# alltrails-mcp MCP Server

Unofficial AllTrails MCP for Claude — search trails, get details, reviews, photos, saved lists

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

Pod has not dialled alltrails-mcp yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `alltrails-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

5 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own maintainers are excluded.

### Most discussed

### Auto-review follow-ups for PR #45: ci: convert to chrischall/workflows reusable pipeline

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Tracking auto-review follow-ups for #45 (verdict: **fail**).

### 🔴 Important
- [ ] ci.yml test-command changed from `npm run test:coverage` to `npm test`, dropping the `--coverage` flag and disabling the 100% coverage gate documented in vitest.config.ts and CLAUDE.md

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When addressing the review on #45, resolve each item and add `Closes #<this issue>` to the PR once everything is genuinely fixed; deferred items stay open here. See the auto-review follow-u

[Read the thread](https://github.com/chrischall/alltrails-mcp/issues/46) · 2026-07-27 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### Auto-review follow-ups for PR #23: feat: alltrails_get_list_items — the trails saved in a list

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Tracking auto-review follow-ups for #23 (verdict: **warn**).

### 🟡 Nits
- [ ] README.md line 120 and SKILL.md line 55: compact field lists omit `type` (and README also omits `addedAt`) — actual compact output is `{trailId, type, order, notes, addedAt}`

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When addressing the review on #23, resolve each item and add `Closes #<this issue>` to the PR once everything is genuinely fixed; deferred items stay open here. See the auto-review follow-up convention in

[Read the thread](https://github.com/chrischall/alltrails-mcp/issues/25) · 2026-07-08 · closed · external user · 0 comments

### Auto-review follow-ups for PR #15: feat!: require fetchproxy — route every API request through the bridge

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Tracking auto-review follow-ups for #15 (verdict: **warn**).

### 🟡 Nits
- [ ] src/transport.ts:65 — stale comment references "Node escape-hatch AbortController" removed in this PR (only the bridge deadline remains)
- [ ] skills/alltrails/SKILL.md:34 — Discovery section header still says "no sign-in required beyond a valid session cookie", contradicting the new bridge-required model

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When addressing the review on #15, resolve each item and add `Closes #<t

[Read the thread](https://github.com/chrischall/alltrails-mcp/issues/16) · 2026-07-03 · closed · external user · 0 comments

### Auto-review follow-ups for PR #12: fix: route free-text search through the explore suggestions endpoint

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Tracking auto-review follow-ups for #12 (verdict: **warn**).

### 🟡 Nits
- [ ] `types` arg in `alltrails_search` is silently ignored when `query` is absent — add a doc note or warning (src/tools/explore.ts:32)

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When addressing the review on #12, resolve each item and add `Closes #<this issue>` to the PR once everything is genuinely fixed; deferred items stay open here. See the auto-review follow-up convention in CLAUDE.md.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/chrischall/alltrails-mcp/issues/14) · 2026-07-02 · closed · external user · 0 comments

### Auto-review follow-ups for PR #6: feat: compact projections for photos, search, and activity feed

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Tracking auto-review follow-ups for #6 (verdict: **warn**).

### 🟡 Nits
- [x] Photo image URL in summarizePhoto (src/tools/_shared.ts:276) doesn't encodeURIComponent the id, unlike every other path-param interpolation in trails.ts/user.ts/explore.ts
- [x] stripHtml in src/tools/_shared.ts:211 removes tags but leaves HTML entities untouched, so descriptions containing &#39;/&amp; would surface the encoded form to agents

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When addressing the review on #6, re

[Read the thread](https://github.com/chrischall/alltrails-mcp/issues/7) · 2026-07-02 · closed · external user · 0 comments

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

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- 5 problems reported from outside the maintainer team
- No tool list published — Pod has not verified what it exposes
- If you use alltrails-mcp, write down what actually happened so the next agent pays less

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