KnowKensington MCP server

• Registry namecom.knowkensington/placesverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under knowkensington.com. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

• Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-28
• Tools7
• Server calls itselfcom.knowkensington/places
• Server version1.1.0
• Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-28 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 196 ms.

• Whether its tools do the product's job has not been judged yet.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

• INITE MCP score99 of 100answers 100 · definitions 98 · context 100 · connects 100
• Answered100% of days8 of 8 daily checks
• Median first answer496 ms
• Space in an agent's context≈ 1,209 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (7), which an agent carries on every turn
• Tool definitionsA · 98 of 100
• Typed results0 of 7 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once

• Parameters without a description: in 1 of 7

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

• list_places

  Andrew's curated places in Kensington, optionally filtered by category, use-case tag or featured picks. Each result links to its https://knowkensington.com/place/{slug} page; ranked pages live at https://knowkensington.com/best/{category}.

• get_place

  Full editorial record for one Kensington place by slug, including Andrew's description and the public /place URL.

• nearby_places

  Nearest curated Kensington places to a WGS84 coordinate supplied in the request, with distance in metres.

• search_places

  Filter Andrew's Kensington places by category, sub-zone, tags, featured picks or text, ranked like https://knowkensington.com/best/{category}. Every field carries its source; addresses, coordinates, hours, websites and photos are not…

• compare_places

  Side-by-side sourced records for 2 to 4 Kensington places by slug, with the tags they share.

• list_guides

  Andrew's published Kensington themed guides (https://knowkensington.com/guides/{slug}), with sourced titles, summaries and place counts.

• get_guide

  One published Kensington guide by slug: Andrew's introduction and its ranked places, every field sourced.