Airbnb MCP Server
About
An MCP server that searches Airbnb and retrieves listing details. It provides two tools—airbnbsearch and airbnblistingdetails—for use with AI assistants like Claude. No API key is required, and it respects Airbnb’s robots.txt rules by default.
Details
- License
- MIT license
Explore
- Respects Airbnb's robots.txt rules
- Uses cheerio for HTML parsing
- No API key required
- Returns structured JSON data
- Reduces context load by flattening and picking data
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Airbnb MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Before starting make sure Node.js is installed on your desktop for npx to work.
1. Go to: Settings > Developer > Edit Config
2. Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"airbnb": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@openbnb/mcp-server-airbnb"
]
}
}
}
To ignore robots.txt for all requests, use this version with --ignore-robots-txt args
{
"mcpServers": {
"airbnb": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@openbnb/mcp-server-airbnb",
"--ignore-robots-txt"
]
}
}
}
To install mcp-server-airbnb for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @openbnb-org/mcp-server-airbnb --client claude
placeId
(string)
checkin
(string, YYYY-MM-DD)
checkout
(string, YYYY-MM-DD)
adults
(number)
children
(number)
infants
(number)
pets
(number)
minPrice
(number)
maxPrice
(number)
cursor
(string)
ignoreRobotsText
(boolean)
1. airbnb_search
- Search for Airbnb listings
- Required Input: location (string)
- Optional Inputs:
- placeId (string)
- checkin (string, YYYY-MM-DD)
- checkout (string, YYYY-MM-DD)
- adults (number)
- children (number)
- infants (number)
- pets (number)
- minPrice (number)
- maxPrice (number)
- cursor (string)
- ignoreRobotsText (boolean)
- Returns: Array of listings with details like name, price, location, etc.
2. airbnb_listing_details
- Get detailed information about a specific Airbnb listing
- Required Input: id (string)
- Optional Inputs:
- checkin (string, YYYY-MM-DD)
- checkout (string, YYYY-MM-DD)
- adults (number)
- children (number)
- infants (number)
- pets (number)
- ignoreRobotsText (boolean)
- Returns: Detailed listing information including description, host details, amenities, pricing, etc.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"airbnb mcp server": {
"openbnb-org_mcp-server-airbnb": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli",
"install",
"@openbnb-org/mcp-server-airbnb",
"--client",
"claude"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"openbnb-org_mcp-server-airbnb": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli",
"install",
"@openbnb-org/mcp-server-airbnb",
"--client",
"claude"
]
}
}MCP Server for searching Airbnb and get listing details.
Tools
1. airbnb_search
- Search for Airbnb listings
- Required Input: location (string)
- Optional Inputs:
- placeId (string)
- checkin (string, YYYY-MM-DD)
- checkout (string, YYYY-MM-DD)
- adults (number)
- children (number)
- infants (number)
- pets (number)
- minPrice (number)
- maxPrice (number)
- cursor (string)
- ignoreRobotsText (boolean)
- Returns: Array of listings with details like name, price, location, etc.
2. airbnb_listing_details
- Get detailed information about a specific Airbnb listing
- Required Input: id (string)
- Optional Inputs:
- checkin (string, YYYY-MM-DD)
- checkout (string, YYYY-MM-DD)
- adults (number)
- children (number)
- infants (number)
- pets (number)
- ignoreRobotsText (boolean)
- Returns: Detailed listing information including description, host details, amenities, pricing, etc.
Features
- Respects Airbnb's robots.txt rules
- Uses cheerio for HTML parsing
- No API key required
- Returns structured JSON data
- Reduces context load by flattening and picking data
Setup
Installing on Claude Desktop
Before starting make sure Node.js is installed on your desktop fornpx to work.
1. Go to: Settings > Developer > Edit Config
2. Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"airbnb": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@openbnb/mcp-server-airbnb"
]
}
}
}
To ignore robots.txt for all requests, use this version with --ignore-robots-txt args
{
"mcpServers": {
"airbnb": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@openbnb/mcp-server-airbnb",
"--ignore-robots-txt"
]
}
}
}
Other Option: Installing via Smithery
To install mcp-server-airbnb for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @openbnb-org/mcp-server-airbnb --client claude
Build (for devs)
npm install
npm run build
License
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License.
Disclaimer
Airbnb is a trademark of Airbnb, Inc.
OpenBnB is not related to Airbnb, Inc. or its subsidiaries
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