WithBy

Washington's mountain-pass conditions, checked every few minutes, and hundreds of short stories about the places along the road, told by Sal, WithBy's narrator.

This repository connects AI agents to WithBy through WithBy's own remote MCP server, https://withby.ai/mcp. It is a plugin for Cursor and Claude Code and an extension for Gemini CLI. Nothing installs or runs on your computer: the tools come from the server.

What it does

WithBy checks Washington's mountain passes every few minutes and judges each direction of Snoqualmie, Stevens, White and Blewett passes: open, chains or closed, with the time it looked. For 12 other passes and the I-90 and SR 520 floating bridges it gives WSDOT's own words.

It has hundreds of short stories about the places along the state's highways, told by Sal, WithBy's road-trip narrator. Ask whether a pass is open, ask for a story about a place, hear what Sal knows near a town or along a stretch of highway, and save the stories you want him to tell you on your next drive. WithBy covers Washington's highways today and says so when you ask about somewhere else.

Tools

Tool	What it does	Needs an account
`pass_status`	Whether one Washington pass or floating bridge is open, with the chain rules and the time checked	no
`passes_now`	All Washington passes now	no
`story`	Sal's story about a place along Washington's highways	no
`stretch_stories`	The stories along a stretch of highway, in road order	no
`stories_near`	The stories near a town, landmark or highway	no
`save_for_drive`	Save stories for Sal to tell on your next drive	yes
`my_next_drive`	Your next-drive list, in road order	yes

The server is the source of truth for tool names and schemas.

Try

Is Snoqualmie Pass open right now? Check WithBy.
Tell me WithBy's story of Snoqualmie Falls.
What does Sal know near North Bend?

Install

Cursor: Add WithBy to Cursor, or add it to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "withby": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://withby.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add yojowa/withby-plugin
/plugin install withby@withby

or claude mcp add --transport http withby https://withby.ai/mcp.

Gemini CLI:

gemini extensions install https://github.com/yojowa/withby-plugin

ChatGPT, Claude, the Gemini app and other assistants: see withby.ai/assistants.

The server

WithBy's MCP server is hosted at https://withby.ai/mcp (streamable HTTP; registry name ai.withby/withby). The server's code is not public. This repository holds the client plugin configuration for Cursor, Claude Code and Gemini CLI, and it is the place to report issues or ask questions about the WithBy connector. You can also write to support@withby.ai.

Signing in

The tools marked "yes" need a WithBy account. The first time you use one, your agent opens WithBy's sign-in page, and you choose whether to let it use your account. The other tools work without signing in. You can disconnect at any time from your WithBy profile.

Privacy and support

Privacy policy: https://withby.ai/privacy
Terms: https://withby.ai/terms
Support: support@withby.ai

License

MIT, for the files in this repository. The WithBy service is covered by its terms.

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