Foursquare MCP for AI Agents

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Foursquare MCP or direct API to search for places, fetch recommendations, explore venue details, and surface trending spots through natural language.

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Foursquare is a global location platform for searching places and place recommendations. It helps users discover restaurants, shops, and venues with rich, up-to-date data.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Foursquare action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Retrieve nearby places v3

The GetNearbyPlaces endpoint retrieves a list of places near a specified location, primarily supporting check-in use cases and local discovery.

Retrieve place photos by id

Retrieves photos associated with a specific place in Foursquare's database.

Retrieve places by id

Retrieves detailed information about a specific place using its unique Foursquare ID (FSQ ID).

Retrieve place tips using fsq id

Retrieves user-generated tips for a specific place in the Foursquare database.

Search places api request

The GetPlacesSearch endpoint allows you to search for places in the Foursquare database based on various criteria such as location, keywords, and categories.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Foursquare MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/openai @ai-sdk/mcp
Install the Composio SDK and Claude Agent SDK
2

Create Tool Router Session

typescript
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });

console.log("Creating Tool Router session...");
const { mcp } = await composio.create('your-user-id');
console.log(`Tool Router session created: ${mcp.url}`);
Initialize the Composio client and create a Tool Router session
3

Connect to AI Agent

typescript
import { openai } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
import { experimental_createMCPClient as createMCPClient } from '@ai-sdk/mcp';
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from 'ai';

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: {
    type: 'http',
    url: mcp.url,
    headers: { 'x-api-key': 'your-composio-api-key' }
  }
});

const tools = await client.tools();

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai('gpt-4o'),
  tools,
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Find coffee shops near Times Square, New York' }],
  stopWhen: stepCountIs( 5 )
});

console.log(`Agent: ${text}`);
Use the MCP server with your AI agent
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Foursquare API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/openai
Install the Composio SDK
2

Initialize Composio and Create Tool Router Session

typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from '@composio/openai';

const composio = new Composio({
  provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider(),
});
const openai = new OpenAI({});
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
Import and initialize Composio client, then create a Tool Router session
3

Execute Foursquare Tools via Tool Router with Your Agent

typescript
const tools = session.tools;
const response = await openai.responses.create({
  model: 'gpt-4.1',
  tools: tools,
  input: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'Find top-rated coffee shops near Times Square'
  }],
});
const result = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(
  'your-user-id',
  response.output
);
console.log(result);
Get tools from Tool Router session and execute Foursquare actions with your Agent

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Foursquare Integration

  • Supports both Foursquare MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for searching, finding, and recommending venues

Managed Auth

  • Built-in API key handling with secure credential storage
  • Central place to manage and revoke Foursquare keys
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Foursquare
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Foursquare resources
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Foursquare requires you to configure your own API key credentials. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. Learn more.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

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