About Storied Collection Venues
Storied Collection Venues is a read-only remote MCP server for venue data from Storied Collection in the UK, Ireland, and France. It is for people seeking exclusive-use castles, manors, and châteaux; prices retain their listed currencies and are not converted.
Key features
- 01Search venues by criteria
- 02Look up venues by name with suggestions
- 03List countries and venue counts
- 04Filter by price, capacity, and amenities
- 05Keep listed currencies without conversion
Use cases
- 01Find venues for group stays
- 02Filter rental venues by a price limit
- 03Find venues with a helipad or EV charging
MCP support
The read-only remote MCP server uses Streamable HTTP to expose venue search, venue details, and country-listing tools.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://storied-mcp.onrender.com/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http jchauge-storied https://storied-mcp.onrender.com/mcp{"mcpServers":{"jchauge-storied":{"type":"http","url":"https://storied-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"jchauge-storied":{"type":"http","url":"https://storied-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"jchauge-storied":{"type":"http","url":"https://storied-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"jchauge-storied":{"serverUrl":"https://storied-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMEStoried Collection Venues — remote MCP server
Read-only MCP server (Streamable HTTP, stateless, JSON responses) serving Storied Collection venue data
live from the Google Sheet 1voQY3AHxjEasFCy3L2T1i1JsdzaD52AZnieFhASRLsM, tab Properties. 5-minute cache
(CACHE_TTL_SECONDS); if a refresh fails, the last good data keeps being served.
Endpoint: POST /mcp (GET / = health check)
Tools
search_venues: query, country, min_sleeps, max_price + max_price_currency (GBP/EUR, no conversion), max_minimum_nights, helipad, ev_charging, guest_house, sort_byget_venue: fuzzy, accent-insensitive name lookup, with suggestions when nothing matcheslist_countries: countries with venue counts and currencies
Every price comes back with its currency. Values are never converted. Parsing rules: "3,000"→3000, "100+"→100 (the original text is kept in sleeps_display),
"1600s"→1600, "On request"/blank→null. Blank Yes/No cells → null (unknown), and boolean filters leave those venues out.
Data source (pick one)
- Public sheet (default): share the sheet as Anyone with the link can view. The server reads the gviz CSV endpoint.
- Service account: set
GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSONto the key JSON and share the sheet (Viewer) with the service account's email. LOCAL_CSV=path.csv: local file, for testing only.
Run / test
npm install && npm run build
npm start # reads the public sheet; or LOCAL_CSV=your.csv
npm test # SDK client end-to-end calls
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --cli http://localhost:3000/mcp --transport http --method tools/list
Deploy (free options)
- Render / Railway / Fly.io: any Node host. Run
npm run build && npm start;PORTis respected. - Google Cloud Run:
gcloud run deploy --source .(free tier). Lets you use a service account without a key file. - Cloudflare Workers would need a port to the Workers runtime (no Express). The data logic in
src/data.tscarries over.
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