lounge-tool-best-practice

Use the lounge tools without errors

Rules that stop the common failures: guessed slugs, missing arguments, repeated searches and rate limits.

• Skill ID: lounge-tool-best-practice
• Tags: travel, lounges, reliability
• Endpoint: https://mcp.airportloungelist.com/mcp (MCP, Streamable HTTP)

Workflow

1. When you know the airport, call get_airport_lounges with its IATA code. It is the most reliable tool. Use search_lounges only for a lounge name, city or country, with one short term per call.
2. Pass every required argument: iata for get_airport_lounges, query for search_lounges, slug for get_lounge_details, access_method for find_lounges_by_access.
3. Copy lounge slugs from a previous result. Never build a slug from a lounge name.
4. Copy access-method slugs from list_access_methods. Call it once per conversation and reuse the result.
5. If a search returns zero lounges, change the term once (IATA code instead of city, or the reverse), then stop and tell the user. Do not loop: search_lounges allows 60 calls an hour.
6. On a rate-limit error, stop calling that tool and use the data you already have.

Tools

get_airport_lounges

Get all airport lounges at a specific airport by IATA code. Returns every lounge at the airport with terminal location, amenities, access methods, and ratings.

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "iata": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{3}$",
      "description": "Airport IATA code (e.g. LHR, JFK, SIN)"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "iata"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

search_lounges

Search airport lounges worldwide by name, airport name, IATA code, city, or country. Returns matching lounges with amenities, access methods, and ratings. Use this to find specific lounges or discover lounges in a location.

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Search query (lounge name, airport name, IATA code, city, or country)"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}