# Kakao Navigation

> Use this tool when you need to calculate routes, find locations, or provide travel directions within Korea, and integrate location services into your application. It solves problems related to route planning, geocoding, and place name searches by providing access to Kakao Maps and Mobility APIs. The tool takes in coordinates or addresses as input and returns structured JSON responses containing navigation data.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/kakao-navigation  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kakao-navigation

## Description

A Kakao Navigation MCP server that enables AI assistants to access Kakao Maps and Mobility APIs for route planning and location services. The implementation provides tools for direction searching using coordinates or addresses, geocoding, and place name searches. It leverages Kakao's REST API with proper authentication to retrieve navigation data, making it useful for applications that need to calculate routes, find locations, or provide travel directions within Korea. The server returns structured JSON responses that can be easily parsed and presented to users.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** security
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/kakao-navigation)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/cachij/kakao-navigation-mcp-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "kakao-navigation"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kakao-navigation` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/kakao-navigation/pull`

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