`besttime_live`

Pack: besttime · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/besttime_live for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Is busy right now vs usual — returns live foot-traffic busyness compared to the forecasted level for this hour. Identify the venue by venue_id, or by venue_name + venue_address. Example: besttime_live({ venue_name: “Blue Bottle Coffee”, venue_address: “66 Mint St, San Francisco”, _apiKey: “pri_xxx:pub_yyy” })

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`venue_id`	string	no	Venue id from besttime_forecast (fastest). Alternative to venue_name+venue_address.
`venue_name`	string	no	Business name (required if venue_id not given)
`venue_address`	string	no	Business address (required if venue_id not given)
`_apiKey`	string	yes	BestTime keys as “privateKey:publicKey” (pri_…/pub_…) from besttime.app

Example call

Arguments

{
  "venue_id": "ven_bluebottle_mint_sf",
  "_apiKey": "pri_abc123:pub_xyz789"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/besttime/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"besttime_live","arguments":{"venue_id":"ven_bluebottle_mint_sf","_apiKey":"pri_abc123:pub_xyz789"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('besttime_live', {
  "venue_id": "ven_bluebottle_mint_sf",
  "_apiKey": "pri_abc123:pub_xyz789"
});

More examples

{
  "venue_name": "Blue Bottle Coffee",
  "venue_address": "66 Mint St, San Francisco, CA",
  "_apiKey": "pri_abc123:pub_xyz789"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the besttime pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "besttime": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/besttime/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

besttime_live