MCP integration · Staying API

Add to Claude.ai — no API key needed

Connect your Staying API account to Claude as a custom connector. Claude gets live stay-data tools, billed and rate-limited against your plan.

https://api.stayingapi.com/mcp

Open claude.ai → Settings → Connectors and click Add custom connector
Paste the server URL above and click Connect
Review the consent screen and click Allow

Connecting creates an API key named after the client (e.g. "Claude") in your keys list — revoke it there at any time. Re-connecting replaces the key instead of adding another. The same flow works in Claude Desktop under Settings → Connectors.

Per-client setup

Every snippet below uses the same endpoint with a bearer key. Snippets show a placeholder — create a key at API keys and paste it in.

Server URL

https://api.stayingapi.com/mcp

Auth

OAuth or Bearer sk_…

Tools

5 tools

Claude Desktop

Easiest path: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste the server URL, click Connect — no key needed (OAuth). For the config-file route instead, paste this into claude_desktop_config.json and replace the key with one from your keys page.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stayingapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y", "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.stayingapi.com/mcp",
        "--header", "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer sk_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (CLI)

Run this command to register Staying API as an MCP server for Claude Code. Replace the key with one from your keys page.

claude mcp add --transport http stayingapi https://api.stayingapi.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sk_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Cursor

In Cursor: Settings → MCP → Add MCP Server, or paste this into your project .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stayingapi": {
      "url": "https://api.stayingapi.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer sk_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT

ChatGPT: Settings → Connectors → Create (requires developer mode). Paste the MCP server URL and connect with OAuth — no key needed. For Custom GPT Actions, import our OpenAPI spec instead:

MCP server URL:  https://api.stayingapi.com/mcp
OpenAPI spec:    https://stayingapi.com/openapi.json
Auth (Actions):  API key → Bearer → paste a key from /app/keys

OpenAI Agents SDK (Python)

Hook Staying API into a Python agent via streamable HTTP (pip install openai-agents).

from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp

async def main():
    async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(params={
        "url": "https://api.stayingapi.com/mcp",
        "headers": {"Authorization": "Bearer sk_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"},
    }) as stay_mcp:
        agent = Agent(
            name="stay-finder",
            instructions="Help users find Airbnb stays.",
            mcp_servers=[stay_mcp],
        )
        result = await Runner.run(agent, "Find a 2-bedroom in Austin for July 4-8")