MCP server

Canal Nav Official

com.canalnav/canal-nav

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Plan canal routes on Great Britain's waterways: lock-aware timing, live closures, boat-fit checks.

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

canalnav.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

6

Token cost

About 2,455 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http canal-nav https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.canal-nav]
url = "https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"canal-nav":{"httpUrl":"https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"canal-nav":{"url":"https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"canal-nav":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add canal-nav https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"canal-nav","server_url":"https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"canal-nav","server_url":"https://mcp.canalnav.com/mcp"}

Tools

• find_place ~194 tokens
  Look up a place name on the British inland waterway network and return matching locations with coordinates (marinas, moorings, water points and other waterside facilities). Use it to disambiguate a place before calling plan_route or plan_round_trip, or to get coordinates for a known spot. Results ar
• get_closures ~336 tokens
  Live closure, stoppage and restriction notices for the inland waterways of Great Britain, covering every GB navigation authority: Canal & River Trust, Environment Agency, Scottish Canals, Broads Authority, Bridgewater, Middle Level, River Wey, Basingstoke and more, not just CRT. Search near a place
• plan_round_trip ~568 tokens
  Plan return-to-start cruises from a point on the inland waterways of Great Britain, sized to fit a number of days. Returns several options: circular loops where the canal network offers one (canal "rings"), plus out-and-back and fewest-locks alternatives, each with distance, lock count, day-by-day p
• plan_route ~704 tokens
  Plan a boat journey between two points on the inland waterways of Great Britain (canals and navigable rivers). The route follows the water itself, not roads. It counts every lock and estimates cruising time from realistic boat speed plus time per lock. Live closures and stoppages from every GB navig
• search_directory ~271 tokens
  Search Canal Nav's directory of waterside businesses on the British inland waterways: marinas, chandleries, boat hire, boatyards, pump-out and services, fuel, moorings, surveyors, brokerage, and canalside food and pubs. Filter by free text, category, or proximity to a place. Listings marked unclaime
• will_my_boat_fit ~382 tokens
  Check boat dimensions against the published maximum craft dimensions for a named British waterway (length, beam, draught and air draught, from Canal & River Trust published figures covering the full CRT network). Returns a per-dimension verdict quoting the limit. Draught and headroom vary with water

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