Namaste America MCP server

• ask_community_questionFree

  Ask the Namaste America community a question on behalf of a signed-in member. `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email (not free text) — it attributes the question and guards against spam. Questions are moderated: clean ones publish immediately, others are held for review. Returns {'ok', 'id', 'slug', 'status'} or {'ok': False, 'error'}.

• follow_cityFree

  Follow a city so the member is notified of new events there (e.g. "Plano, TX"). `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email. Returns {'ok'} or {'ok': False, 'error'}.

• get_apparel_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one apparel/jewelry store, plus its version history.

• get_community_answersFree

  A community question + its published answers (Dost's AI answer first, then community answers by upvotes). `slug` comes from search_community_questions. Returns the question with an `answers` list, or {'error': 'not_found'}.

• get_community_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one community organization, plus its version history.

• get_education_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one education/tutoring listing, plus its version history.

• get_event_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one event, plus its version history.

• get_festival_datesFree

  Upcoming Indian & South-Asian festival dates for planning in the USA. With no `query`, returns the next `limit` festivals soonest-first. With a `query` (e.g. "Diwali", "when is holi"), returns the single soonest matching festival. Each item has name, date (ISO), days_until, emoji and a greeting. IMPORTANT: many Hindu/Sikh/Jain/Muslim festivals follow lunar calendars, so these dates are best-effort — always tell the user to confirm the exact date with their local temple, gurdwara, mosque or a panchang. Returns {'results': [...], 'note': ...}.

• get_finance_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one finance/tax listing, plus its version history.

• get_grocery_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one grocery store, plus its version history.

• get_h1b_sponsor_detailsFree

  Full details for one H-1B sponsor (the id from search_h1b_sponsors). Returns the sponsor record (employer, certified counts, wages, top titles/states/cities, ...) or {'error': 'not_found'}. Aggregated from U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosure data.

• get_indian_apparelFree

  Find Indian apparel & jewelry stores (sarees, lehengas, ethnic wear, gold jewelers). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "saree", "bridal", "gold", "jewelry", "tailoring") or `open_now`.

• get_indian_communityFree

  Find Indian community organizations & cultural associations (regional samaj/sangam, cultural centers, Indo-American associations). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. a region like "telugu", "gujarati", or "association"/"cultural_center").

• get_indian_educationFree

  Find Indian-American education & tutoring (heritage/language schools, Bal Vihar, coaching). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "language_school", "heritage", "tutoring").

• get_indian_eventsFree

  Find upcoming Indian-American community events (festivals, garba, concerts, puja). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `category` ("festival", "garba", "concert", "puja", …) or `tag` ("diwali", "holi", …). Returns UPCOMING events by default (soonest first); set `include_past=true` for history. Each event has `start_at`/`end_at`, venue, category and a description. Use `offset` to page (the response's `has_more` says whether another page exists).

• get_indian_financeFree

  Find Indian-American CPAs, tax preparers & financial advisors. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "cpa", "tax", "financial_advisor").

• get_indian_groceriesFree

  Find Indian grocery stores (desi groceries / supermarkets). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Optional `region_tag` (e.g. "Gujarati"), `tag` (e.g. "spices", "halal"), `open_now`. Records include description, store type, tags, hours, region and `open_now`.

• get_indian_legalFree

  Find Indian-American immigration attorneys & law firms. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "immigration").

• get_indian_movies_in_theatersFree

  List Indian-language movies currently playing in US theaters (Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati). Optional `language` filters to one (e.g. "Telugu"). Each movie includes `title`, `language`, `poster_url`, `overview`, `release_date`, `genres`, and a `ticket_url` — a "find showtimes / buy tickets" search link (per-theater showtimes are not available via a free source). Data from TMDB.

• get_indian_professionalsFree

  Find Indian-American healthcare professionals (doctors, dentists, clinics, pharmacies). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `profession_type` ("doctors", "dentist", "clinic", "pharmacy"), `speciality` (e.g. "pediatrics", "cardiology", "ayurveda"), `tag`, or `open_now`. Note: these are matched from public data via an Indian-name signal, so a `confidence_score` is included.

• get_indian_realestateFree

  Find Indian-American realtors & real-estate agencies. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "agency", "mortgage").

• get_indian_restaurantsFree

  Find Indian restaurants by location and/or filters. Provide either a point (`lat`+`lng`, optionally `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Optional filters: `region_tag` (e.g. "Gujarati", "South Indian"), `dietary_tags` (any of "vegetarian", "vegan", "halal", "jain"), `tag` (a keyword/dish like "biryani", "dosa", "catering"), `open_now` (only places open at the current time), `featured_only`. Use `offset` (e.g. offset=25 after a limit=25 page) to page further; the response's `has_more` says whether another page exists. Each record includes a `description`, `tags`, a `confidence_score` (0-1), an `is_featured` flag, an `open_now` flag (true/false/null), and `distance_miles` when a point was supplied.

