# How to use ChatGPT to find local businesses with looot

List businesses of one type in one city, with address, website, rating and review count.

## Connect looot to ChatGPT

1. Open ChatGPT Plugins at chatgpt.com/plugins.
2. Select the plus button, then "Add custom MCP server".
3. Enter a name (looot) and a short description, for example: live data APIs, paid per call.
4. Under Connection, choose Public endpoint and paste https://api.looot.ai/mcp, including the /mcp path.
5. Configure authentication, read the risk warning and select "I understand and want to continue".
6. Select "Create as a plugin", review the tools ChatGPT found on the server, then install the plugin.
7. looot's sign-in page opens when ChatGPT first needs your account: sign in and allow access. Runs are paid from your prepaid looot balance.

OpenAI's guide does not say which ChatGPT plans can add a custom MCP server. It says account and workspace policies apply to adding and using custom MCP servers.

- Source, read 2026-11-10: [OpenAI developer docs: Connect and test your plugin](https://developers.openai.com/apps-sdk/deploy/connect-chatgpt)

## Ask ChatGPT

Start a new conversation, type @ in the prompt box and select the looot plugin. Then paste the prompt.

Use looot to find [type of business] in [city, country] with the job maps.local.search, fallback on. Return a table with name, address, website, rating and review count, sorted by review count.

## Jobs it calls and what they cost

One use costs from $0.001 at today's cheapest providers. A provider that misses can fall back to the next one, which can cost more; looot charges only the calls that ran, from your prepaid balance.

- `maps.local.search`: 1 call, from $0.001 per call (Serper, the cheapest of 5 providers). Compare providers: [maps.local.search benchmark](/benchmarks/maps-local-search). [About the cheapest provider](/providers/serper)

## A real run

We ran this task through the looot MCP on 2026-11-10. Asked: coffee shops in Lisbon, Portugal. Total charged: $0.0015.

- maps.local.search on anyapi-run-maps-search (AnyAPI): answered, charged $0.0015. Run id run_fe00279fb2af420590ae68251a82eafd.
- 20 places returned, all in Lisbon.
- Most reviewed: A Brasileira (4.2 stars, 10,705 reviews), Cafe Portugal (4.8, 6,026), The Folks Blue Street (4.7, 3,788), Neighbourhood Cafe Lisbon (4.6, 2,160).
- Each row has an address, website, rating, review count, categories and map coordinates. Opening hours were empty in the rows we read.

## More

- [The same task in Claude](/guides/claude/local-businesses)
- [The prompt on its own](/prompts/local-businesses)
- [All ChatGPT guides](/guides/chatgpt)