# mcp by byway MCP Server

Byway MCP: call Byway Engine and Byway Atlas, the discovery engine for the real world.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-05 and the server listed 10 tools directly. Verified.

## Status

Pod connected to mcp by byway on 2026-09-05. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 16013ms.

It identifies itself as `byway` version 1.7.1, speaking streamable-http. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 10 tools when it connected:

- `search_byways`
- `get_byway`
- `search_lookouts`
- `get_itinerary`
- `search_places`
- `get_place`
- `places_on_byway`
- `search_destinations`
- `plan_drive`
- `places_along_route`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://www.byway.world/api/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-by-byway": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.byway.world/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

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