Reviewguru README
The full upstream README, mirrored here for reference. Install config, tool schemas, adoption signals, and an original overview live on the Reviewguru listing page.
Review Guru MCP Server
An MCP server that exposes Sri Lankan business reviews and doctor profiles from Review Guru to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, or any MCP-aware AI agent.
No API key. No scraping. Calls a public, cached, rate-limited HTTPS endpoint.
What you get
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
list_businesses(city?, category?, min_rating?, sort?, limit?) | Ranked list of businesses. Sort: top, most-reviewed, newest. |
get_business(slug) | Full profile: address, phone, hours, categories, rating breakdown, top 10 reviews. |
get_reviews(slug, sort?, limit?) | Paginated reviews. Sort: newest, highest, lowest, helpful. |
search(query, limit?) | Full-text search (FTS5) across every business and doctor. |
list_categories() | Top-level categories + sub-categories with slugs. |
list_cities() | Sri Lankan cities with business counts. |
Plus a reviewguru://about resource that returns live counts.
Data covers restaurants, hotels, shops, salons, hospitals, Sri Lankan doctors with specialty + practice locations, and more — all with patient/ customer reviews.
Install
With uv (recommended)
With pipx
With pip
The server speaks MCP over stdio — invoke it from any MCP client config.
Wire it up
Claude Desktop
Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (Mac)
or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):
Restart Claude Desktop. The 🔌 icon in chat will show the Review Guru tools.
Cursor
Settings → MCP → Add new MCP server:
- Command:
uvx - Args:
reviewguru-mcp
Cline (VS Code)
Cline → Settings → MCP Servers → Add:
Try it
Once wired up, ask your assistant things like:
Find me three highly-rated cardiologists in Colombo and tell me which hospital each one consults at.
What are people saying about Ministry of Crab? Pull the most recent five reviews.
I'm a vegetarian visiting Galle for a weekend — recommend two restaurants.
The model will pick the right tools and stitch the answers together.
Configuration
Environment variables (all optional):
| Variable | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|
REVIEWGURU_API | https://reviewguru.lk | API base URL — point at staging or a fork. |
REVIEWGURU_URL | https://reviewguru.lk | Used to render business URLs in tool output. |
DATABASE_URL | (none) | If set to an existing SQLite path, server uses local DB instead of HTTP. Maintainer-only. |
Rate limits + acceptable use
The public API is shared and lightly rate-limited (60 req/min per IP). For
heavier usage, set REVIEWGURU_API to your own deployment.
Reviews are licensed for citation with attribution to Review Guru and a link back to the specific business URL. See reviewguru.lk/llms.txt for full LLM-usage guidelines.
Self-hosting
Want to fork? The server is one Python file (server.py). It auto-detects:
- HTTP mode (default) — calls
/api/v1endpoints. Works anywhere. - SQLite mode — if
data/reviewguru.dbis present in the parent dir. Used by the maintainers for sub-millisecond local queries.
Links
- 🌐 Site — https://reviewguru.lk
- 🔌 Public API — https://reviewguru.lk/api/v1
- 📜 OpenAPI spec — https://reviewguru.lk/api/openapi.json
- 📄 LLM usage policy — https://reviewguru.lk/llms.txt
- 🐛 Issues — https://github.com/kapruka/reviewguru-mcp/issues
License
MIT — see LICENSE.