tickadoo MCP: what's on, from your AI app

Plan nights out with tickadoo in your AI app

1. 1Click Connect tickadoo free. There's no sign-in, so its tools are ready at once.
2. 2All 27 tools are on, and every one is read-only. For a theatre-only setup, switch off tools like `get_family_day` and `get_hidden_gems` and keep `get_theatre_weekend` and `get_show_guide`.
3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
4. 4Ask your AI app what theatre is on this weekend in a city you're visiting, then open Activity to see the `get_theatre_weekend` call.

Trip and night-out planning with tickadoo

• Find something bookable tonight with `whats_on_tonight`, or within the next few hours with `get_last_minute`.
• Compare two to five experiences side by side, with a winner on value and other measures, using `compare_experiences`.
• Get a show's running time, age guidance, venue and typical curtain times from `get_show_guide`.
• Skip the bestsellers and find lower-profile options with `get_hidden_gems`.
• Gather candidates for a multi-day city trip from a ranked list.

These are a few of tickadoo's 27 tools. The full list appears in ContextGate when you add the connection.

Searches you can account for

• Switch off any tickadoo tool and your AI app won't see it; a call to it is refused.
• Activity records every search and comparison, so you can see what an AI app looked up for a trip.

What you get with tickadoo and ContextGate

• Your AI apps can use tickadooClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach tickadoo through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
• You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any tickadoo tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
• Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

tickadoo tools

Examples of what your AI apps can do in tickadoo. You'll see the exact list of tools after you connect it.

• search_experiencesUse this when the user names a city plus a category, query, or filter set and wants a ranked list of bookable experiences. `query` matches on experience NAME (a
• search_local_experiencesUse this when the user mentions a place, neighbourhood, landmark, or area but does not give exact coordinates. Examples: 'near the Louvre', 'in Trastevere', 'ar
• find_nearby_experiencesUse this when the client already holds exact latitude and longitude coordinates and wants experiences near that point. When only a place name, landmark, or neig
• whats_on_tonightUse this when the user asks what is on in a city tonight. Returns evening-appropriate experiences currently on sale, with out-of-season products filtered out, e
• get_last_minuteUse this when the user wants something to do within the next few hours. Returns currently-on-sale experiences with seasonal products filtered out, ranked by pop
• get_whats_on_this_weekUse this when the user wants ideas for the coming week in a city. Returns a ranked list of currently on-sale experiences (search rows) with out-of-season produc
• recommend_experiencesUse this when the user describes what they want in natural language rather than naming a category. Parses the query for audience, mood, constraints, occasion, a
• get_city_highlightsUse this when the user wants an orientation overview of a city for trip planning. Returns a ranked list of the city's most popular bookable experiences (search
• search_experiences_by_topicUse this when the user asks for bookable experiences by keyword or topic in a city. Returns a ranked search of bookable experience rows. The topic argument is a
• compare_experiencesUse this when the user wants a side-by-side comparison of 2-5 specific products. Pass the slug for each. Returns a comparison table plus per-axis winners (value
• get_hidden_gemsUse this when the user wants lower-profile options rather than headline bestsellers. Excludes Bestseller, hop-on-hop-off, and CityPass tagged products and prefe
• get_family_dayUse this when the user wants family-suitable options for a day in one city. Returns a flat ranked list of experiences (search rows) with family-tagged rows prom
• get_date_nightUse this when the user wants an evening for two. Returns a flat ranked list of experiences (search rows) with romantic-tagged rows promoted and out-of-season pr
• get_itinerary_candidatesUse this when the user wants a multi-day plan for a single city. Returns a flat ranked candidate list of experiences (search rows), not structured day slots or
• list_citiesUse this when the user wants to browse supported cities before searching. Returns city names, slugs, country codes, and product counts.
• get_experience_detailsUse this when the user selects a specific experience from search results and needs richer product, location, supplier, and booking fields. Accepts either produc
• get_show_guideUse this when the user asks about a specific show: how long it is, age guidance, venue and address, typical curtain times and dark days, who it is good for, and
• get_theatre_weekendUse this when the user asks what theatre is on this weekend or next. Server-side date math resolves the Friday/Saturday/Sunday dates; returns theatre shows in t
• ask_theatre_conciergeUse this when the user asks a free-text theatre question (best musical for kids, romantic show tonight, cheap comedy). Returns a concise grounded answer plus ci
• find_theatre_for_occasionUse this when the user has an occasion: family outing, date night, group celebration, solo culture trip, business entertainment. Returns ranked theatre shows wi