• get_indian_salonsFree

  Find Indian beauty salons (threading, henna/mehndi, hair, bridal). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "threading", "henna", "bridal") or `open_now`. Records include description, services (tags), hours and an `open_now` flag.

• get_indian_servicesFree

  Find Indian community services (money transfer/remittance, banks, immigration/visa, travel agents, tax/insurance). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "money-transfer", "immigration", "travel", "tax") or `open_now`.

• get_indian_studiosFree

  Find Indian yoga & cultural studios (yoga, classical dance, music, language classes). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "yoga", "bharatanatyam", "kathak", "tabla", "carnatic") or `open_now`.

• get_indian_sweetsFree

  Find Indian sweets shops (mithai) & bakeries. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "mithai", "jalebi", "bakery", "eggless") or `open_now`.

• get_indian_templesFree

  Find Indian-American temples (Hindu/Sikh/Jain places of worship). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `religion` ("hindu", "sikh", "jain"), `denomination` (e.g. "swaminarayan"), `tag`, or `open_now`. Records include description, deity, region, tags, hours and `open_now`.

• get_legal_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one immigration/legal listing, plus its version history.

• get_movie_detailsFree

  Full details for one Indian movie (the id from get_indian_movies_in_theaters). Returns the movie record (title, language, overview, release_date, genres, poster_url, ...) or {'error': 'not_found'}. Movie data from TMDB; this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

• get_offersFree

  Live offers & announcements posted by Indian-American business owners (e.g. "20% off thalis this week", "new weekend Garba class"), optionally filtered by city/state/vertical. Returns current, non-expired owner posts with the listing they belong to. Great for "any deals near me this week". Returns {'count', 'results': [{title, body, kind, vertical, listing_id, name, city, state, created_at, expires_at}]}.

• get_professional_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one professional/practice, plus its version history.

• get_realestate_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one real-estate listing, plus its version history.

• get_restaurant_detailsFree

  Fetch the full canonical record for one restaurant, plus its version history.

• get_reviewsFree

  Published community reviews for a listing (newest first) + its rolled-up community rating. The community rating is first-party (visitor-submitted) and is separate from any web-harvested `rating` returned by the get_/search_ tools. Each review includes the business owner's public reply when they've responded. Returns {'community_rating', 'community_rating_count', 'reviews': [{rating, title, body, author, created_at, owner_reply, owner_reply_at}]}.

• get_salon_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one salon, plus its version history.

• get_service_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one service business, plus its version history.

• get_studio_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one studio, plus its version history.

• get_sweets_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one sweets shop / bakery, plus its version history.

• get_temple_detailsFree

  Full canonical record for one temple, plus its version history.

• get_today_highlightsFree

  What's happening in Indian America today, optionally for a city + languages — the upcoming festival (+ approximate tithi), soonest events nearby, Indian movies in theaters, places newly added in the city, a culture/immigration nugget, and trending community questions. `languages` is a comma-separated list (e.g. "Telugu,Hindi"). Great for a daily briefing. Returns the assembled feed; date fields are ISO. Lunar festival/tithi dates are approximate — tell users to confirm locally.

• list_followsFree

  What a member follows (cities + categories). `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email. Returns {'count', 'results': [{kind, value}]}.

• list_saved_placesFree

  A member's saved places (each joined to its live listing). `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email. Returns {'count', 'results': [{vertical, id, name, city, state}]}.

• save_placeFree

  Save a listing to a signed-in member's list. `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email. `vertical` + `listing_id` come from the get_/search_ tools. Returns {'ok', 'name'} or {'ok': False, 'error'}.

• search_allFree

  Search across ALL Indian-American verticals at once — restaurants, temples, groceries, healthcare professionals, beauty salons, events, apparel & jewelry, sweets & bakeries, yoga/dance studios, and community services. Use for broad queries like "Indian things near me in Edison NJ" or "vegetarian South Indian". Results are ranked by relevance: an exact name match ranks first, then by keyword/semantic similarity, proximity (pass `lat`+`lng`) and freshness. Each result is tagged with its `vertical`. Optionally constrain by `city`/`state`.

• search_apparel_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian apparel & jewelry stores.

• search_community_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian community organizations & associations.

• search_community_questionsFree

  Search the Namaste America community Q&A — real questions Indians in the USA ask and answer ("Telugu-speaking pediatrician in Plano?", "best sweets for Diwali in Edison?"). Returns published questions matching the query, most-answered first, each with a `slug` you can pass to get_community_answers. A grounded, community-sourced complement to the listings + knowledge base. Returns {'count', 'results': [{slug, title, city, state, vertical, answer_count}]}.

