aloha.fyi MCP Server 🌺
The first dedicated Hawaii tourism MCP server. Hawaii tours, events, and deals for AI assistants — now with AAAK structured-response support so consumer agents can parse results without re-parsing prose.
When someone asks Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI "what should I do in Hawaii?" — this MCP server returns real, bookable data:
- 2,500+ bookable experiences from partner booking platforms (live counts: /health)
- Live events across Oahu, Maui, Big Island, and Kauai, refreshed weekly
- 600+ curated restaurants across the islands
- Live weather for all four islands (OpenMeteo)
- Day-plan itineraries with morning / lunch / afternoon / dinner picks
- Affiliate tracking on every booking link
- Real MCP protocol — Streamable HTTP, stateless, spec version
2025-03-26
- AAAK v0.1 — typed
structuredContent envelope alongside human-readable text. See docs/aaak-spec.md.
Powered by aloha.fyi — Hawaii's AI concierge.
Note on canonical source. This repository is the public-facing mirror of the production mcp-server directory inside baphometnxg/Nani-V3. Production deploys are driven from there; this repo is kept in sync as a standalone reference for community use and for anyone who wants to self-host. File issues here or upstream — both work.
Hosted endpoint
Production MCP server (no install, no setup):
https://mcp.aloha.fyi/mcp
- Transport: Streamable HTTP (stateless)
- Protocol version:
2025-03-26
- Auth: none (public, read-only)
- Health: GET /health — returns
aaak: { protocol, enabled, allowlist_size } so deploy state is observable
- Discovery: GET /.well-known/mcp/server.json
AAAK — structured response contract
By default, MCP tool results come back as a prose blob — agents that want to consume the data programmatically have to re-parse markdown to recover prices, booking URLs, islands, etc. AAAK fixes that.
When AAAK is enabled (and the calling client is on the allowlist), every tool result includes a typed structuredContent field carrying the data in machine-parseable form, and the marketing trailer is dropped from text to save tokens. When AAAK is off, the wire format is byte-equivalent to v1.0.0 — no surprises for clients that don't opt in.
Lossless invariants — preserved on every revenue-bearing row:
booking_url (affiliate revenue)source (compliance + attribution)price_cents (the only numeric field user decisions hinge on)island (every recommendation is island-scoped)
Example (search_hawaii_tours):
{
"ok": true,
"kind": "result",
"tool": "search_hawaii_tours",
"protocol": "aaak/0.1",
"query": { "query": "snorkeling", "island": "oahu", "limit": 1 },
"results": [
{
"title": "Hanauma Bay Snorkel",
"source": "viator",
"island": "oahu",
"area": "east_oahu",
"category": "tour",
"price_cents": 8900,
"rating": 4.7,
"review_count": 2341,
"description": "Guided snorkeling at Oahu's most famous reef...",
"booking_url": "https://aloha.fyi/r/aB3kT9pQz1",
"is_deal": false
}
],
"meta": { "count": 1, "cached": false, "source_diversity": 1 }
}
Full spec: docs/aaak-spec.md. Generated JSON Schema: docs/aaak.schema.json.
Verification scripts for self-hosters and contributors:
npm run aaak:test
npm run aaak:smoke
npm run aaak:gate
npm run aaak:verify -- --expect=aaak --ua=claude-code/1.0
Connect to Claude Desktop
Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):
{
"mcpServers": {
"aloha-fyi-hawaii": {
"url": "https://mcp.aloha.fyi/mcp"
}
}
}
Restart Claude Desktop. You should see the six Hawaii tools appear in the tool picker. Try:
Find me snorkeling tours in Oahu under $100
What events are happening in Honolulu this weekend?
Plan a family adventure day on the Big Island — cheapest options
Connect to any MCP-compatible client
Any client that supports Streamable HTTP MCP can point directly at:
https://mcp.aloha.fyi/mcp
No API key, no OAuth, no signup.
Manual protocol test
curl -X POST https://mcp.aloha.fyi/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-03-26","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"curl","version":"1.0"}}}'
search_hawaii_tours
Search 2,500+ bookable Hawaii tours and activities by keyword, island, price range. Returns tours with booking links; filter by platform via source.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|
query | string (required) | e.g. "snorkeling", "helicopter tour", "family luau" |
island | oahu | maui | big_island | kauai | any | Defaults to any |
max_price_dollars | number | Maximum price per person in USD |
source | viator | gyg | klook | groupon | any | Filter by booking platform |
limit | number | Results (max 20, default 5) |
get_hawaii_deals
Find budget deals and discounts. Returns discounted and low-price options sorted cheapest first.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|
activity | string (required) | e.g. "snorkeling", "helicopter", "luau" |
max_price_dollars | number | Default 100 |
limit | number | Results (max 20, default 5) |
search_hawaii_events
Find upcoming events, concerts, festivals, and nightlife across all Hawaiian islands. Updated weekly from venue and promoter sources.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|
query | string | e.g. "live music", "luau", "concert" |
island | oahu | maui | big_island | kauai | any | Defaults to any |
days_ahead | number | How many days ahead to search (default 7) |
Run it yourself
git clone https://github.com/baphometnxg/aloha-fyi-mcp.git
cd aloha-fyi-mcp
npm install
npx tsc
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://..." PORT=9624 node dist/http.js
Requires:
- Node.js 20+
DATABASE_URL env var (PostgreSQL with an experiences table — schema in schema.sql)
Privacy
No PII is collected by the MCP server. Stateless mode — no sessions, no cross-request profiles. Standard request metadata is logged for abuse prevention only.
Full privacy policy: aloha.fyi/privacy
About
Built by Michael Crain — Hawaii resident, cinematographer, and founder of aloha.fyi.
aloha.fyi is an AI-powered multilingual tourism concierge for Hawaii's visitor industry. The concierge agent "Nani" speaks 5 languages (English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Spanish) and has access to 2,500+ bookable experiences across multiple partner platforms.
This MCP server exposes a subset of that capability to any AI assistant that speaks the Model Context Protocol.
Built with aloha. Powered by AI. Rooted in Hawaiian culture. 🌺