hostaway-mcp

Read-only, hospitality-shaped MCP server for Hostaway.

V1 Goal

Make Codex and Claude useful in real Hostaway workflows without hand-wiring raw API calls every time.

V1 is intentionally narrow:

• read-only only
• hospitality-native tools, not raw endpoint parity
• optimized for conversation context, reservation lookup, and listing lookup

Exact V1 Surface

• list_unread_guest_threads
• get_conversation_context
• get_reservation_brief
• get_listing_brief
• search_reservations
• search_conversations

Local Development

npm install
npm test
npm run check
npm run build

Run the stdio server locally:

HOSTAWAY_API_TOKEN=your-token-here node dist/cli.js

Create a local npm package tarball:

npm pack

After publish, run without cloning:

npx hostaway-mcp

MCP Client Wiring

For local MCP clients, provide HOSTAWAY_API_TOKEN through the environment and spawn the published npm package over stdio.

The snippets below are pinned to the current published version:

hostaway-mcp@0.1.2

Update that version intentionally when you upgrade.

Claude Desktop (macOS)

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json.

If you already have top-level keys like preferences, keep them and add mcpServers alongside them:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hostaway": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "hostaway-mcp@0.1.2"],
      "env": {
        "HOSTAWAY_API_TOKEN": "your-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after saving the file.

Codex

Edit ~/.codex/config.toml and add:

[mcp_servers.hostaway]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "hostaway-mcp@0.1.2"]

[mcp_servers.hostaway.env]
HOSTAWAY_API_TOKEN = "your-token-here"

Verify the server is registered:

codex mcp list

Local Built CLI

If you want to run the repo checkout instead of npm, point the client at the built CLI directly:

{
  "command": "node",
  "args": ["/absolute/path/to/hostaway-mcp/dist/cli.js"],
  "env": {
    "HOSTAWAY_API_TOKEN": "your-token-here"
  }
}

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
HOSTAWAY_API_TOKEN	Yes	—	Hostaway API token used to authenticate all requests.
HOSTAWAY_BASE_URL	No	Hostaway production URL	Override the API base URL (useful for testing).
HOSTAWAY_MCP_READONLY	No	false	Set to true to disable all write tools. Only read-only tools will be available.

V1 Non-Goals

• sending guest messages
• mutating reservations or listings
• webhook ingestion
• background sync pipelines
• dashboards or owner reporting
• generic REST-to-MCP proxy coverage

Source Design

See docs/designs/v1-readonly-hostaway-mcp.md.