# Local Business Finder — how to use (mcp.ai)

Find businesses by city or neighborhood with phone, address, website and rating, then read the reviews of each one. Useful both to build a prospecting list and to track a business reputation, yours or a competitor's. Accepts up to 100 searches in a single call. Hosted by the platform, no credentials, you pay per query.

## Option A — via MCP (recommended)
Remote MCP endpoint (HTTP, streamable): `https://api.mcp.ai/p_local_finder?ms=1788152160000`
Add it as a custom/remote MCP connector in your client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code…), then authenticate when prompted. Once connected, ask the agent to use the server's tools (e.g. `local_finder_map`).

## Option B — via direct REST API
Base URL: `https://api.mcp.ai/api/local_finder`
Auth: `Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…` — create a workspace API key at https://mcp.ai/settings/api-keys
Discover endpoints: `GET https://api.mcp.ai/api/local_finder/_endpoints`

### Endpoints
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/local_finder/map` — Busca no mapa e devolve o dobro de estabelecimentos por consulta, com latitude e longitude. Use quando precisar de cobertura ou das coordenadas; para volume, local_finder_search custa um terço do preç
  - body: { consultas: string[], pais?: string, idioma?: string, limite?: integer, local?: string, pagina?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/local_finder/reviews` — Lê as avaliações de um estabelecimento: nota, data e texto de cada uma. O identificador vem no campo cid devolvido por local_finder_search ou local_finder_map, então o caminho natural é achar o negóci
  - body: { cids: string[], pais?: string, idioma?: string, pagina_token?: string }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/local_finder/search` — Busca estabelecimentos e devolve nome, endereço, telefone, site, nota, número de avaliações e o identificador cid. É a ferramenta de prospecção: uma consulta por cidade ou bairro devolve a lista pront
  - body: { consultas: string[], pais?: string, idioma?: string, limite?: integer, local?: string, pagina?: integer }

## Example prompts
- "Find dental clinics in Campinas with phone and rating, and build a prospecting list"
- "What are the most common complaints in this company's reviews?"
- "Compare the rating and review volume of the 5 competitors in this neighborhood"

## More
- Page: https://mcp.ai/local_finder
- Agent spec (llms.txt): https://mcp.ai/local_finder/llms.txt
- Postman collection: https://mcp.ai/local_finder/postman.json