# How to use Claude to find local businesses with looot

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

## Connect looot to Claude

1. In Claude, open Customize, then Connectors.
2. Click "+ Add", then "Add custom connector".
3. Name it looot and paste the remote MCP server URL https://api.looot.ai/mcp. Click Continue.
4. Review the authentication settings Claude detects and click Continue. Under Authentication pick "Sign in now" or "Sign in when needed". Under OAuth client, Anthropic recommends "Use Claude's published identity". Click Add.
5. looot's sign-in page opens: sign in with your looot account and allow access. Runs are paid from your prepaid looot balance.

Anthropic's help center says custom connectors work on Free, Pro, Max, Ultra, Team and Enterprise, and a Free account can add one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise an Owner or Primary Owner adds it under Organization settings, Connectors, and each member then clicks Connect under Customize, Connectors.

In Claude Code instead: Add looot from your terminal with one command: `claude mcp add --transport http looot https://api.looot.ai/mcp`. Then type /mcp inside Claude Code and follow the browser sign-in.

- Source, read 2026-11-10: [Anthropic help center: Get started with custom connectors using remote MCP](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-getting-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp)
- Source, read 2026-11-10: [Claude Code docs: Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp)

## Ask Claude

In a new chat, click the "+" button at the lower left, choose Connectors and switch looot on for this conversation. 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 ChatGPT](/guides/chatgpt/local-businesses)
- [The prompt on its own](/prompts/local-businesses)
- [All Claude guides](/guides/claude)