INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

plan_route

Plan a boat journey between two points on the inland waterways of Great Britain (canals and navigable rivers).

canalnav.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for plan_route 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.canal-nav]
url = "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canal-nav": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: canal-nav
Remote MCP URL: https://mcp.canalnav.com/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": {
    "canal-nav": {
      "url": "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "canal-nav": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "canal-nav",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

plan_round_trip — Plan return-to-start cruises from a point on the inland waterways of Great Britain, sized to fit a number of days.
get_closures — Live closure, stoppage and restriction notices for the inland waterways of Great Britain, covering every GB navigation authority: Canal & River Trust, Environment Agency, Scottish Canals, Broads Authority, Bridgewater, Middle Level, River Wey, Basingstoke and more, not just CRT.
will_my_boat_fit — Check boat dimensions against the published maximum craft dimensions for a named British waterway (length, beam, draught and air draught, from Canal & River Trust published figures covering the full CRT network).
find_place — Look up a place name on the British inland waterway network and return matching locations with coordinates (marinas, moorings, water points and other waterside facilities).
search_directory — Search Canal Nav's directory of waterside businesses on the British inland waterways: marinas, chandleries, boat hire, boatyards, pump-out and services, fuel, moorings, surveyors, brokerage, and canalside food and pubs.