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Live BC Parks campsite and day-pass status with freshness and official booking links.
Remote server: your requests and data go to parksopen.ca. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http parks-open https://parksopen.ca/api/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
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 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 cparksopen_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 thiparksopen_check_alerts — Use this when checking current closures, fire bans, advisories, or nearby wildfires for one park or system-wide. Run it before recommending 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 highparksopen_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, 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 'wparksopen_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 wNot tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.