
Wraps the Bored API to help you fight boredom with activity suggestions. Exposes three tools: pull random activities, filter by category (cooking, sports, relaxation, etc.), or search by participant count for solo or group plans. Each result includes the activity name, type, how many people you need, and a price range estimate. No authentication required. Part of the Pipeworx gateway, so you can either connect to this standalone server or tap into their full 250+ data source collection. Good for building chat interfaces that suggest things to do or prototyping recreational planning features without standing up your own activity database.
Bored MCP — wraps Bored API (free, no auth)
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
random_activity | Get a random activity suggestion to cure boredom. Returns activity name, type, participant count, and price range. |
activity_by_type | Find a random activity by category (e.g., 'cooking', 'sport', 'relaxation'). Returns activity name, type, participants needed, and price range. |
activity_by_participants | Find a random activity for a specific group size (e.g., 1 for solo, 4 for group). Returns activity name, type, and price range. |
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"bored": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bored/mcp"
}
}
}
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bored/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1476+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Bored data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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