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Things To Do API offers local events data to AI agents over REST and MCP

Things To Do API has launched a local events service aimed at AI agents and apps, covering shows, talks, pop-ups, markets and festivals. It offers both a REST search endpoint and an MCP server, with a free tier and pay-as-you-go pricing.

Source: thingstodoapi.com

The service returns event records with a title, category, start time, local date and time, venue, and links to the event listing and ticket pages. Developers can query it in plain language, for example asking for comedy in San Francisco this weekend, through a GET request to the search endpoint.

For MCP clients, the company gives a single command that adds its server over HTTP. Coverage is live for the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, with Los Angeles listed as coming soon, and the company says it will consider requests for other cities.

The free plan includes 1,000 calls a month and 60 calls a minute. Pay-as-you-go pricing charges $5 per 1,000 calls with the first 1,000 each month free, and an enterprise tier offers custom city coverage and an SLA. Unauthenticated trial access allows 50 queries a day.

Why it matters if you build agents

Agents that need live event listings can get them from one API instead of scraping ticketing sites, which may simplify recommendation or booking flows. Check the coverage list first, since only two regions are live and the others are marked as coming soon.

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