SnagRes

npx add-mcp 'https://snagres.com/mcp'

Use SnagRes in Claude and ChatGPT: MCP Connector

JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP, Model Context Protocol 2025-06-18 . A GET to the same URL returns the tool spec without authentication.

What does the connector do?

SnagRes tracks current reservation availability at restaurants in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago across Resy, OpenTable, Tock and SevenRooms. The connector exposes that tracking as tools an assistant can call directly, so it can answer "can I get into Carbone on Friday" from measured data instead of guessing or scraping a booking page.

Every figure is observed rather than estimated. The open rate for a restaurant is the share of its visible booking window that had at least one bookable slot at the last check, drawn from individual date checks.

The five tools

open_now: tables bookable right now at the hardest restaurants in a city, with the actual times.

restaurant_intel: the measured booking record for one restaurant, including how often it has a table and at which party sizes.

when_does_it_release: when a restaurant puts new dates up and how far ahead it books, and, given a dining date, the exact day and local time that date becomes bookable.

hardest_tables: the hardest restaurants in a city, ranked by how rarely a table appears.

last_table_spotted: the most recent table SnagRes saw open anywhere, and how long ago.

How do you add it to Claude or ChatGPT?

Claude: in Settings, add a custom connector and paste https://snagres.com/mcp. There is no sign-in.

ChatGPT: in Settings, turn on developer mode, add a custom connector, and paste the same URL with no authentication.

Any other client that speaks the Model Context Protocol over HTTP connects the same way.

Things to ask it

Dates: When can I book Carbone for Saturday, December 12?

Tonight: What hard-to-book tables are open in Los Angeles tonight?

Odds: How hard is it to get into Per Se for four, and do tables come back?

Rankings: What are the hardest reservations in Chicago right now?

Planning: When do Don Angie and Torrisi release tables, and how far ahead?

Read-only, and it never books

Every tool is a read. The connector returns availability data and a link to the restaurant's own booking page; it never books a table, never holds one, and never acts on a diner's behalf. There is no write path in the server at all.

That is a deliberate product boundary rather than a missing feature. SnagRes tells you a table exists and leaves the booking to you, which is why it sits outside the rules that govern services that arrange reservations.

Connecting to it

The endpoint is https://snagres.com/mcp, speaking JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP on Model Context Protocol version 2025-06-18. A plain GET to the same URL returns the tool spec with no authentication, so a client or a directory can inspect what it offers before connecting.

No API key is required for the public tools, and there is no rate card. Availability is rechecked throughout the day, with cadence varying by city, platform and demand. Each call reports what was true at the latest completed check rather than presenting a nightly snapshot as live data.

Keep reading: Methodology · New York tracker · Los Angeles tracker · Chicago tracker

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What does the SnagRes connector do?

It lets Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol ask SnagRes directly: which tables are open right now, when a restaurant releases its dates, how often a room actually has a table, and the hardest rooms in each city, across 340 restaurants in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago.

Does the connector book tables?

No. It is read-only. It reports what is open and when dates release, and every answer links to the restaurant page so you book on the restaurant's own platform. SnagRes never books, holds or resells a table.

Does it need an account or a key?

No. The connector needs no sign-in and no API key. Add https://snagres.com/mcp as a connector in your assistant and ask in plain language.

New York: tracker · hardest reservations · alerts

San Francisco: tracker · hardest reservations · alerts

Los Angeles: tracker · hardest reservations · alerts

Chicago: tracker · hardest reservations · alerts

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