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  "name": "io.github.foursquare/foursquare-places-mcp",
  "description": "Foursquare's official Places MCP wraps the Places API v3, the same data layer behind Uber Eats search, Apple Weather location lookups, and most Snowflake-backed location enrichment pipelines. Filter 100M+ places by category, features, hours, and proximity; pull rich metadata including photos, reviews, ratings, and real-time popularity. Local stdio server; requires a Foursquare Service API key.",
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      "githubStars": 15,
      "lastCommitAt": "2025-04-29T19:38:34Z"
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    "url": "https://github.com/foursquare/foursquare-places-mcp",
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  "author": {
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      "registryType": "npm",
      "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
      "identifier": "",
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      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "name": "FOURSQUARE_SERVICE_TOKEN",
          "description": "FOURSQUARE_SERVICE_TOKEN — required credential for Foursquare Places.",
          "isRequired": true,
          "isSecret": true
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      "scope": "network",
      "sandbox": "Authenticates with a Foursquare Service API key. Read-only — no place edits or check-ins from the MCP.",
      "gotchas": [
        "Service tokens are full-account credentials — scope them per project rather than reusing a personal token.",
        "Free tier starter credit is finite; high-volume agents should monitor usage to avoid hard 429s on the place-details endpoint."
      ]
    }
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