opentable_cancel_reservation
Cancel an existing reservation. Set confirm=false to preview, confirm=true to actually cancel. This action cannot be undone.
LABSCO SUMMARY
The confirm flag is the entire safety model: the state-changing calls preview by default and act only when confirm is set to true.
opentable_make_reservation and opentable_cancel_reservation each take a confirm argument and each describe the false case as a preview, which puts a readable step between an agent's intention and a real booking on a real account. Around that, the session tools are more prominent than usual for a reason: opentable_status is described as the call to make before any other operation, because from the outside 'no availability' and 'not logged in' look identical. Cancellation carries its own warning that it cannot be undone, which is the one place the preview is worth reading rather than skipping.
What it is
An OpenTable client with nine tools covering session status and login, restaurant search and detail, availability checks, and booking, listing and cancelling reservations.
What you get
- Session state before anything else: opentable_status reports login status with instructions when not authenticated and is described as the call to make before any other operation, opentable_login returns the login URL and instructions, and opentable_logout clears the stored session cookies.
- Finding somewhere: opentable_search takes location, cuisine, partySize, date and time, and opentable_get_restaurant returns a restaurant's description, address, hours and features.
- Availability rather than a guess: opentable_check_availability returns the open reservation time slots for a restaurant on a date at a party size.
- Booking behind a preview: opentable_make_reservation takes confirm=false to preview and confirm=true to actually book, carries special requests, and requires the user to be logged in.
- Afterwards: opentable_get_reservations lists the logged-in user's upcoming reservations, and opentable_cancel_reservation previews or cancels with its own note that the action cannot be undone.
Requirements
An OpenTable account the user logs into: the reservation tools require authentication, and opentable_login returns a URL a person completes, after which the session cookies are stored. No credentials are configured on the server itself.
Setup effort
One command — npx @striderlabs/mcp-opentable
USE CASES
01
Booking dinner for a specific night without opening the site
Confirm the session first, search on location and cuisine, check which slots are genuinely open, then preview the booking before confirming it.
02
Checking what a restaurant is actually like before you commit
Find it by name or cuisine, then read its description, address, hours and features rather than judging from a listing.
03
Cancelling a booking you can no longer make
List the upcoming reservations to get the right id, preview the cancellation, then confirm it knowing it cannot be undone.
04
Getting the session in place before an agent tries to book
Check the login state, hand the user the login URL when it is missing, and clear stored cookies when switching accounts.
9 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
opentable_check_availability
Check available reservation time slots for a restaurant on a specific date and party size.
opentable_get_reservations
List all upcoming reservations for the logged-in user. Requires authentication.
opentable_get_restaurant
Get detailed information about a specific restaurant including description, address, hours, and features.
opentable_login
Get the OpenTable login URL and instructions for the user to authenticate. Use this when opentable_status returns not logged in.
opentable_logout
Clear the stored OpenTable session cookies. Use this to log out or reset the authentication state.
opentable_make_reservation
Book a restaurant reservation on OpenTable. Set confirm=false to preview before booking, confirm=true to actually book. Requires the user to be logged in.
opentable_search
Search for restaurants on OpenTable by location, cuisine, party size, date, and time.
opentable_status
Check if the user is logged in to OpenTable. Returns login status and instructions if not authenticated. Call this before any other OpenTable operations.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
9 tools when we connected. Tool names are all prefixed opentable_; search_restaurants, make_reservation and similar names in the documentation's code sample are illustrative, not callable.
Requires
npx on PATH
Where it runs
The documented client runs the server on your machine.
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 9 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Server setup
TERMINAL
npx @striderlabs/mcp-opentableMCP Clients
Claude Desktop
CLAUDE DESKTOP · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"opentable": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@striderlabs/mcp-opentable"
]
}
}
}
