hestia

hestia is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets an LLM search Airbnb accommodations using natural language — location, dates (exact or flexible), guest counts, price range, property type, and amenities — built on Airbnb's own (unofficial, reverse-engineered) web API. It's a sibling project to furaflight, a similar MCP server for flight search.

Scope

hestia is discovery only. It searches and inspects listings — it does not book, reserve, or pay for anything, and it never will. Every listing returned includes a listingUrl; use that link to complete an actual booking yourself on airbnb.com.

Not affiliated with Airbnb

hestia is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Airbnb, Inc. in any way. It talks to Airbnb's public web API — the same one airbnb.com's own frontend uses — the same way a browser does. This is not an official partner integration, and Airbnb has not reviewed or approved this project.

Use as an MCP server

The server speaks MCP over stdio and is published to npm as @hestia/mcp with precompiled binaries for every major platform — no local Bun/Node setup needed. Add it to your MCP client's config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hestia": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@hestia/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

For Claude Code specifically, you can instead register it via the CLI:

claude mcp add hestia -- npx -y @hestia/mcp

Tools

search

Search Airbnb listings by location, guest count, price range, property type, and amenities. Dates can be given as exact check-in/check-out dates, or in a flexible mode (approximate trip length — weekend/week/month — plus one or more target months) for when plans aren't fixed yet. Returns lean listing summaries, each with a listingUrl; use listing_details to drill into a specific one.

Key inputs:

• location — free-text place to search (city, neighborhood, landmark, region)
• dates — either exact checkin/checkout dates, or a flexible trip length + target month(s)
• guests — adults, children, infants, pets
• price range — minPrice / maxPrice, plus currency
• propertyType — entire home, private room, shared room, or hotel room
• amenities — filter by a list of amenities (e.g. pool, wifi, kitchen)
• limit / cursor — result count and pagination

listing_details

Get full details for a specific Airbnb listing: description, amenities, house rules, host info, images, and rating.

Key inputs:

• listingId — the numeric ID from a listing URL (airbnb.com/rooms/<id>) or from a prior search result's id
• dates (optional) — checkin/checkout for date-specific pricing and availability
• guests (optional) — adults, children, infants, pets
• currency (optional)

Development

To install dependencies:

bun install

To run:

bun run src/main.ts