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Live races, clubs and coaches, in ChatGPT and Claude.

Ask where someone is in a race and get a live map in the chat: their km, their goal, when they’ll finish and the weather on the road ahead. Or ask which club to join near you, or for a coach near you.

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Server URL https://livedot.me/mcp
Where’s Megan in the Comrades?
Megan’s live map in the chat: her dot on the Comrades course, coloured by how hard the heat makes each stretch, with her pace, finish time and the road ahead

Try it in 30 seconds

One URL, no key, no account: https://livedot.me/mcp (Streamable HTTP).

ChatGPT

  1. Open Plugins and search for livedot. Not listed for you? Select +, then Add custom MCP server.
  2. Name it livedot, URL https://livedot.me/mcp, authentication OAuth or no authentication.
  3. Type @, pick livedot and ask: “Where’s Megan in the Comrades?”

Claude

  1. Customize → Connectors → + Add → Add custom connector.
  2. Name livedot, URL https://livedot.me/mcp, Sign in when needed.
  3. Ask: “Which cycling club should I join in Johannesburg?”

Claude Code

  1. Run claude mcp add --transport http livedot https://livedot.me/mcp
  2. Ask: “Find a coach near Sandton.”

Cursor

  1. Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
  2. Add {"livedot":{"url":"https://livedot.me/mcp"}} under mcpServers.
Every app, step by stepVS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Mistral, Ollama and local models, and the plugin ZIP.

What to ask

Follow someone on race day, check how a race is going, or see what race day will be like before you enter. Cycling on Windline, running on RunFast.

Where’s Megan in the Comrades?

I found 20+ Megans in the Comrades. Here are the 5 most likely. Which one: do you know her surname?

A picker in the chat: Megans in the Comrades, each with the km they’re at, their pace and their goal, and a search box

“Megan Naidoo.”

Megan N. is at km 58 of 90, 18 minutes behind her 9:00 goal, running 6:20 per km. Where she is: 31°, calm, rated very hard for the heat. At this pace she finishes around 11:43. Follow live: runfast.tech/f/demo

Megan’s live map: the course coloured by how hard the weather makes it, her dot at km 58, her goal, pace, finish time and the road ahead

Fly the Comrades

Here’s the course from the air, 90 km, coloured by how hard the heat makes each stretch at a runner’s pace. Press play to fly it, or Fly it in 3D.

A flyover of the Comrades course in the chat, the camera following the road with the heat along it

What will the weather be like for the Comrades?

Rated Tough: heat stress High from km 12 and Extreme from km 30, about 20° at the start and 27° at the finish. The forecast inside 10 days; 10 years of weather on the date beyond.

Race-day weather for the Comrades: the course coloured by the heat, the start time, temperatures, heat stress and rain

What’s Alistair’s Durban Tour 2027 route? Give me the GPX files.

Two days, 95 km: Pietermaritzburg to Hillcrest, then Hillcrest to Durban, with the climbing, start times and 10 years of weather on the dates. The organiser shares the route files: a GPX link for each day.

A cycling tour’s two days on a map, each rated for the weather, with a Route files button

Find a club

Starting in January and don’t know a single club? Ask “best running club to join in Fourways”, “beginner cycling group near Sandton” or “trail runs near Cape Town in November”. livedot lists the clubs and organisers on Windline and RunFast near that place, nearest first, with their weekly sessions, whether beginners are welcome, their pace groups and the next session with its weather. Join opens the club’s page, where you sign in or make a free account in the same step. Only approved clubs and organisers, with what they chose to share; never a person, never a private ride. Run a club that isn’t listed? Add your club free. Already on one? Get it found on livedot (cycling) or on RunFast (running).

Find a coach

Want a plan for your first marathon or a faster 100 km? Ask “Find a coach near Sandton”, “running coach in Durban” or “personal cycling trainer in Johannesburg”. livedot lists the cycling and running coaches and training groups on Windline and RunFast near that place, nearest first: what they coach, 1-on-1, small group or online, their qualifications in their own words, the next group session with its weather, and Book / contact to their page. Coach yourself? List your coaching free.

Tools

Read-only, and every tool takes units: metric or imperial, else the asker’s region, else the event’s country with the other in brackets.

find_person

Finds someone live (in a race, or on a ride or run of their own) by name, livedot handle or follow link. One clear match answers at once; several become a picker, and the assistant asks one short question instead of guessing.

where_is

Where they are now: km and mile, time against their goal, pace, finish time, the weather there and on the road ahead, and Follow live.

event_status

How a live race is going: how long it’s been under way, how many are out, who’s in front.

club_in_race

How a club or team is doing in a live race: each of its people on the club’s public live map, with km and goal time; tap a face for their card.

event_weather

Race-day weather along the course at the times people get there: the live forecast inside 10 days, 10 years of weather on the date beyond.

fly_route

A flyover of the course in the chat, coloured by the weather along it, with Fly it in 3D.

tour_route

A Windline cycling tour, day by day, with the weather, a flyover of any day, and a GPX link for each day when the organiser shares route files.

tour_notes

Beta: a tour organiser’s own notes for riders (what to pack, meeting points), quoted in their words.

find_clubs

Running and cycling clubs near a place, nearest first: their weekly sessions, Beginners welcome, Open to anyone, pace groups, the next session with its weather, the club’s own links, and Join to the club’s page.

find_coaches

Cycling and running coaches and training groups near a place: what they coach, 1-on-1, small group or online, the next group session with its weather, Book / contact and their page.

find_events

Rides, runs, races and tours near a place and when, soonest first, with the weather (the forecast inside 10 days, typical beyond) and I’m in to the event’s page.

plan_route

The weather along your own route (a GPX file or a Ride with GPS link) at the time you’ll ride or run it.

create_event

Organisers, signed in with Windline or RunFast: a draft event from your GPX files. Also list_my_events, update_event, add_tour_notes, publish_event (only when you confirm) and post_club_ride.

Your privacy

  • People are found by name only if they switched on Findable by anyone for a public race. Anyone else is found only with a link or livedot handle they chose to share.
  • No position near the start or finish, and none for anyone who has stopped.
  • Never private rides or runs, home addresses, email addresses or phone numbers.
  • A tap on the back goes only when you ask for it, one per request, and only as each person’s own tap setting allows.
  • Everyone can switch off Findable, taps and their club and coach line at any time in the app.
  • The details: livedot’s privacy page, AI assistants.
One forecast engine

The weather comes from Windline’s engine, the same as the apps and every livedot page, so the numbers match everywhere: Apple Weather for the next 10 days, 10 years of Copernicus ERA5 records beyond.

Live, from the apps

Positions, goals and finish times come from Windline (cycling) and RunFast (running), the same public live pages anyone can open.

Private by design

Only people who chose to be findable, on public races. No position when someone’s stopped or near the start or finish, and nothing kept about who asked.

Your events, your say

Organisers sign in on Windline or RunFast with the sign-in they already use. New events are drafts, nothing is published until you confirm, finished events never change, and Disconnect in your account stops it at once.