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Give your agent a fast feed of local events through an MCP

Building personalized consumer apps, the author could not find one source for pop-ups, concerts and one-off events, so they built an API and MCP for the SF Bay Area that you add to Claude Code with one command.

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invalidmonk on Hacker News · 2026-10-16 · Project link

Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-16.

What they did

Building personalized consumer apps, the author could not find one source for pop-ups, concerts and one-off events, so they built an API and MCP for the SF Bay Area that you add to Claude Code with one command.

Result (as claimed)

Live at thingstodoapi.com; 6 points on Show HN.

Tools they used

Claude Code

Cost: Claude Code: free plan, paid from $17/mo. Checked 2026-10-14.

Set it up

  1. Define the job

    Say exactly what you want done and what the agent may and may not do on your behalf.

  2. Share only what is needed

    Give Claude Code the minimum files or access required. Avoid sharing passwords in chat when a safer login flow exists.

  3. Review the plan

    Ask the agent to show its plan or draft before it acts, and approve each step that has real consequences.

  4. Check the result

    Confirm the outcome yourself (order placed, request sent, document understood) and keep a record.

Copy the full setup prompt

Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.

You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code.

Goal: Give your agent a fast feed of local events through an MCP
What the original author did: Building personalized consumer apps, the author could not find one source for pop-ups, concerts and one-off events, so they built an API and MCP for the SF Bay Area that you add to Claude Code with one command.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Live at thingstodoapi.com; 6 points on Show HN.
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50126384
Tools they used: Claude Code
Category: Personal & life

Please:
1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.

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