> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.theprivateclubs.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Search and compare private clubs from your AI app or your own product, free and without an account

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Private Clubs has an MCP server and a REST API. Both serve the public clubs directory at theprivateclubs.com, which lists private membership clubs worldwide. Listings carry profile basics, course data, amenities and waitlist status where known, and MCP answers link to each club's profile.

Free, no account or API key needed. Calls to the MCP server and the API cost nothing. Private Clubs never returns membership fees over MCP, and API calls from your server or script return none. Account holders see fees on each club's profile at theprivateclubs.com.

## Start using Private Clubs

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  <Card title="Connect an AI app" icon="plug" href="/mcp/getting-started">
    Install Private Clubs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another AI app, then ask about clubs in your own words.
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  <Card title="Build with the API" icon="brackets-angle" href="/api">
    Call `GET /api/v1/clubs` from your server to search clubs by type, place, name and waitlist status.
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## What a club record holds

A **club record** is the set of fields Private Clubs returns for one listed club. It names the club and gives its city, state, country and type. It adds course data such as holes, par, yardage and course architect, the club's amenities and its waitlist status. MCP results also carry a `url` to the club's profile, but API rows do not.

A field that is not known comes back as `null`. Leave it out of your answer rather than fill it in.

See every field in the [club object](/reference/club-object). For the questions people bring to Private Clubs from their AI app, browse the [use cases](/use-cases).

## Get help

Email [support@theprivateclubs.com](mailto:support@theprivateclubs.com).


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