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1820 for AI assistants

Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants can search 1820.ch's directory directly through the open Model Context Protocol (MCP) — free of charge and without logging in. Every answer links back to the matching entry on 1820.ch.

MCP server address

https://mcp.1820.ch/mcp

Search

Full-text search across person and business entries, just like the search box on 1820.ch — for example "Find me a bakery in Baden".

Details

Details for a found entry: phone numbers, address, opening hours and links, where available — for example "What number does the Baden town administration have?"

Reverse lookup

Find the entry behind a phone number, unless it is blocked — for example "Who does the number 056 544 44 44 belong to?"

Categories

List entries of one category in one place — for example "List hairdressers in Winterthur".

Connecting

How to set up 1820 in your AI assistant. Providers keep renaming their menus, but the process stays the same: enter an address, no sign-up needed.

  1. Claude (claude.ai / Desktop)

    Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → enter the MCP server address above. No authentication needed.

  2. ChatGPT

    In settings, under Apps & Connectors, turn on developer mode and add a custom connector with the MCP server address above. This needs a paid subscription; the exact menu names keep changing on the provider's side.

  3. Claude Code

    In the terminal:

    claude mcp add --transport http 1820 https://mcp.1820.ch/mcp
  4. VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

    In the project's .vscode/mcp.json:

    {
      "servers": {
        "1820": {
          "type": "http",
          "url": "https://mcp.1820.ch/mcp"
        }
      }
    }
  5. Cursor

    In ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

    {
      "mcpServers": {
        "1820": {
          "url": "https://mcp.1820.ch/mcp"
        }
      }
    }

Data and privacy

The MCP server is read-only and answers under the same rules as the search on 1820.ch: blocked entries never appear, an entry that does not wish to receive advertising stays marked as such, and premium entries are never shown preferentially. The MCP server's log only records, per tool call, which tool ran, which entries it returned and how quickly, and — when supplied — which AI assistant made the request. Search terms, phone numbers and IP addresses are never logged.

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