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Yelp API

Give your agents access to Yelp API. Bring your own Yelp key, or skip the signup and pay per call from your Composio balance with Composio Instant.

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Yelp

Instant

Yelp is a local business directory and review platform with millions of listings. Instantly access rich business data, ratings, and customer reviews for location-based services.

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COMPOSIO INSTANT

What is Composio Instant?

Composio Instant lets your agent use paid APIs like Yelp without a separate account or API key for each one. New accounts start with $2 of free credit.

No Yelp account or key

Your agent calls Yelp through Composio, so there is nothing to sign up for, store, or rotate.

Pay per call, at cost

Estimated $0.021 per successful API call, paid from your Composio balance with zero markup.

Works in any agent

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other MCP clients, or your own code with the Composio SDK.

Works with your apps

Use Yelp with Gmail, Slack, Google Sheets, and 1,700+ other apps you connect.

AI ASSISTANTS

Connect the Yelp API to your AI assistant

Use Yelp from the AI assistant you already work in. Connect Composio once, then paste the prompt.

1
Open the Connectors menu
Use the button to open Claude's Add connector dialog with Composio filled in. Or click + in the message box, then Connectors, Add connector and Add custom connector.
Add Composio to Claude
2
Add the Composio MCP server
Name it Composio, paste the MCP server URL and click Add.
https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
3
Authorize in your browser
A browser window opens. Sign in to Composio to approve the connection.
4
Paste the prompt
Start a new chat and paste the prompt. Claude runs the call on Composio Instant.

1
Install the Composio plugin
Open Composio's plugin page in ChatGPT and click Install. Sign in to ChatGPT first if it asks.
Install in ChatGPT
2
Authorize in your browser
Connect the plugin, then sign in to Composio to approve the connection.
3
Turn on Composio in your chat
In a new chat, click +, then More, and select Composio.
4
Paste the prompt
Paste the prompt into that chat. ChatGPT runs the call on Composio Instant.

1
Install the Composio plugin
Open Composio in the Cursor marketplace, click Install Composio Plugin for Cursor and approve the connection in your browser.
Install in Cursor
2
Paste the prompt
Open the Agent chat and paste the prompt. Cursor runs the call on Composio Instant.

1
Add the Composio plugin
Open Composio's listing on x.ai and click Add to Grok Bot. When Grok Bot opens the plugin, click Add.
Add to Grok Bot
2
Authenticate
Go to Installed, open Composio and click Authenticate. Sign in to Composio and click Authorize.
3
Paste the prompt
Paste the prompt into your bot's chat. Grok Bot runs the call on Composio Instant.

1
Paste the setup prompt
Copy this into your Hermes chat. Hermes adds the Composio MCP server for you.
Set up Composio from composio.dev/hermes
2
Authorize in your browser
A browser window opens. Sign in to Composio to approve the connection.
3
Paste the prompt
Start a new chat and paste the prompt. Hermes runs the call on Composio Instant.

ClaudeNew chat

Paste this prompt

Use Yelp through Composio Instant to find three coffee businesses in New York. Return their names and ratings.

What success looks like

YELP_SEARCH_BUSINESSES

Your assistant runs Yelp and replies with up to three coffee businesses in New York, with each business's name and rating.

Runs on Composio Instant

SDK

Use the Yelp API in your code

Call Yelp from your own agent with the Composio SDK. Four steps and one tool call.

1
Set up Composio
Turn on Instant Toolkits in your project settings and check your prepaid balance in Billing. Then set your API key.
export COMPOSIO_API_KEY="your_composio_api_key"
2
Install the SDK
The Python SDK needs Python 3.11 through 3.15.
The TypeScript SDK is ESM-only and needs Node.js 22.22.3 or newer.
pip install composio
npm install @composio/core
3
Run the call
Create a session that keeps Instant to this toolkit and reports the charge, then run the tool on the Instant account.
YELP_SEARCH_BUSINESSES
4
Read the response
When the call runs on Instant, the response includes its charge: the amount as an exact USD decimal string, the currency and charged_by.

agent.py

from composio import Composio

composio = Composio()

session = composio.sessions.create(
    user_id="user_123",
    toolkits=["yelp"],
    instant={
        "toolkits": {"enable": ["yelp"]},
        "return_instant_charge": True,
    },
)

result = session.execute(
    "YELP_SEARCH_BUSINESSES",
    arguments={
        "term": "coffee",
        "limit": 3,
        "location": "New York",
    },
    account="instant_account",
)
print(result)
print("Instant charge:", result.instant_charge)

agent.ts

import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();

const session = await composio.create("user_123", {
  toolkits: ["yelp"],
  instant: {
    toolkits: { enable: ["yelp"] },
    returnInstantCharge: true,
  },
});

const result = await session.execute(
  "YELP_SEARCH_BUSINESSES",
  {
    "term": "coffee",
    "limit": 3,
    "location": "New York"
  },
  { account: "instant_account" },
);
console.log(result);
console.log("Instant charge:", result.instantCharge);

response

{
  "data": [
    "<business result>"
  ],
  "error": "<error or null>",
  "successful": "<true or false>",
  "instant_charge": {
    "amount": "<usd amount>",
    "currency": "USD",
    "charged_by": "<provider>"
  }
}

