finn-mcp

MCP server that exposes finn.no — Norway's largest online classifieds marketplace — to Claude across four verticals:

• BAP / Torget — used goods
• Real estate — homes for sale and rentals
• Cars — used (new cars are only available via the official API)
• Jobs — full-time listings

Tools

Tool	Purpose
search_finn	Search a vertical by keyword + optional filters.
get_listing	Fetch a full listing by finnkode.
save_search	Persist a named recurring search.
list_saved_searches	List all saved searches.
delete_saved_search	Remove a saved search.
check_saved_search	Run a saved search and return only hits that are new since the last check.

Install & run (recommended)

Requires uv. Then use uvx to run the server without cloning or installing anything permanently:

uvx finn-mcp

Register with Claude Code

claude mcp add finn-mcp -- uvx finn-mcp

Or add to your .mcp.json (or Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "finn-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["finn-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Data access

There is no self-serve public finn.no API. For v1 this server scrapes the public web pages and parses JSON-LD on detail pages. A stable FinnBackend interface separates the MCP surface from the data source, so the scraper can be swapped for the official partner API (cache.api.finn.no/iad/) later.

Backend selection is controlled by the FINN_BACKEND environment variable:

• FINN_BACKEND=scraper (default) — the scraper implementation.
• FINN_BACKEND=official — stub; raises NotImplementedError until partner credentials are wired up.

Responses are cached for 24 hours in a local SQLite database at $XDG_DATA_HOME/finn-mcp/cache.sqlite (defaults to ~/.local/share/finn-mcp/cache.sqlite).

Develop from source

git clone https://github.com/aHk-coder/finn-mcp
cd finn-mcp
uv sync
uv run pytest
uv run finn-mcp   # stdio server

Tests run against saved HTML fixtures in tests/fixtures/ and do not hit finn.no over the network.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.