Mapbox Mcp Runtime Patterns

If you're building an AI app that needs to work with maps and location data, this walks you through integrating Mapbox's MCP server into frameworks like Pydantic AI, LangChain, CrewAI, and Mastra. It covers both the hosted server option and self-hosting, explains when to use offline tools versus API calls, and includes patterns for real-world scenarios like food delivery and real estate apps. The best part is the guidance on tool selection, helping your LLM understand when to use straight-line distance versus routing or category search versus geocoding. Comes with production patterns for caching, rate limiting, and error handling.