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UK live music: gigs, open mics, venues, musician profiles, GX Index gig rates and member bookings.
Remote server: your requests and data go to mcp.gigxchange.app. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http gigxchange https://mcp.gigxchange.app/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
search_gigs — Gigs HAPPENING across the UK — the public listings directory of shows to go and see (mostly imported, already booked). Use for "what's on insearch_open_gigs — Member-posted gigs that are OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS — real venues/promoters looking to book an act, future dates only. Use for "what can I appsearch_available_performers — GigXchange artists and bands open to a booking on a specific date. FREE-BY-DEFAULT: a member is bookable on every date EXCEPT ones they havesearch_open_mics — Recurring UK open mic nights in a town or city, with day/frequency, signup method, backline and fee. Towns filed under a bigger city are matsearch_venues — The public directory of UK grassroots live-music venues in a town or city (listings, no booking): capacity, backline, PA, engineer and genresearch_available_venues — GigXchange MEMBER venues open to receiving a gig request on a specific date (free-by-default: open unless the venue marked that date). Use fget_index_summary — Overview of the GigXchange Index (GX Index), the UK live-music pay index: headline counts, the cities it covers, every published monthly issget_rates — What UK acts typically get paid, from the GigXchange Index: median and range (25th-90th percentile) by city, gig type and act size, with samget_index_issue — One published GigXchange Index monthly issue by slug (e.g. "september-2026" - get_index_summary lists them): headline description, key figurget_platform_stats — Live counts across GigXchange: members by type, venues, open mics, cities, and upcoming gigs listed in the directory (concerts to see, not wget_profile — Public profile for a GigXchange member by URL slug (display name, bio, genres, location, ratings).get_epk — Public electronic press kit for an artist by URL slug (summary, genres, rating, media counts).get_gig — Full detail for a single directory gig — line-up, address, times, tickets. Use the city_slug + slug from a search_gigs result.get_open_mic — Full detail for a single open mic night — schedule, signup, slot length, backline, address. Use the slug from a search_open_mics result.get_venue — Full detail for a single grassroots venue — capacity, PA, backline, genres booked, curfew, address. Use the slug from a search_venues resultget_event — Public detail for an event hosted on GigXchange by URL slug — date, venue, ticketing, organiser.list_cities — UK cities where GigXchange has members, with a member count each. Use for "do you cover <city>?".list_member_spotlights — Index of published Member Spotlight features — long-form profiles of real GigXchange members. Newest first.get_member_spotlight — Full editorial text of one Member Spotlight issue by slug, plus a link to the member profile it features.my_profile — The signed-in member's own profile: name, type, bio, location, verification, rating. Requires a connected account.my_unread_messages — Count of the member's unread messages. Returns a COUNT only — message contents are never exposed.my_bookings — The member's own bookings from 30 days ago onwards — status, date, venue/event, agreed fee, and which side they are on. Max 25.my_invoices — Status and amounts of the member's invoices, both directions — each row carries direction: "sent" (issued by the member) or "received" (billlist_help_topics — The full map of GigXchange's official help centre — every category and the questions it answers. Use for "what can you help me with?" or to search_help — Searches GigXchange's help articles — its own documentation of how the platform works (payments, fees, deposits, cancellations, bookings, prget_help_article — The full text of one official GigXchange help article, by slug from a search_help result.my_availability — The member's OWN availability for a date window. GigXchange is free-by-default: they are bookable on every date EXCEPT the marked ones this check_member_availability — Whether ONE named member (artist or venue, by profile id from search/get_profile) is free on a specific date. Free-by-default: "available" mset_my_availability — Set a date on the member's own GigXchange calendar: unavailable, soft_hold (pencilled), or available (clears the manual entry). Same statusetoggle_my_favourite — Toggle a GigXchange profile (by slug) in the member's favourites list. Requires the member's "Allow my assistant to act" switch.mark_my_notifications_read — Mark all of the member's GigXchange notifications as read. Requires the member's "Allow my assistant to act" switch.set_my_fee_range — Update the member's own public fee range (GBP, min and max) shown on their profile — the same field as the app's profile editor. Requires threspond_to_booking — Accept or decline a booking offer the member RECEIVED (never one they sent). expected_fee must equal the current fee on the booking (refusedcounter_booking — Propose a different fee on a pending booking offer (posts an amended offer card in chat, retiring the old one). expected_current_fee must mamake_offer — Send a booking offer to another GigXchange member — the recipient gets a pending booking, a notification and an offer card in Messages, exacsend_hire_request — Send the connected member's enquiry to up to 6 GigXchange artists at once - the same "Ask these acts" request as the website. Each act gets request_hire_by_email — For someone WITHOUT a connected GigXchange account. Emails the person a link to check and send their request to up to 6 artists; nothing reaapply_to_gig — Apply the member to an open gig from search_open_gigs (GigXchange member-posted gigs only). The offered fee comes from the gig's listed budgset_my_bio — Replace the member's own public profile bio (plain text, max 1500 chars). The previous bio is returned and included in the member's notificasend_chat_message — Send a text message into one of the member's EXISTING GigXchange conversations (no new conversations). Max 2000 characters, 10 per conversatNot tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.