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Eldodi commented on Kiwi.com flight search MCP server mcp-install-instructions.... · Posted by u/Eldodi

ascorbic · a day ago

I like that the server includes a feedback_to_devs tool. I tried the flights tool with Claude and it was pretty buggy and limited in what it could do. I asked Claude to give feedback to the devs and it gave a decent bug report and feedback on the API (seriously, why doesn't it include the airlines??)

Eldodi · a day ago

Feedback well received, we will work on it!

Eldodi commented on Kiwi.com flight search MCP server mcp-install-instructions.... · Posted by u/Eldodi

jngiam1 · 2 days ago

This server has two tools: feedback-to-devs and search-flight

feedback-to-devs sends feedback to the Kiwi mcp server devs.

That's an interesting way to collect feedback, but I also wonder if users of this will miss seeing that tool enabled and then inadvertently send other feedback or private data to the Kiwi devs too.

Eldodi · 2 days ago

Good point! We'll try to make the description of the tool and naming clearer to avoid unwanted tool invocation

Eldodi commented on Kiwi.com flight search MCP server mcp-install-instructions.... · Posted by u/Eldodi

jedberg · 2 days ago

MCP servers can inject ads though. Think about this particular one for example. It can return flight options that companies paid to put on top. Also it can send you responses like "while you're waiting for your flight options, here is a fun list of things to do in London on your trip!", all paid promos of course.

It's a lot easier to inject ads into MCP than APIs.

Eldodi · 2 days ago

Here MCP is replacing a web UI, not the API. And on ravel aggregator websites you already have ads in the flow.

Eldodi commented on Kiwi.com flight search MCP server mcp-install-instructions.... · Posted by u/Eldodi

Nextgrid · 2 days ago

APIs were popular when technology was a tool to empower the user. But since then technology has mostly shifted to an ad delivery vehicle. APIs get in the way of that (by allowing its user to actually accomplish something besides “engaging”) so they got deprecated pretty quickly.

I see the same thing happening with these MCPs. Currently they’re built to ride the AI bandwagon, but when people start using them for something actually useful and engagement starts going down they’ll cripple its capabilities to restore the balance.

Eldodi · 2 days ago

Don't you think we could be able to build a new economy based on micro-payments instead of ads this time? Most of the AI products are usage-based today

Eldodi commented on Kiwi.com flight search MCP server mcp-install-instructions.... · Posted by u/Eldodi

frederic2507 · 2 days ago

waiting for somebody posting the first I have 10 years of experience with MCP...

Eldodi · 2 days ago

if you ask Claude Code nicely enough, you can certainly get it from him!

Eldodi commented on Kiwi.com flight search MCP server mcp-install-instructions.... · Posted by u/Eldodi

weego · 2 days ago

Search and book flights directly from your favorite AI assistant!

And book! That's a very exciting bit of tooling to add into an assistant, but there's lots of complexities...

Each result includes a booking link directly to the flight chosen

Oh well, we're not at the future we hoped for yet then, but it's progress.

Eldodi · 2 days ago

The MCP clients are still missing some key features to get to a fully autonomous booking, but we are getting there:

- With MCP Elicitations (https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/draft/client/e...) the server will be able to secure ask for complementary info like your name, passport and even your payments details.

- With mcp-ui (https://github.com/idosal/mcp-ui), supporting MCP Clients could allow the server to re-create the same booking flow UI that you find today on an aggregator's website

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Kiwi.com flight search MCP server mcp-install-instructions....

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