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Developer adds AI-friendly booking access after ChatGPT fails

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A developer built a booking API and an MCP server that allowed assistants to make real restaurant reservations, but found that ChatGPT could not utilize it. The issue stemmed from the API's information being hidden in React components and meta tags, which browsing models do not typically access. To fix this, the developer implemented four new entry points for booking, including a direct URL for availability and a simplified booking page, and ensured clear instructions were placed where AI assistants would look, such as in an `llms.txt` file. AI

IMPACT Highlights the challenge of making structured data accessible to AI assistants and the need for explicit AI-friendly documentation.

RANK_REASON The item describes a technical fix for an existing product (booking API) to improve its integration with AI assistants, rather than a new product launch or frontier release.

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Developer adds AI-friendly booking access after ChatGPT fails

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Elena Dev ·

    Our booking API worked. Assistants still could not find the door

    <p>In August I put a public booking API online, and then an MCP server on top of it. No key, no account. Any assistant could read live availability at a restaurant and create a real booking with a confirmation ID. In our own tests it worked on the first try.</p> <p>A few days lat…

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