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Vibrant Search AI (vibrantsearch.ai) is a first-of-its-kind search engine that crawls local New York City webpages for scheduled events and consolidates listings into a searchable index. With Vibrant, you can search hundreds of thousands of scheduled events using a combination of date/location filters and semantic search.

We created vibrantsearch.ai to address pain points in existing event discovery platforms. Existing platforms rely on user-generated content and/or typically monetize through ticket sales. This skews event inventory toward big-ticket shows and touristy activities. We were frustrated that some of the most interesting small-venue events—e.g., your local pub special or trivia night—go completely unnoticed!

Use vibrantsearch.ai like you would a traditional search engine. You can query for specific event names, themes, or interests, and also filter by date range and location via the map (the viewport defines the filter region). Once you find something you like, click the webpage URL to visit the source, share the event card with a friend using the share button, or add it to your calendar.

We’re also experimenting with MCP connectors that let you connect Vibrant to your favorite LLM assistant. This enables cool use cases such as: “Check my wife’s and my calendars for availability and suggest some date-night ideas in the next two weeks. She loves being on the water!”

My hope is that one day we can all search events posted to the web the same way we search webpages. We’re curious to hear what you think!

MCP connector demo: https://youtu.be/JzCdyvgfWLw

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