Transport for London Unified API
apiauth · remote officialuk.gov.tfl/api · vv1
Our unified API brings together data across all modes of transport into a single RESTful API. This API provides access to the most highly requested realtime and status infomation across all the modes of transport, in a single and consistent way. Access to the developer documentation is available at…
run it
on your own machines, one way per deploy methodgenerated from the record, not tested yet
An OpenAPI-to-MCP bridge, for clients without callbus in front.
#!/usr/bin/env bash # tfl (uk.gov.tfl/api), recipe baremetal (generated). # Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent"; started by mcp-my-agent-tfl.service. set -euo pipefail export HOST=127.0.0.1 PORT=8101 exec uvx mcp-proxy --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8101 --pass-environment -- uvx awslabs.openapi-mcp-server [Unit] Description=MCP server tfl (toolset my-agent), generated by Hub After=network-online.target Wants=network-online.target [Service] Type=simple User=mcp Group=mcp EnvironmentFile=/etc/mcp/my-agent.env Environment=HOME=/var/lib/mcp/tfl WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/mcp/tfl ExecStart=/opt/mcp/my-agent/bin/tfl.sh Restart=on-failure RestartSec=5 NoNewPrivileges=true ProtectSystem=strict ProtectHome=true PrivateTmp=true ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/mcp/tfl [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
generated from the record, not tested yet
An OpenAPI-to-MCP bridge, for clients without callbus in front.
docker run --rm -p 127.0.0.1:8101:8000 -e API_NAME -e API_SPEC_URL -e API_BASE_URL -e AUTH_TYPE ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim sh -c 'uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx awslabs.openapi-mcp-server'
generated from the record, not tested yet
An OpenAPI-to-MCP bridge, for clients without callbus in front.
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-18T05:36:45+00:00).
# Each package server runs behind a stdio->HTTP bridge and listens on localhost only.
# cp .env.example .env # fill the ${VAR}s
# docker compose up -d && bash smoke.sh
# Remote servers are not here: clients reach them directly (see clients/).
name: mcp-my-agent
services:
tfl:
image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
command:
- sh
- -c
- uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx awslabs.openapi-mcp-server
ports:
- 127.0.0.1:8101:8000
volumes:
- uv-cache:/root/.cache/uv
healthcheck:
test:
- CMD
- python3
- -c
- import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8000/status')
interval: 30s
timeout: 5s
retries: 5
start_period: 2m
restart: unless-stopped
x-note: An OpenAPI-to-MCP bridge, for clients without callbus in front.
environment:
API_NAME: tfl
API_SPEC_URL: https://api.tfl.gov.uk/swagger/docs/v1
API_BASE_URL: https://api.tfl.gov.uk
AUTH_TYPE: none
volumes:
npm-cache: {}
uv-cache: {}
generated from the record, not tested yet
An OpenAPI-to-MCP bridge, for clients without callbus in front.
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-18T05:36:45+00:00).
# kubectl create namespace mcp
# kubectl -n mcp create secret generic mcp-credentials --from-env-file=.env
# kubectl apply -f kubernetes.yaml
# Services are cluster-internal: <name>.mcp.svc.cluster.local:8000/mcp. Put an ingress
# with auth in front before exposing any of them.
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: mcp
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: tfl
namespace: mcp
labels: &id001
app: tfl
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels: *id001
template:
metadata:
labels: *id001
spec:
containers:
- name: tfl
image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
ports:
- containerPort: 8000
name: http
env:
- name: API_NAME
value: tfl
- name: API_SPEC_URL
value: https://api.tfl.gov.uk/swagger/docs/v1
- name: API_BASE_URL
value: https://api.tfl.gov.uk
- name: AUTH_TYPE
value: none
command:
- sh
- -c
- uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx awslabs.openapi-mcp-server
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /status
port: http
initialDelaySeconds: 10
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: tfl
namespace: mcp
spec:
selector:
app: tfl
ports:
- port: 8000
targetPort: http
name: http
generated from the record, not tested yet
An OpenAPI-to-MCP bridge, for clients without callbus in front.
# Generated by Hub for toolset "my-agent" (2026-10-18T05:36:45+00:00).
# Credentials come from the Secret 'mcp-credentials' (kubectl create secret generic ... --from-env-file=.env).
# Each server under `servers` is one Deployment + Service; the keys after it configure
# upstream charts a worker verified.
servers:
tfl:
enabled: true
replicas: 1
port: 8000
path: /mcp
container:
name: tfl
image: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
ports:
- containerPort: 8000
name: http
env:
- name: API_NAME
value: tfl
- name: API_SPEC_URL
value: https://api.tfl.gov.uk/swagger/docs/v1
- name: API_BASE_URL
value: https://api.tfl.gov.uk
- name: AUTH_TYPE
value: none
command:
- sh
- -c
- uvx mcp-proxy --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --pass-environment -- uvx awslabs.openapi-mcp-server
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /status
port: http
initialDelaySeconds: 10
# helm install my-agent helm/my-agent -n mcp
in the cloud
one click: the provider's deploy form opens filled in, in your own account- koyeb
-
Clients connect to the service's https://…koyeb.app address plus /mcp.
- azure
-
A Container Apps environment with one app per server, each with HTTPS ingress and one replica. The deployment's outputs list the endpoints.
connect to it
copy what your client needsuvx awslabs.openapi-mcp-server
{
"mcpServers": {
"tfl": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"awslabs.openapi-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"API_NAME": "tfl",
"API_SPEC_URL": "https://api.tfl.gov.uk/swagger/docs/v1",
"API_BASE_URL": "https://api.tfl.gov.uk",
"AUTH_TYPE": "none"
}
}
}
}
#!/usr/bin/env bash # Registers every server with Claude Code (run once; `claude mcp list` to check). set -euo pipefail set -a; [ -f .env ] && source .env; set +a claude mcp add tfl -e API_NAME=tfl -e API_SPEC_URL=https://api.tfl.gov.uk/swagger/docs/v1 -e API_BASE_URL=https://api.tfl.gov.uk -e AUTH_TYPE=none -- uvx awslabs.openapi-mcp-server
{
"mcpServers": {
"tfl": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"awslabs.openapi-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"API_NAME": "tfl",
"API_SPEC_URL": "https://api.tfl.gov.uk/swagger/docs/v1",
"API_BASE_URL": "https://api.tfl.gov.uk",
"AUTH_TYPE": "none"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"tfl": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"awslabs.openapi-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"API_NAME": "tfl",
"API_SPEC_URL": "https://api.tfl.gov.uk/swagger/docs/v1",
"API_BASE_URL": "https://api.tfl.gov.uk",
"AUTH_TYPE": "none"
}
}
}
}
name: my-agent target: local servers: - hub: uk.gov.tfl/api
- not probed yet: tools unpinned, ingest lists them
- the API key goes in the query (app_key): callbus sends headers only, use the OpenAPI bridge (callbus: false)
- the API key goes in the query (app_id): callbus sends headers only, use the OpenAPI bridge (callbus: false)
operations
Probe result: failedremote: Swagger 2.0: the hub's entry needs an OpenAPI 3 spec
runs · 2
the latest tests of this entry by the hub and its workers, newest first| date | worker | method | status | sandbox | reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 09:41 | local-mac | remote | failed | none | remote: Swagger 2.0: the hub's entry needs an OpenAPI 3 spec |
| 2026-10-16 09:38 | local-mac | remote | failed | none | remote: Swagger 2.0: the hub's entry needs an OpenAPI 3 spec |