Untappd MCP server for AI agents

The Untappd Model Context Protocol Server interfaces with the Untappd API, allowing you to search for beers, retrieve detailed beer information, and check user activity (although the user checkins feature is currently non-functional). The server works with Claude Desktop through the Model Context Protocol.

Installation

Prerequisites

Make sure you have Node.js installed on your system before proceeding.

Setup Process

Clone or download the repository to your local machine
Install dependencies:
```
npm install
```
Build the server:
```
npm run build
```

Configuring Claude Desktop

To use this server with Claude Desktop, you need to add the server configuration to Claude's config file:

On MacOS: Edit the file at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

On Windows: Edit the file at %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Add the following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "untappd-server": {
      "command": "/path/to/untappd-server/build/index.js"
    }
  }
}

Be sure to replace /path/to/untappd-server with the actual path to where you installed the server.

Usage

The server currently supports two functional tools:

Searching for Beer

Use the search_beer tool to search for beers on Untappd. This will return basic information about beers matching your search query.

Getting Detailed Beer Information

Once you have a beer ID from search results, use the get_beer_info tool to retrieve comprehensive details about a specific beer.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues with the server, you can use the MCP Inspector for debugging:

npm run inspector

This will provide a URL you can open in your browser to access debugging tools that help diagnose communication problems between Claude and the MCP server.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "untappd-server" '{"command":"/path/to/untappd-server/build/index.js"}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "untappd-server": {
            "command": "/path/to/untappd-server/build/index.js"
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "untappd-server": {
            "command": "/path/to/untappd-server/build/index.js"
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect