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UNIT 08 · Case Study

KiMCP

MCP server that exposes Korean APIs (Naver, Kakao, TMAP) as tools for LLM applications and agent workflows.

Python MCP Python SDK uv HTTPX Korean Open APIs
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KiMCP is an MCP server that hands an LLM a set of Korean web and map APIs as tools — so an assistant can actually search Naver, look up a place on KakaoMap, or get transit directions instead of guessing.

Tools it exposes

  • Naver — blog, news, cafe, 지식iN, local, image, and shopping search
  • Daum — blog and cafe search
  • Maps & routing — KakaoMap place search, car directions (Kakao), and public-transit directions (TMAP)
  • Web pages — fetch any page as plain text, no key needed; Naver blog links are rewritten to the mobile site, which parses cleanly

Degrade-by-key design

You set only the API keys you have. The tools are registered per provider at startup: if a provider’s keys are missing, the server prints a warning and skips that provider’s tools. A Naver-only setup gets the Naver tools plus the page fetcher instead of an error. Built on the MCP Python SDK with uv for setup and a one-line mcp install into Claude Desktop.