Things to Do API MCP: local events knowledge base for agents
At a glance
Show HN (Oct 16): Things to Do ships REST + HTTP MCP so agents query SF Bay Area shows, pop-ups, concerts, and festivals in plain language (`claude mcp add --transport http thingstodo https://api.thingstodoapi.com/mcp`) instead of slow web search or ad-hoc scraping; NYC/LA listed as soon. This workflow is listed under MCP, local-events, agent-API, directory, consumer-agents.
Kondo’s WhatsApp MCP (Streamable HTTP at mcp.trykondo.com/mcp) lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code and Copilot search chats, read messages, draft replies, label, reminder and archive while Kondo Desktop holds the local WhatsApp session—no send tool, so nothing leaves as a message until you press Send. Relay keeps chat content off the cloud; Desktop must stay open. MCP on Business/Enterprise plans; install skill at trykondo.com/skills/kondo-whatsapp.md.
Marc Lou’s MailCheap exposes Streamable HTTP MCP at https://mailcheap.ai/mcp so ChatGPT, Claude and Grok Bot connect with OAuth (no key to copy); Claude Code, Codex and Cursor use a bearer API key. Agents can draft campaigns, send tests, schedule issues and read stats; schedule/send tools are marked destructive and ask before sending. Open-source / self-host option; pay only for SES-style sends vs beehiiv-class plans.
xAI gives each account one @mail.grokbot.com inbox for signups and outreach; Shipmail’s MCP connector + webhook lets the same Grok Bot send/receive from your domain and start a Grok automation when new mail arrives—better for customers who distrust mail.grokbot.com.
Skysay’s hosted Streamable HTTP MCP (https://api.skysay.ai/mcp) lets Grok Bot check coverage, request numbers, place approved outbound calls through a hosted voice agent, and send SMS—OAuth/PKCE, separate call vs SMS approval, no local Twilio bridge. Start read-only with account_overview; outside US/CA/UK/MX outbound often needs carrier review first.