Give your AI assistant every event in 50 cities

Connect it

One remote endpoint. Add it to your client’s MCP config:

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

claude mcp add --transport http arclight https://arclight.events/api/mcp

The server is stateless and remote: nothing runs on your machine, and there is no package to keep updated.

What it can do

4 tools, all read-only. The server has no write path at all — it cannot book, cancel or change anything.

• arclight_search_events

  Search live events by city

• arclight_get_event

  Get one event by slug

• arclight_city_picks

  Get curated picks for a city

• arclight_list_cities

  List covered cities and topics

Try it

Once connected, ask your assistant things like:

• “What AI events are on in San Francisco this week?”
• “Find me a hackathon in New York this month.”
• “I’m in Berlin on Thursday — what’s worth going to?”
• “Plan my week around the best tech meetups in Austin.”

Prefer the website? Browse events by city or use the planner.

For developers

Streamable HTTP, stateless, protocol 2025-06-18. POST JSON-RPC to the endpoint; there is no event stream and no session to manage.

curl -s -X POST https://arclight.events/api/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Questions

What is the Arclight MCP server?

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets an AI assistant look up real, upcoming events across 50 metros. Ask Claude "what AI events are on in San Francisco this week" and it calls Arclight and answers from live listings instead of guessing.

Do I need an API key or an account?

No. The server is remote, read-only and unauthenticated — it exposes exactly the public listings arclight.events already serves in a browser. There is nothing to sign up for and no key to rotate.

Which clients does it work with?

Any client that speaks MCP over Streamable HTTP, including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and Windsurf. Point the client at https://arclight.events/api/mcp — there is no package to install and nothing runs on your machine.

What data does it send back?

Event title, start time in the venue's own timezone, price where the source publishes one, category and tags, plus links to both the Arclight page and the original source. Nothing about you is sent, stored or logged against an identity — the server has no user data because it has no accounts.

Where do the events come from?

Live sources — Luma, Ticketmaster, SeatGeek, Skiddle, Eventfinda, confs.tech, GDG and organizer calendars — de-duplicated into one feed and refreshed continuously. Every event links back to where it came from. Arclight never invents an event.

Is it free?

Yes, and there is no paid tier to upgrade to. Arclight processes no payments at all; it links out to wherever a ticket is actually sold.