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onthecheap-mcp

Find free and cheap things to do in a US city — daily event listings with times, prices and venues, plus searchable deals, festivals, kids activities and local guides from the On the Cheap network (Charlotte, Denver, Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Seattle, Kansas City, South Florida, Orlando, Portland, Richmond, Southern Maine, the Triangle). Use when the user asks what's happening locally, wants free or cheap things to do on a date or weekend, or asks about local deals, festivals, or family activities. Skill: onthecheap-mcp Owner: chrischall Summary: Find free and cheap things to do in a US city — daily event listings with times, prices and venues, plus searchable deals, festivals, kids activities and local guides from the On the Cheap network (Charlotte, Denver, Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Seattle, Kansas City, South Florida, Orlando, Portland, Richmond, Southern Maine, the Triangle). Use when the user asks what's

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Downloads

1.4k

Updated

Oct 10, 2026

Version

1.1.7

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What it does, and when to use it.

Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 1.4K downloads reported by the source. Last updated 10/10/2026.

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Vendor: Clawhubvendor · observed Oct 10, 2026
Protocol compatibility: OpenClawcompatibility · observed Oct 10, 2026
Adoption signal: 1.4K downloadsadoption · observed Oct 10, 2026
Latest release: 1.1.7release · observed Oct 9, 2026
Handshake status: UNKNOWNsecurity

Install and run

Setup complexity: low.

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Setup complexity is classified as HIGH. You must provision dedicated cloud infrastructure or an isolated VM. Do not run this directly on your local workstation.
Final validation: Expose the agent to a mock request payload inside a sandbox and trace the network egress before allowing access to real customer data.

Contract: missing

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SKILL.md

---
name: onthecheap-mcp
description: Find free and cheap things to do in a US city — daily event listings with times, prices and venues, plus searchable deals, festivals, kids activities and local guides from the On the Cheap network (Charlotte, Denver, Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Seattle, Kansas City, South Florida, Orlando, Portland, Richmond, Southern Maine, the Triangle). Use when the user asks what's happening locally, wants free or cheap things to do on a date or weekend, or asks about local deals, festivals, or family activities.
---

# On the Cheap

Reads the [On the Cheap](https://livingonthecheap.com) network — local guides to
free and cheap things to do across ~14 US cities. Everything is read-only and
needs no credentials.

## Always name the city

**Every tool except `otc_list_sites` takes a required `site` argument, and there
is no default.** Pick the key that matches the city the user means; if you're not
sure one exists, call `otc_list_sites` first. Common aliases work (`milehigh`,
`raleigh`, `rva`, `kc`, `southflorida`).

An unknown key is refused with the valid ones listed, so you'll never silently
read the wrong city — but do check that the key you picked is the city the user
actually asked about. Every result echoes back `site` and `site_name`.

Because the whole network is reachable, you can answer across cities in one go —
comparing a weekend in Denver and Portland is just two calls.

**Category and location ids are per-site.** Each site is a separate WordPress
install, so an id from `otc_list_categories` is only meaningful against that
same `site`. Reusing one across cities filters to something unrelated rather
than erroring.

The `national` site (Living On The Cheap) covers US-wide deals and has **no
local events calendar**. The event tools reject it with an explanatory error;
use `otc_search_posts` with `site: "national"` for national deals.

## Picking the right tool

- **What's on for a date** → `otc_list_events` with an ISO `date`
(defaults to today). Each listing has its time, price and venue. Add
`free_only: true` for no-cost listings only.
- **Scan or compare a whole month** → `otc_events_month_overview`.
- **Find articles by topic, place or text** → `otc_search_posts`
(`query`, `category`, `location`, `after`/`before`, `view?`).
- **Read one article in full** → `otc_get_post` with an id, slug, or URL.
- **Discover filter ids** → `otc_list_categories`, `otc_list_locations`.
- **Find which cities exist** → `otc_list_sites` (the only tool with no `site`).

## Typical flow

Pass `site` on every one of these calls.

For "what's free this weekend?", call `otc_list_events` once per date with
`free_only: true` — the events calendar is per-day, so a weekend is two calls
(three over a long weekend). Give the user the title, time and venue, and offer
`otc_get_post` on anything they want details for.

For a topic ("free museum days", "kids stuff in Lake Norman"), search instead:
resolve the category or location id first

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skill-card.md

## Description:

Finds free and inexpensive events, deals, and local guides in supported US cities through the On the Cheap network.

This skill is ready for commercial/non-commercial use.

## Publisher:

[chrischall](https://clawhub.ai/user/chrischall)

### License/Terms of Use:

MIT-0

## Use Case:

People seeking affordable local activities use this skill to find events, family outings, festivals, and deals by city and date.

### Deployment Geography for Use:

United States (supported On the Cheap network locations)

## Known Risks and Mitigations:

Risk: A city mismatch or cross-city filter can return irrelevant listings.

Mitigation: Confirm the requested city and use category or location filters from that same site.

Risk: Monthly event previews are incomplete, and past deals may no longer be valid.

Mitigation: Check daily listings for complete schedules and verify availability before recommending a deal.

## Reference(s):

- [On the Cheap network](https://livingonthecheap.com)
- [ClawHub skill listing](https://clawhub.ai/chrischall/skills/onthecheap-mcp)

## Skill Output:

**Output Type(s):** [Text, Markdown, Guidance]

**Output Format:** [Markdown]

**Output Parameters:** [1D]

**Other Properties Related to Output:** [Event and deal summaries may include dates, times, prices, venues, and source links.]

## Skill Version(s):

1.1.7 (source: ClawHub release metadata)

## Ethical Considerations:

Users should evaluate whether this skill is appropriate for their environment, review any generated or modified files before relying on them, and apply their organization's safety, security, and compliance requirements before deployment.

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