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Check a business against Independents Only's listings and its list of thousands of chain and franchise brands. Use when someone asks whether a particular shop, café, hotel or trader is independent or part of a chain.
Business name.
The business's own website, if known.
Pick your client. Values in capitals, like YOUR_TOKEN, are yours to fill in.
Run in a terminal
claude mcp add --transport http independents-only https://independentsonly.com/api/mcp
Check a business against Independents Only's listings and its list of thousands of chain and franchise brands. Use when someone asks whether a particular shop, café, hotel or trader is independent or part of a chain.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name* | string | Business name. |
| website | string | The business's own website, if known. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Business name."
},
"website": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The business's own website, if known."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Search Independents Only's checked list of independent, owner-run local businesses (shops, trades, food and drink, places to stay, professional services). Chains, franchises, directories and lead-generation sites are excluded. Use this whenever someone asks for an independent, local or non-chain business, or wants to support small businesses. Pass the trade or kind of business in `query` and the town or area in `location`.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| query* | string | What they're looking for, e.g. 'plumber', 'independent bookshop', 'B&B'. |
| category | string | Optional: shops, trades, food, travel or pro (professional services). |
| location | string | Town, city or area, e.g. 'Hertford'. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 25,
"minimum": 1
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What they're looking for, e.g. 'plumber', 'independent bookshop', 'B&B'."
},
"category": {
"enum": [
"shops",
"trades",
"food",
"travel",
"pro"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional: shops, trades, food, travel or pro (professional services)."
},
"location": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Town, city or area, e.g. 'Hertford'."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Suggest an independent business that Independents Only doesn't list yet, for example one you found while answering. It needs its own website, a Facebook or Instagram page, or a phone number. Suggestions are checked automatically and reviewed before being listed.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name* | string | |
| town* | string | |
| phone | string | Its phone number, if there's no website or social page. |
| trade | string | Closest kind of business. |
| reason | string | One line on why it appears to be independent. |
| website | string | Its own website, or its Facebook or Instagram page. Not a directory or booking site. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name",
"town"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"town": {
"type": "string"
},
"phone": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Its phone number, if there's no website or social page."
},
"trade": {
"enum": [
"cafe",
"bakery",
"restaurant",
"pub",
"bar",
"deli",
"butcher",
"fishmonger",
"greengrocer",
"takeaway",
"brewery",
"ice-cream",
"wine-shop",
"hotel",
"bed-and-breakfast",
"guest-house",
"holiday-let",
"campsite",
"tour",
"taxi",
"travel-agent",
"bookshop",
"florist",
"gift-shop",
"clothing",
"shoe-shop",
"jeweller",
"hardware",
"bike-shop",
"toy-shop",
"art-shop",
"antiques",
"music-shop",
"pet-shop",
"garden-centre",
"hairdresser",
"barber",
"beauty",
"optician",
"vet",
"dentist",
"physio",
"fitness",
"photographer",
"printer",
"tailor",
"computer-repair",
"driving-school",
"tutor",
"furniture-shop",
"electronics-shop",
"convenience-store",
"pharmacy",
"sports-shop",
"dry-cleaner",
"tattoo",
"therapist",
"childcare",
"funeral-director",
"car-dealer",
"equestrian",
"entertainer",
"caterer",
"maker",
"plumber",
"electrician",
"builder",
"carpenter",
"decorator",
"roofer",
"window-repair",
"locksmith",
"gardener",
"cleaner",
"handyman",
"plasterer",
"tiler",
"mechanic",
"removals",
"pest-control",
"chimney-sweep",
"upholsterer",
"waste-removal",
"security",
"tool-hire",
"accountant",
"solicitor",
"estate-agent",
"marketing-agency",
"pr-agency",
"design-agency",
"video-production",
"business-consultant",
"recruitment",
"financial-adviser",
"insurance-broker",
"architect",
"surveyor",
"it-services",
"translator",
"event-planner",
"interior-designer",
"coworking"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Closest kind of business."
},
"reason": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One line on why it appears to be independent."
},
"website": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Its own website, or its Facebook or Instagram page. Not a directory or booking site."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
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