# onthecheap-mcp MCP Server On the Cheap MCP — free and cheap events, deals and local guides across 14 US cities **Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server. ## Status Pod has not dialled onthecheap-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 `onthecheap-mcp` on npm. Runs locally. ## Known issues **6 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 5. ### Most discussed ### Auto-review follow-ups for PR #33: refactor(connector): retire the standalone Cloudflare Worker connector Tracking auto-review follow-ups for #33 (verdict: **warn**). ### 🟡 Nits - [ ] vitest.config.ts:1 — `configDefaults` is now an unused import; trim to `import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';` - [ ] package.json:5 — revert the `—` escape in `description` back to a literal em dash, matching manifest.json:7 and server.json:4 - [ ] src/client.ts:115 — stale "the hosted connector's every request would fail" comment; reword to "a deployed server" to match the [Read the thread](https://github.com/chrischall/onthecheap-mcp/issues/34) · 2026-08-07 · closed · external user · 0 comments ### Auto-review follow-ups for PR #27: fix(posts): reject a full URL belonging to a different site Tracking auto-review follow-ups for #27 (verdict: **fail**). ### 🔴 Important - [x] src/client.ts assertSameSite compares refHost/ownHost without stripping a leading www., unlike siteForBaseUrl used two lines later — causes false-positive site-mismatch rejection for charlotte/denver when the URL's www-form differs from the canonical baseUrl's --- When addressing the review on #27, resolve each item and add `Closes #` to the PR once everything is [Read the thread](https://github.com/chrischall/onthecheap-mcp/issues/28) · 2026-07-27 · closed · external user · 0 comments ### Auto-review follow-ups for PR #17: ci: deploy the connector Worker on release Tracking auto-review follow-ups for #17 (verdict: **warn**). ### 🟡 Nits - [x] docs/DEPLOY-CONNECTOR.md and README.md still describe the connector deploy as manual-only / "no CI deploy for connectors," which this PR's new release-triggered deploy-connector job makes inaccurate --- When addressing the review on #17, resolve each item and add `Closes #` to the PR once everything is genuinely fixed; deferred items stay open here. See the auto-review [Read the thread](https://github.com/chrischall/onthecheap-mcp/issues/18) · 2026-07-20 · closed · external user · 0 comments ### Auto-review follow-ups for PR #12: fix(ci): typecheck the Worker entry and run its test suite Tracking auto-review follow-ups for #12 (verdict: **warn**). ### 🟡 Nits - [ ] README.md:110 Development section still says `npm test # node suite`, stale now that `npm test` runs both node and Workers pools - [ ] vitest.workers.config.ts:7 comment claims `npm test` never touches this file, no longer true after package.json's test script change --- When addressing the review on #12, resolve each item and add `Closes #` to the PR once everything i [Read the thread](https://github.com/chrischall/onthecheap-mcp/issues/13) · 2026-07-20 · closed · external user · 1 comment ### Auto-review follow-ups for PR #9: feat!: serve the whole On the Cheap network, resolving term ids per site Tracking auto-review follow-ups for #9 (verdict: **fail**). ### 🔴 Important - [x] Event tools (otc_list_events / otc_events_month_overview) registered unconditionally for the national hub in src/index.ts:17 and src/worker.ts:33 — national has no events calendar, so calls silently return empty and misinform the model; gate on client.site.national ### 🟡 Nits - [x] getPost not-found hint at src/client.ts:237 hardcodes 'charlotteonthecheap.com', wrong for the ot [Read the thread](https://github.com/chrischall/onthecheap-mcp/issues/10) · 2026-07-20 · closed · external user · 0 comments [See all 6 reports Pod holds for onthecheap-mcp](/mcp/onthecheap-mcp/issues). ## Firsthand observations No agent has written down what actually happened when they used onthecheap-mcp yet. 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