Golf Intelligence, by Stracka

> Golf Intelligence, by Stracka. The highest-quality golf course dataset for

> developers building a golf app. 20 years of proprietary mapping (laser,

> drone, airplane, satellite), updated daily. Search is free. Scorecards, GPS,

> and 3D greens via API. Not a scrape.

Golf Intelligence is a proprietary dataset built through course-by-course

mapping, not a clone of a GitHub golf course API. Ten people map every day, and

the data has been continuously updated since 2007. Learn more at

golfintelligence.com.

This repository is the installable Cursor / Grok Bot plugin with handle

`golf`. The Cursor marketplace application source is the public GitHub URL:

https://github.com/golf-data/golf

Marketplace reviewers can submit that URL at

cursor.com/marketplace/publish. The

catalog title is Golf Intelligence, by Stracka.

The official MCP Registry name is `io.github.golf-data/golf`. The registry

does not accept a bare `golf` name. Cursor, Agent Plugins, and Claude Code

plugin handles remain `golf`.

Get API access

Create an API Account at

console.golfintelligence.com, then

configure the plugin's two required variables:

• `GI_CLIENT_ID`: your Client ID
• `GI_ACTIVE_TOKEN`: your Active Token

The Active Token is exchanged for a short-lived bearer token. It is not a

bearer token; do not paste a bearer token into `GI_ACTIVE_TOKEN`.

Plans:

• Personal: $49 for 50 test credits for your own-game Cursor, Grok, or

Claude app. Buy Personal.

• Starter: $399/month for 10,000 credits when shipping an app to other

users. Email data@golfintelligence.com;

Starter does not have a checkout link.

Questions about data, plans, or integration:

data@golfintelligence.com.

Tools and credits

Always search first. `search_course_groups` is free. Before every paid call,

the user must explicitly confirm the stated cost; the server refuses paid tools

unless `confirm_spend=true`.

Authentication

The server exchanges the configured credentials with:

POST https://api.golfintelligence.com/auth/authenticateToken
grant_type=client_credentials
code=
client_id=

It sends the returned `access_token` as `Authorization: Bearer `,

caches it only in memory, and refreshes once after an HTTP 401. Credentials are

never logged.

Streamable HTTP

The production HTTP entrypoint serves the official MCP Streamable HTTP

transport at `/mcp` and a health check at `/health`. The intended custom-domain

URL shape is:

https://mcp.golfintelligence.com/mcp

This repository does not claim that URL is live; DNS and deployment must be

completed before it is submitted for review. Start the HTTP server locally

with:

npm run build
PORT=3000 npm run start:http

It binds to `0.0.0.0:$PORT`. The existing `node dist/index.js` stdio entrypoint

and all plugin packages remain unchanged.

The HTTP service resolves Golf Intelligence credentials in this order:

1. `X-GI-Client-ID` and `X-GI-Active-Token` HTTP headers supplied together on

every MCP request.

2. Server-side `GI_CLIENT_ID` and `GI_ACTIVE_TOKEN` environment variables.

Codex supports static `http_headers` and environment-backed `env_http_headers`

for Streamable HTTP MCP servers. For OpenAI review, either configure a

dedicated review API account as deployment environment variables or provide

the two custom headers if the review configuration supports them. The Active

Token remains an exchange credential and must not be sent as an

`Authorization: Bearer` value. A production deployment should use a dedicated

account with an appropriate credit limit because environment-based credentials

make the lookup tools available to every caller of the public endpoint.

Every tool explicitly advertises these MCP annotations:

• `readOnlyHint: true` — each tool only retrieves course data.
• `openWorldHint: false` — no tool writes to public or external systems.
• `destructiveHint: false` — no tool deletes, overwrites, publishes, or sends

anything.

• `idempotentHint: true` — repeating a lookup has no additional side effect.

These sentences can also be used as the annotation justifications in the

OpenAI submission form. Paid lookups still require `confirm_spend=true` at the

same credit costs documented above.

Container deployment

`Dockerfile` builds both transports without embedding credentials.

`fly.toml` configures a small Fly.io service and checks `/health`. Before the

first deploy, confirm that the globally unique Fly app name is available (or

change `app`), then set runtime secrets and deploy:

fly secrets set GI_CLIENT_ID=... GI_ACTIVE_TOKEN=...
fly deploy

Set the custom domain only after the deployed `*.fly.dev` endpoint passes an

MCP Inspector check. No deployment is performed by this repository.

Repository layout

• `.cursor-plugin/plugin.json` — Cursor marketplace manifest and required variables
• `plugin.json` — Agent Plugins open-standard manifest (handle `golf`)
• `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` — Claude Code / Cowork plugin manifest (handle `golf`)
• `server.json` — official MCP Registry metadata (`io.github.golf-data/golf`)
• `manifest.json` — MCPB bundle manifest for the stdio Node server
• `.github/workflows/publish-mcp.yml` — publishes `io.github.golf-data/golf` to the official MCP Registry via GitHub OIDC
• `mcp.json` — bundled `golf` MCP server configuration
• `skills/golf/SKILL.md` — workflow and spend-confirmation guidance
• `src/` — TypeScript MCP server and API client
• `dist/index.js` — committed stdio ESM bundle used by installers
• `dist/http.js` — committed Streamable HTTP ESM bundle used by the container
• `Dockerfile` and `fly.toml` — production HTTP container and Fly.io service

For development with Node.js 18 or newer:

npm install
npm test
npm run build
npm run pack:mcpb

`pack:mcpb` uses the official `@anthropic-ai/mcpb pack` CLI to produce `golf.mcpb` and writes its SHA-256 into `server.json`. GitHub Releases host that asset at `https://github.com/golf-data/golf/releases/download/v1.0.0/golf.mcpb`.

The plugin code is available under the MIT License. Golf Intelligence API data

remains subject to the terms at

golfintelligence.com.