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DimensionAirbnb Search & Listings MCP ServerSearch and inspect Airbnb listings with AI.Playwright MCPMicrosoft's official Playwright-based browser automation MCP server
FMRS57 / 100 · C78 / 100 · B
Reliability9 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions11 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance10 / 2018 / 20
Documentation14 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience13 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • Users who want AI-assisted accommodation search and listing research.
  • Travel planners needing international location search, price filters, and property details.
  • Developers and researchers able to run a Node.js MCP client.
  • Scenarios where an AI assistant needs to actually drive a browser to complete a task
  • Web automation testing and end-to-end verification
Not for
  • Users seeking an official Airbnb or Airbnb-affiliated service.
  • Users needing booking, payment, or reservation-management features; the source documents search and information retrieval only.
  • Users who do not want requests sent to Airbnb or third-party geocoding services unless they provide a placeId or disable geocoding.
  • Simple static-text scraping (a lightweight scraper is a better fit)
  • Environments sensitive to browser resource usage that can't run a full browser engine
Required permissions
  • Requires a local Node.js process running over stdio.
  • Requires network requests to airbnb.com to search and read publicly available listing information.
  • Without a placeId or DISABLE_GEOCODING=true, it sends geocoding requests to Photon and, when needed, Nominatim.
  • The source does not specify account authentication, API keys, or storage of sensitive data.
  • Requires installing and running a browser engine (Chromium/Firefox/WebKit) locally or on a server
  • browser_navigate can visit any URL; browser_evaluate can run arbitrary JavaScript in the page context
Risks and side effects
  • The server depends on Airbnb page structure, so page changes may cause degraded or incorrect results.
  • Requests are subject to robots.txt, rate limits, and network availability; ignoring robots.txt may create compliance concerns.
  • Searches without a placeId send the user-provided location string to third-party geocoding services.
  • The source states that the project is not affiliated with Airbnb and advises respecting Airbnb's terms and relevant usage policies.
  • browser_evaluate executing arbitrary scripts carries risk if a malicious page is visited — restrict to trusted sites or an isolated environment
  • Long-running browser instances consume significant memory and CPU
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, CursorClaude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Zed, Cline, Amp, Kiro, LM Studio, Antigravity, Goose
Tools210