Namaste America MCP server

• Registry nameus.namasteamerica/namaste-americaverified in the MCP registry

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

• Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-21
• Tools66
• Server calls itselfindo-usa-diaspora
• Server version1.28.1
• Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-21 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 74 ms.

• Its tools do every use case we checked: find Indian restaurants and groceries near you; check temple festival dates and local events; see which Indian movies are showing in theaters.

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 score80 of 100answers 100 · does the job 100 · definitions 67 · context 64 · use 0 · connects 100
• What an agent can do with it3 of 3 use cases
• Answered100% of days15 of 15 daily checks
• Median first answer252 ms
• Space in an agent's context≈ 11,511 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (66), which an agent carries on every turn
• Tool definitionsC · 67 of 100
• Typed results66 of 66 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once

• Parameters without a description: in 66 of 66
• Not saying whether it only reads or can destroy: 66 of 66

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 →

• get_indian_restaurants

  Find Indian restaurants by location and/or filters. Provide either a point (`lat`+`lng`, optionally `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Optional filters: `region_tag` (e.g. "Gujarati", "South Indian"), `dietary_tags` (any of "vegetarian"…

• get_indian_movies_in_theaters

  List Indian-language movies currently playing in US theaters (Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati). Optional `language` filters to one (e.g. "Telugu"). Each movie includes `title`, `language`…

• search_h1b_sponsors

  Search US employers that sponsor H-1B visas — the visa most Indians-from-India use to work in the USA. Filter by employer name (`query`) and/or worksite `state` (2-letter). Ranked by number of certified Labor Condition Applications. Each…

• get_restaurant_details

  Fetch the full canonical record for one restaurant, plus its version history.

• search_restaurants_by_text

  Free-text search over restaurant name/cuisine/region, ranked by relevance. Optionally constrain to a `city`/`state`. Featured listings are surfaced first. Use `offset` to page further (the response's `has_more` says whether another page…

• submit_correction

  Propose a correction to a listing field (agents/users reporting bad data). `vertical` is the category key (default 'restaurants'); `listing_id` is the id from that category's get_/search_ tools. Correctable restaurant fields: phone…

• submit_review

  Submit a community review (1-5 star rating + optional text) for a listing. `vertical` is the category key (restaurants, temples, groceries, professionals, salons, apparel, sweets, studios, services, community, legal, education…

• get_reviews

  Published community reviews for a listing (newest first) + its rolled-up community rating. The community rating is first-party (visitor-submitted) and is separate from any web-harvested `rating` returned by the get_/search_ tools. Each…

• get_indian_temples

  Find Indian-American temples (Hindu/Sikh/Jain places of worship). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `religion` ("hindu", "sikh", "jain"), `denomination` (e.g. "swaminarayan"), `tag`, or…

• get_temple_details

  Full canonical record for one temple, plus its version history.

• search_temples_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over temples (name/deity/denomination/region).

• get_indian_groceries

  Find Indian grocery stores (desi groceries / supermarkets). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Optional `region_tag` (e.g. "Gujarati"), `tag` (e.g. "spices", "halal"), `open_now`. Records include…

• get_grocery_details

  Full canonical record for one grocery store, plus its version history.

• search_groceries_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian grocery stores (name/region/store type).

• get_indian_professionals

  Find Indian-American healthcare professionals (doctors, dentists, clinics, pharmacies). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `profession_type` ("doctors", "dentist", "clinic", "pharmacy")…

• get_professional_details

  Full canonical record for one professional/practice, plus its version history.

• search_professionals_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American healthcare professionals.

• get_indian_salons

  Find Indian beauty salons (threading, henna/mehndi, hair, bridal). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "threading", "henna", "bridal") or `open_now`. Records include description…

• get_salon_details

  Full canonical record for one salon, plus its version history.

• search_salons_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian beauty salons.

• get_indian_events

  Find upcoming Indian-American community events (festivals, garba, concerts, puja). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `category` ("festival", "garba", "concert", "puja", …) or `tag`…

• get_event_details

  Full canonical record for one event, plus its version history.

• search_events_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American events (incl. past, for history). `offset` pages.

• get_indian_apparel

  Find Indian apparel & jewelry stores (sarees, lehengas, ethnic wear, gold jewelers). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "saree", "bridal", "gold", "jewelry", "tailoring") or…

• get_apparel_details

  Full canonical record for one apparel/jewelry store, plus its version history.

• search_apparel_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian apparel & jewelry stores.

• get_indian_sweets

  Find Indian sweets shops (mithai) & bakeries. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "mithai", "jalebi", "bakery", "eggless") or `open_now`.

