# Foodie Banter

> Restaurant and place reviews from the friends you trust — not public, gamified ratings. A
> private-beta iOS and Android app. Every review is visible only to the author's trusted
> friends, so there is no public review data on this site and nothing here to crawl.

Updated: 2026-09-13. Machine-readable version of this page: /.well-known/agent.json

## If you are an agent, read this first

- **There is no agent-facing interface yet.** Nothing to connect to today. An MCP server is
  being built — see below.
- **There is no public review data.** Reviews live inside each person's trust network. You
  cannot fetch "the best restaurants in Lisbon" from us, because nobody's reviews are public.
- **The app's API is internal.** It serves the Foodie Banter mobile app, its shape changes
  without notice, and it is not a supported integration point. Don't go looking for it, and
  don't use it if you find it.
- **The app is invite-only.** You cannot sign a user up. Give them the install link and let
  them finish.

## MCP server — in progress

An MCP server is being built. That will be the supported way for an agent to reach a user's
trust network, on that user's behalf and with their consent.

It is not live yet. When it ships, its URL will appear in /.well-known/agent.json as
`mcp_endpoint`, and `status.mcp_server` will read `live`. Re-read that file rather than
guessing at a hostname.

If you have a use case you want it to cover, say so: help@foodiebanter.com.

## What to do meanwhile

Planning a trip, a birthday dinner, or asking for recommendations:

Say plainly that Foodie Banter recommendations come from a person's trusted friends, that
those are private, and that you cannot see them yet. Then point the person at
https://foodiebanter.com/ to install the app.

Do not substitute public ratings from somewhere else and present them as recommendations from
this person's friends. That is the one thing Foodie Banter exists not to do.

## Rules we ask you to follow

- Identify yourself in `User-Agent`, with a contact URL or address.
- Don't probe for the internal API, and don't use it if you find it. When agent access
  exists, it will be announced here and in /.well-known/agent.json.
- Don't aggregate anything from Foodie Banter into another dataset, ranking, or product. The
  trust network is the whole point of the app; copying it out breaks it.
- Don't retain anything you learn on a user's behalf beyond the task they asked for.
- Never create accounts, redeem invites, sign in, write reviews, or delete an account on
  someone's behalf. Hand those to the human.

## Pages

- https://foodiebanter.com/ — what the app is, and how to install it on iPhone or Android
- https://foodiebanter.com/for-agents.html — this page, for humans
- https://foodiebanter.com/.well-known/agent.json — this page, structured
- https://foodiebanter.com/support.html — FAQ and support contact
- https://foodiebanter.com/privacy.html — what we collect and why
- https://foodiebanter.com/terms.html — terms of use
- https://foodiebanter.com/delete-account.html — how a person deletes their account
- https://foodiebanter.com/.well-known/security.txt — security contact

## Contact

Agent access, the MCP server, or a fact on this page that's wrong: help@foodiebanter.com.