# Parks Open

- Registry name: `ca.parksopen/parksopen` · version 0.1.3
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Travel & booking, Commerce & marketing, Maps, location & weather
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): prompts, resources, tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=ca.parksopen%2Fparksopen
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/ca.parksopen--parksopen.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Live BC Parks campsite and day-pass status with freshness and official booking links.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://parksopen.ca/api/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `parksopen\_search\_campsites`: Use this when exact dates or equipment fit matter, for questions like 'is X available', 'find a site for the long weekend', or 'which parks have space for a 32 ft RV'. It reads observed campsite availability for BC Parks. Ontario collection is paused; Ontario live inventory and camping alerts are un
- `parksopen\_park\_availability\_calendar`: Use this when the user asks 'when is X free', 'how busy is X', or 'which weekend should I try' for ONE named park. It returns nightly open counts for the next 8 weeks, whole-stay counts for four weekends, fill rate, and booking rules. For exact equipment fit or specific dates across many parks use p
- `parksopen\_find\_open\_parks`: Use this when the user has not named a park and wants PARKS ranked by soonest opening or estimated drive time, such as 'where can I camp this weekend' or 'anything near Vancouver with space'. It uses the default tent-compatible inventory and can filter confirmed amenities. Do not use it when van, tr
- `parksopen\_check\_alerts`: Use this when checking current closures, fire bans, advisories, or nearby wildfires for one park or system-wide. Run it before recommending a park in summer; these are 'verify before you travel' notices, never a booking or safety claim.
- `parksopen\_check\_weather`: Use this when the user asks about forecast conditions or air quality at a named park. It returns the Environment Canada forecast \(daily high/low/conditions, about 6 days\) and AQHI for the nearest station; if the park is beyond range it says so and never invents temperatures.
- `parksopen\_check\_day\_passes`: Use this when the user asks whether a BC Parks day-use pass is required, available, sold out, not released yet, or closed for a date, park, access area, or AM/PM slot. It returns the access areas currently covered by live checks across a three-day booking window, with explicit No pass needed versus
- `parksopen\_park\_info`: Use this when the user asks about reservation policy, fees, pets, fires, facilities, or park descriptions, such as 'does X allow dogs' or 'when do reservations open'. Verified policy knowledge currently covers BC Parks only; other systems return an explicit unsupported answer with the official sourc
- `parksopen\_get\_booking\_link`: Use this when a search is complete, or when the user already knows the park and dates, to create a deterministic official reservation link with park, dates, and equipment pre-filled. The user completes the booking there; Parks Open never books, holds sites, takes payment, or treats the link itself a

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