• get_sweets_details

  Full canonical record for one sweets shop / bakery, plus its version history.

• search_sweets_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian sweets shops & bakeries.

• get_indian_studios

  Find Indian yoga & cultural studios (yoga, classical dance, music, language classes). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "yoga", "bharatanatyam", "kathak", "tabla", "carnatic")…

• get_studio_details

  Full canonical record for one studio, plus its version history.

• search_studios_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian yoga/dance/music studios.

• get_indian_services

  Find Indian community services (money transfer/remittance, banks, immigration/visa, travel agents, tax/insurance). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "money-transfer"…

• get_service_details

  Full canonical record for one service business, plus its version history.

• search_services_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian community services.

• get_indian_community

  Find Indian community organizations & cultural associations (regional samaj/sangam, cultural centers, Indo-American associations). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. a region like "telugu", "gujarati"…

• get_community_details

  Full canonical record for one community organization, plus its version history.

• search_community_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian community organizations & associations.

• get_indian_legal

  Find Indian-American immigration attorneys & law firms. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "immigration").

• get_legal_details

  Full canonical record for one immigration/legal listing, plus its version history.

• search_legal_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American immigration attorneys & law firms.

• get_indian_education

  Find Indian-American education & tutoring (heritage/language schools, Bal Vihar, coaching). Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "language_school", "heritage", "tutoring").

• get_education_details

  Full canonical record for one education/tutoring listing, plus its version history.

• search_education_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American education & tutoring.

• get_indian_realestate

  Find Indian-American realtors & real-estate agencies. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "agency", "mortgage").

• get_realestate_details

  Full canonical record for one real-estate listing, plus its version history.

• search_realestate_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American realtors & real-estate agencies.

• get_indian_finance

  Find Indian-American CPAs, tax preparers & financial advisors. Provide a point (`lat`+`lng`, optional `radius_miles`) or `city`/`state`. Filter by `tag` (e.g. "cpa", "tax", "financial_advisor").

• get_finance_details

  Full canonical record for one finance/tax listing, plus its version history.

• search_finance_by_text

  Free-text/semantic search over Indian-American CPAs, tax preparers & financial advisors.

• search_all

  Search across ALL Indian-American verticals at once — restaurants, temples, groceries, healthcare professionals, beauty salons, events, apparel & jewelry, sweets & bakeries, yoga/dance studios, and community services. Use for broad…

• get_festival_dates

  Upcoming Indian & South-Asian festival dates for planning in the USA. With no `query`, returns the next `limit` festivals soonest-first. With a `query` (e.g. "Diwali", "when is holi"), returns the single soonest matching festival. Each…

• search_knowledge

  Grounded answers from the Namaste America knowledge base — culture, festivals, visa/H-1B, tax, banking, and newcomer/settling-in guides for Indians from India living in the USA. Returns the top matching passages, each with the source…

• submit_listing

  Submit a new Indian-American business/listing for REVIEW — it does NOT go live automatically. `vertical` is the category key (restaurants, temples, groceries, professionals, salons, apparel, sweets, studios, services, community, legal…

• get_movie_details

  Full details for one Indian movie (the id from get_indian_movies_in_theaters). Returns the movie record (title, language, overview, release_date, genres, poster_url, ...) or {'error': 'not_found'}. Movie data from TMDB; this product uses…

• get_h1b_sponsor_details

  Full details for one H-1B sponsor (the id from search_h1b_sponsors). Returns the sponsor record (employer, certified counts, wages, top titles/states/cities, ...) or {'error': 'not_found'}. Aggregated from U.S. Department of Labor LCA…

• search_community_questions

  Search the Namaste America community Q&A — real questions Indians in the USA ask and answer ("Telugu-speaking pediatrician in Plano?", "best sweets for Diwali in Edison?"). Returns published questions matching the query, most-answered…

• get_community_answers

  A community question + its published answers (Dost's AI answer first, then community answers by upvotes). `slug` comes from search_community_questions. Returns the question with an `answers` list, or {'error': 'not_found'}.

• get_today_highlights

  What's happening in Indian America today, optionally for a city + languages — the upcoming festival (+ approximate tithi), soonest events nearby, Indian movies in theaters, places newly added in the city, a culture/immigration nugget, and…

• get_offers

  Live offers & announcements posted by Indian-American business owners (e.g. "20% off thalis this week", "new weekend Garba class"), optionally filtered by city/state/vertical. Returns current, non-expired owner posts with the listing they…

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