Sukkela as an MCP server

Plug Sukkela into any AI agent that speaks the Model Context Protocol. Free, unauthenticated, read-only. Bike + transit routing for Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen.

Endpoint

https://sukkela.life/api/public/mcp

Transport: streamable HTTP · Auth: none · Region: HSL (Helsinki capital area) · Coverage bbox: ~60.0–60.5 N, 24.5–25.4 E

Connect from Claude Desktop or Cursor

Add this to your MCP client config (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sukkela": {
      "url": "https://sukkela.life/api/public/mcp",
      "transport": "http"
    }
  }
}

Available tools

health
Liveness check + region bounding box + data-freshness timestamps. Call once per session.
geocode
Resolve a Helsinki-region place name to coordinates, clamped to the HSL bounding box.
plan_route
Plan a bike, walk, or bike+transit itinerary between two points. Includes live station availability.
list_stations
Live HSL/Alepa city-bike station availability — bikes and free docks.
list_destinations
Find beaches, parks, museums, sightseeing, gyms, playgrounds and more near a point.
get_fares
Cheapest adult HSL ticket (single + day) covering a set of zones.

Example prompts

"Plan a bike ride from Kallio to a beach this evening."
"How long does it take to bike from the central railway station to Suomenlinna ferry terminal?"
"What's the cheapest HSL ticket from the airport to the centre?"
"Find museums near Esplanadi that are open right now."

Discovery manifest

/.well-known/mcp.json describes the server in machine-readable form for crawlers and IDE auto-discovery.

Please be considerate with request volume — Sukkela is a free service backed by Lovable Cloud and public APIs (HSL Digitransit, Google Maps via Lovable's connector gateway, Lipas, ServiceMap).