TOOLS

Available Yelp API tools

10 Yelp tools run on Instant, priced per call with no Yelp key. Tools marked Your key need your own Yelp account.

Action	Tool slug	What it does	Availability
Search Businesses	YELP_SEARCH_BUSINESSES	Find Yelp businesses by location, term, category, or other filters.	InstantEstimated $0.021 per successful API call
Get Business Details	YELP_GET_BUSINESS_DETAILS	Retrieve a business's location, photos, rating, reviews, and available contact details.	InstantEstimated $0.021 per successful API call
Get Reviews	YELP_GET_BUSINESS_REVIEWS	Retrieve reviews for a Yelp business.	InstantEstimated $0.021 per successful API call
Search Events	YELP_SEARCH_EVENTS	Find Yelp events by location, category, and other filters.	InstantEstimated $0.021 per successful API call
Autocomplete Search	YELP_GET_AUTOCOMPLETE	Get autocomplete suggestions for businesses, categories, and search terms on Yelp based on partial text input.	InstantEstimated $0.021 per successful API call
Get Category Details	YELP_GET_CATEGORY	Get detailed information about a specific Yelp category by its alias.	InstantEstimated $0.021 per successful API call
Get Event Details	YELP_GET_EVENT	Get details of a Yelp event by its event ID, including dates, location, cost, attendance counts and, when available, the associated business ID.	InstantEstimated $0.021 per successful API call
Get Featured Event	YELP_GET_FEATURED_EVENT	Get the featured event for a given location on Yelp.	InstantEstimated $0.021 per successful API call
List Categories	YELP_LIST_CATEGORIES	List all Yelp business categories across all locales by default.	InstantEstimated $0.021 per successful API call
Search Business by Phone	YELP_SEARCH_BY_PHONE	Search for a business by phone number on Yelp.	InstantEstimated $0.021 per successful API call
Chat with Yelp	YELP_SEARCH_AND_CHAT	Ask Yelp's AI assistant for business searches, recommendations, and answers.	Your key

Instant prices are Yelp's list prices with 0% markup, paid from your Composio balance and updated every hour. Instant calls also count toward your plan's tool calls. See all plans on the pricing page.

USE CASES

Yelp API use cases and example prompts

Copy a prompt into your agent. Each one uses Yelp with apps you connect through Composio.

Shortlist venues for client meetings
Use Yelp to find restaurants near our office for client meetings. Compare their locations, ratings, and reviews, then add the strongest options to my Client Meeting Venues sheet in Google Sheets. Post the shortlist in Slack's #sales-ops channel.
Apps used: Yelp, Google Sheets, Slack
Build a local workspace guide
Use Yelp to find coworking spaces near our satellite office and review their business details and reviews. Save a page with the best options in my Operations Handbook in Notion.
Apps used: Yelp, Notion
Research local partner prospects
Use Yelp to find businesses in our target area that could be partners for Acme. Review their locations, ratings, and reviews, add promising businesses to my Partner Prospects list in HubSpot, and log the same shortlist in my Partner Research sheet in Google Sheets.
Apps used: Yelp, HubSpot, Google Sheets
Share local events with marketing
Use Yelp to find business events in the city where our office is based. Put the matching events in my Community Events Brief in Google Docs, then share the document in Slack's #marketing channel.
Apps used: Yelp, Google Docs, Slack

TROUBLESHOOTING

Yelp API troubleshooting

Still stuck? The Instant tools docs cover limits, charges and session settings.

Use YELP_SEARCH_BUSINESSES to find the business, then pass its Yelp business ID as business_id to YELP_GET_BUSINESS_DETAILS.

Set location, or provide both latitude and longitude, in YELP_SEARCH_EVENTS.

Check its availability in the tools table. If it runs on Instant, check that Instant Toolkits is on for your project, your session allows the action and you use the latest toolkit version.

Your Composio balance is empty. Add funds in Billing if your plan supports it, or connect your own Yelp account.

Check credential_source and instant_charge in the Composio execution log.

COMPOSIO INSTANT

Other tools on Instant

These tools also run on Composio Instant and use the same Composio balance.

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Exa

Api Key

Exa is a data extraction and search platform for gathering and analyzing information from websites, APIs, or databases. It helps teams quickly surface insights and automate data-driven workflows.

Serpapi

Api Key

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Yelp API

What is Composio Instant?

No Yelp account or key

Pay per call, at cost

Works in any agent

Works with your apps

Connect the Yelp API to your AI assistant

Open the Connectors menu

Add the Composio MCP server

Authorize in your browser

Paste the prompt

Install the Composio plugin

Authorize in your browser

Turn on Composio in your chat

Paste the prompt

Install the Composio plugin

Paste the prompt

Add the Composio plugin

Authenticate

Paste the prompt

Paste the setup prompt

Authorize in your browser

Paste the prompt

Use the Yelp API in your code

Set up Composio

Install the SDK

Run the call

Read the response

Available Yelp API tools

Yelp API use cases and example prompts

Shortlist venues for client meetings

Build a local workspace guide

Research local partner prospects

Share local events with marketing

Yelp API troubleshooting

Business details lookup fails when I pass a business name

Event search returns a location error

An action asks you to connect Yelp

You get HTTP 402 with Metering_WalletBalanceExhausted

You're not sure which account was charged

Other tools on Instant

Firecrawl

Tavily

Exa

Serpapi

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