Mapbox MCP Server

Node.js server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Mapbox APIs.

Unlock Geospatial Intelligence for Your AI Applications

The Mapbox MCP Server transforms any AI agent or application into a geospatially-aware system by providing seamless access to Mapbox's comprehensive location intelligence platform. With this server, your AI can understand and reason about places, navigate the physical world, and access rich geospatial data including:

• Global geocoding to convert addresses and place names to coordinates and vice versa
• Points of interest (POI) search across millions of businesses, landmarks, and places worldwide
• Multi-modal routing for driving, walking, and cycling with real-time traffic
• Travel time matrices to analyze accessibility and optimize logistics
• Route optimization to find the optimal visiting order for multiple stops (traveling salesman problem)
• Map matching to snap GPS traces to the road network for clean route visualization
• Isochrone generation to visualize areas reachable within specific time or distance constraints
• Static map images to create visual representations of locations, routes, and geographic data
• Offline geospatial calculations for distance, area, bearing, buffers, and spatial analysis without requiring API calls

Whether you're building an AI travel assistant, logistics optimizer, location-based recommender, or any application that needs to understand "where", the Mapbox MCP Server provides the spatial intelligence to make it possible. You can also enable it on popular clients like Claude Desktop and VS Code. See below for details

Usage

A Mapbox access token is required to use this MCP server.

Hosted MCP Endpoint

For quick access, you can use our hosted MCP endpoint:

Endpoint: https://mcp.mapbox.com/mcp

For detailed setup instructions for different clients and API usage, see the Hosted MCP Server Guide.

To get a Mapbox access token:

1. Sign up for a free Mapbox account at mapbox.com/signup
2. Navigate to your Account page
3. Create a new token or use the default public token

For more information about Mapbox access tokens, see the Mapbox documentation on access tokens.

Integration Guides

For detailed setup instructions for different integrations, refer to the following guides:

• Claude Desktop Setup - Instructions for configuring Claude Desktop to work with this MCP server
• Goose Setup - Setting up Goose AI agent framework
• VS Code Setup - Setting up a development environment in Visual Studio Code
• Cursor AI IDE Setup - Setting up a development environment in Cursor AI IDE
• Smolagents Integration - Example showing how to connect Smolagents AI agents to Mapbox's tools
• Importing Tools Directly - Use Mapbox tools in your own applications without running the MCP server

Example Prompts

Try these prompts with Claude Desktop or other MCP clients after setup:

Location Discovery

• "Find coffee shops within walking distance of the Empire State Building"
• "I want to go from Seattle to Portland, is there a Starbucks along the way?"
• "Show me gas stations along the route from Boston to New York"
• "What restaurants are near Times Square?"

Navigation & Travel

• "Get driving directions from LAX to Hollywood with current traffic"
• "How long would it take to walk from Central Park to Times Square?"
• "Calculate travel time from my hotel (Four Seasons) to JFK Airport by

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