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Booking.com

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2 minTime to key
NoNo-human path
4Human gates
5/10Onboarding score
KYC / business checkManual reviewPartner applicationTalk to sales

Fastest path to a key

  1. Consumer agent path (fastest): add Claude connector 'Booking.com' (https://demandapi-mcp.booking.com/v1/mcp/8132308) -> search accommodations with NO authentication -> booking completes on booking.com via link.
  2. Talk to sales
    Developer path: become a Managed Affiliate Partner (apply, sign contract).
  3. Talk to sales
    Account Manager enables Partner Centre access -> generate Demand API key + X-Affiliate-Id.
  4. Talk to sales
    Call sandbox https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2 (same credentials as prod) or partner MCP https://demandapi-mcp.booking.com/v1/sp/mcp/ with x-booking-affiliate-id + x-booking-authorization headers.
  5. Working API key

Biggest gap

Managed Affiliate contract + Account Manager gate; partner terms reportedly restrict AI use without written approval; no order creation tool.

Worth copying

Same MCP backend serves an auth-free consumer connector and a partner-keyed server; tools/list is declared the source of truth per account.

Sources (10) · checked 2026-10-11
42Readiness score / 100
L2 Agent-documentedBeats 57% of 1,846 companies
Access16/20
Context16/20
Interfaces8/32
Onboarding0/19
Trust2/9
llms.txt · docs
MCP · https://developers.booking.com/mcp

Biggest gains

  1. +12 Remote MCP server for the product. Host a remote MCP server (e.g. mcp.<domain>/mcp, Streamable HTTP) for your core actions.
  2. +8 Machine-readable API spec. Publish an OpenAPI spec at a stable URL like /openapi.json and link it from llms.txt.
  3. +6 Agents can self-register OAuth clients. Support dynamic client registration (RFC 7591) or client ID metadata documents so MCP clients connect in one click.
All 20 checks
  • PASSAgents get the real page, not a bot wall10
  • PASSrobots.txt lets user-triggered agents in6
  • FAILContent is server-rendered4
  • PASSllms.txt exists8
  • FAILllms-full.txt exists3
  • PASSDocs available as markdown6
  • PASSSitemap2
  • FAILStructured metadata1
  • PASSPublic developer docs4
  • FAILMachine-readable API spec8
  • FAILRemote MCP server for the product12
  • PASSDocs MCP or searchable docs4
  • FAILSDKs and a CLI4
  • FAILOAuth discovery metadata5
  • FAILAgents can self-register OAuth clients6
  • FAILSelf-serve API keys5
  • FAILFree tier or test mode3
  • FAILAgent manifests4
  • PASSsecurity.txt2
  • FAILPublic status page3

Your fix pack: 13 changes, up to +58 points

Each change is ready to paste, filled in for booking.com, with a command to check it worked. Or hand the whole list to your coding agent.

A remote MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor act on your product in one click, with no glue code.

Where: https://mcp.booking.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
// npm i @modelcontextprotocol/sdk zod  — minimal remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP, stateless)
import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
import { StreamableHTTPServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/streamableHttp.js";
import express from "express";
import { z } from "zod";

const app = express();
app.use(express.json());

app.post("/mcp", async (req, res) => {
  const server = new McpServer({ name: "booking.com", version: "1.0.0" });
  // One tool per core job. Clear verbs, typed inputs, small outputs.
  server.tool("create_<thing>", "Create a <thing> for the signed-in user.", { name: z.string() },
    async ({ name }) => {
      const key = req.headers.authorization?.replace("Bearer ", ""); // scoped API key or OAuth token
      const r = await fetch("https://booking.com/v1/<things>", { method: "POST", headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${key}` }, body: JSON.stringify({ name }) });
      return { content: [{ type: "text", text: await r.text() }] };
    });
  const transport = new StreamableHTTPServerTransport({ sessionIdGenerator: undefined });
  res.on("close", () => transport.close());
  await server.connect(transport);
  await transport.handleRequest(req, res, req.body);
});
app.listen(3000);
Check it worked:curl -s -X POST https://mcp.booking.com/mcp -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"t","version":"1"}}}' -i | head -15

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