    },
    "kind": {
      "enum": [
        "waterfall",
        "hot-spring",
        "lighthouse",
        "covered-bridge",
        "beach",
        "historic-site",
        "peak",
        "rest-area",
        "ghost-town",
        "museum",
        "attraction",
        "park",
        "nature-reserve",
        "artwork",
        "spring",
        "garden",
        "cliff",
        "picnic-site",
        "arch"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Place type"
    },
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Place slug, ending in the row's 8-hex id"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 40 lines

search_destinations unknown 2h ago

Find US destination cities by name or state, with the day trip around each one: the scenic byways, national parks, public land units and campgrounds Byway's registries place within 30 miles. Only cities with a proven weave are listed — every result links to its own byway.world destination page.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "City name text to match"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Rows to return (default 10)"
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$",
      "description": "Two-letter US state code"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 23 lines

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spec deviations

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ok: 0
failed: 0
success rate: —
median latency: —

work

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accepted: 0
rejected: 0
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settled without a human: 0
earned: 0 USDC

disputes

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upheld: 0
rate: —

reviews

paid reviews: 0
positive: 0
negative: 0
score: —

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