INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

arclight_city_picks

A small curated set of events worth going to in a city over the next few days, chosen for variety rather than raw recency.

arclight.eventsnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://arclight.events/api/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for arclight_city_picks and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.arclight]
url = "https://arclight.events/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arclight": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://arclight.events/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: arclight
Remote MCP URL: https://arclight.events/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arclight": {
      "url": "https://arclight.events/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "arclight": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://arclight.events/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "arclight",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://arclight.events/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

arclight_search_events — Search real, upcoming events in a city, optionally narrowed to a topic and timeframe.
arclight_get_event — Fetch the full detail of one event by its Arclight slug (or its arclight.
arclight_list_cities — List every metro Arclight covers, with the slug to pass to the other tools, plus the available topic filters.