• search_education_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American education & tutoring.

• search_events_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American events (incl. past, for history). `offset` pages.

• search_finance_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American CPAs, tax preparers & financial advisors.

• search_groceries_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian grocery stores (name/region/store type).

• search_h1b_sponsorsFree

  Search US employers that sponsor H-1B visas — the visa most Indians-from-India use to work in the USA. Filter by employer name (`query`) and/or worksite `state` (2-letter). Ranked by number of certified Labor Condition Applications. Each result has `certified` (count), `median_wage`, `top_titles`, `top_states`, `top_cities`. Aggregated public figures from U.S. DOL disclosure data.

• search_knowledgeFree

  Grounded answers from the Namaste America knowledge base — culture, festivals, visa/H-1B, tax, banking, and newcomer/settling-in guides for Indians from India living in the USA. Returns the top matching passages, each with the source document's title + url so you can cite it. Optionally scope to a `vertical`. Use this for factual "how/what/when" questions rather than the listing-search tools. Returns {'count', 'results': [{text, title, url, source_type, vertical}]}.

• search_legal_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American immigration attorneys & law firms.

• search_professionals_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American healthcare professionals.

• search_realestate_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American realtors & real-estate agencies.

• search_restaurants_by_textFree

  Free-text search over restaurant name/cuisine/region, ranked by relevance. Optionally constrain to a `city`/`state`. Featured listings are surfaced first. Use `offset` to page further (the response's `has_more` says whether another page exists).

• search_salons_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian beauty salons.

• search_services_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian community services.

• search_studios_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian yoga/dance/music studios.

• search_sweets_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian sweets shops & bakeries.

• search_temples_by_textFree

  Free-text/semantic search over temples (name/deity/denomination/region).

• submit_correctionwrite actionFree

  Propose a correction to a listing field (agents/users reporting bad data). `vertical` is the category key (default 'restaurants'); `listing_id` is the id from that category's get_/search_ tools. Correctable restaurant fields: phone, email, website, menu_url, address_full, city, state, region_tag, price_range, cuisine_type, festival_specials. The correction is stored and applied by the Feedback agent — automatically for unclaimed listings, or routed to a human for claimed/featured ones. Identity fields (name, coordinates) are not correctable. Structured field corrections currently apply to restaurants; for other categories use submit_review to flag issues (or the owner portal). Returns {ok, feedback_id|error}.

• submit_listingwrite actionFree

  Submit a new Indian-American business/listing for REVIEW — it does NOT go live automatically. `vertical` is the category key (restaurants, temples, groceries, professionals, salons, apparel, sweets, studios, services, community, legal, education, realestate, finance — not events, which are agent-managed). The submission enters a human moderation queue and is published only after an admin approves it. `name` is required; provide as much else as you can. Returns {'ok', 'id'} or {'ok': False, 'error': 'bad_vertical'|'name_required'}.

• submit_reviewwrite actionFree

  Submit a community review (1-5 star rating + optional text) for a listing. `vertical` is the category key (restaurants, temples, groceries, professionals, salons, apparel, sweets, studios, services, community, legal, education, realestate, finance) and `listing_id` is the id returned by that category's get_/search_ tools. Reviews are moderated: clean ones publish immediately and spam/abusive ones are held for human review. Returns {'ok', 'id', 'status'}.

• unsave_placewrite actionFree

  Remove a listing from a member's saved list. `member_email` must be the authenticated member's email. Returns {'ok': True}.

• –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
• Live reliabilityremote reachable in 1190ms20/20
• Tool poisoning66 tool descriptions checked15/15
• Auth qualityopen endpoint exposes 4 write-action tools with no auth3/15
• Maintenancelast push 65 days ago12/15
• Maintainer identitynamespace and repository owner differ; website matches verified namespace5/10

Safety score

73/100

higher than 42% of 4,460 AI and agents servers

Tools

66

the typical AI and agents server has 6

Tools that change things

6%

typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break

Uptime

100%

of our recent checks; the typical remote AI and agents server answers 100%

Response time

352 ms

faster than 40% of 2,331 AI and agents servers

Namaste America: common questions

Is Namaste America MCP server safe?

Mostly: it is graded B (73/100). Read the Namaste America safety report

How do I install Namaste America?

It runs remotely at namasteamerica.us. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.

Does Namaste America need an API key?

Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.

Is Namaste America maintained?

The last commit was 104 days ago (2026-07-23). The latest release is v0.1.0.

Is Namaste America up?

100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.

What can I use instead of Namaste America?

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How does Namaste America compare with other AI and agents MCP servers?

safety score 73/100 (higher than 42% of 4,460 AI and agents servers); tools 66 (the typical AI and agents server has 6); tools that change things 6% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.