Add Yelp to your AI agent
Yelp Fusion API provides access to business search, reviews, ratings, and local business information with rich data for location-based services
- Things your agent can do in Yelp
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Things your AI can do in Yelp
Your FormWise AI can handle any of these in Yelp — on its own, without you needing to click a button.
List Categories
PopularList all Yelp business categories across all locales by default. Returns category aliases, titles, parent relationships, and geographic availability. Use this action when you need to discover valid category aliases for filtering business searches or when building category-based navigation. The locale parameter allows filtering to categories available in specific regions while translating category names to the local language.
Search and Chat
PopularChat with Yelp's AI assistant to search for businesses, get recommendations, and ask questions. This action provides a conversational interface to Yelp's AI that can: - Search for businesses by type, location, and criteria (e.g., "best Italian restaurants near Times Square") - Answer questions about specific businesses (e.g., "what are the hours for The Purple Pig?") - Provide recommendations based on user preferences - Maintain conversation context when chat_id is provided for follow-up questions The response includes the AI's natural language answer along with detailed business data including ratings, reviews, locations, photos, and attributes for any mentioned businesses.
Search Events
PopularSearch for events on Yelp by location, categories, and other filters. Returns events happening in the specified area with details like time, cost, and attendance. Use this action when you need to find local events, activities, or happenings in a specific geographic area. Events can be filtered by category (music, food, sports), cost (free or paid), and time range. Results are sorted by popularity or start time and can be paginated using limit and offset parameters.
Autocomplete Search
Get autocomplete suggestions for businesses, categories, and search terms on Yelp based on partial text input. Returns matching businesses with their Yelp IDs, relevant category suggestions, and additional search term recommendations. Use this action when users are typing search queries and need real-time suggestions to refine their search before executing a full business search. Location coordinates (latitude/longitude) are optional but can improve suggestion relevance for geographic searches.
Get Business Details
Get detailed information about a specific business on Yelp using its business ID or alias. Returns comprehensive business information including hours (in the business's local timezone), photos, reviews, and location details. The returned `url` field is the Yelp listing page, not the business's own website. Response fields such as `phone` and `website` may be null; handle missing values explicitly. Avoid many parallel calls — HTTP 429 throttling applies; limit concurrency to ~5 parallel requests with exponential backoff.
Get Business Reviews
Get reviews for a specific business on Yelp using its business ID or alias. Returns up to 3 review excerpts for the business.
Get Category Details
Get detailed information about a specific Yelp category by its alias. Returns category metadata including the human-readable title, parent categories, and country availability lists. Use this action when you need to understand category hierarchies, check category availability by country, or get the proper display name for a category alias. The alias parameter must be a valid Yelp category identifier — use the list categories endpoint to discover available aliases.
Get Event Details
Get detailed information about a specific Yelp event using its event ID. Returns comprehensive event information including dates, location, cost, attendance counts, and associated business details. Use this action when you need to retrieve full details about a specific event that you already have the ID for. Event IDs can be obtained from the search events or featured events endpoints.
Get Featured Event
Get the featured event for a given location on Yelp. Featured events are chosen by Yelp's community managers and represent notable happenings in the specified area. Use this action when you need to discover the highlighted or recommended event for a specific city, region, or coordinates. The returned `event_site_url` is the Yelp event page, not the event's own external website. Response fields such as `business_id`, `cost`, and `tickets_url` may be null; handle missing values explicitly.
Get Review Highlights
Get review highlights for a specific business on Yelp using its business ID or alias. Returns summarized key points and themes from customer reviews. IMPORTANT: This endpoint requires Yelp Places API Premium Plan access. Without Premium Plan, requests will return a 403 NOT_AUTHORIZED error. For basic review access, consider using the Get Business Reviews action instead, which is available on Enhanced and Premium plans. Note: Get Business Reviews returns at most 3 recent reviews per call, while this action synthesizes themes across the full review history.
Search Businesses
Search for businesses on Yelp by location, term, categories, and other filters. Returns at most 50 results per call; use offset to paginate. Overly restrictive filter combinations (categories, price, radius) can yield zero results — loosen iteratively. Results may include businesses from adjacent areas; post-process on location.city or distance for strict boundaries. The returned url field is the Yelp listing page, not the business's own website. Rapid parallel calls can trigger HTTP 429 — apply exponential backoff.
Search Business by Phone
Search for a business by phone number on Yelp. Returns business data including business_id, required by YELP_GET_BUSINESS_DETAILS, YELP_GET_BUSINESS_REVIEWS, and YELP_GET_REVIEW_HIGHLIGHTS. Empty results are inconclusive due to incomplete Yelp coverage.
Built for the way you actually work
No code, no engineers
Connect in a few clicks and start using your AI right away. If you can use the apps you already love, you can do this.
Sounds like you, not like a bot
Train your AI on your offer, your voice, and the way you actually talk to clients — it picks up where you leave off.
Plugs into the stack you already use
No need to rip out your CRM, your scheduler, or your email tool. Your AI works inside the apps running your business today.
Your data stays yours
Client conversations, lists, and credentials are scoped to your workspace. Nothing gets shared, sold, or used to train anyone else’s AI.
What you can do once Yelp is connected
Onboard new clients without lifting a finger
When someone signs up, your AI greets them, sets up their next step in Yelp, and keeps the momentum going — even at 2am.
Reply to leads in seconds, not days
Your AI watches Yelp for new inquiries, answers questions in your voice, and books the call before they cool off.
Get your weekends back
Hand off the repetitive Yelp work — follow-ups, reminders, updates, simple admin — and stop being the bottleneck in your own business.
How to connect Yelp to your agent
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Start using FormWise for free
Sign up in under a minute.
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Find Yelp in your connected apps
Inside FormWise, go to Settings → Connected Services and look for Yelp.
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Hit "Connect"
Click "Add Yelp". You're done — no login or setup required.
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Tell your AI what to do in Yelp
Build a quick AI Agent (it's like writing instructions, not code), and pick the Yelp actions you want your AI to handle.
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Watch it run
Send it a real-world task and watch your AI take care of Yelp for you. Tweak the wording until it feels just right.
Powered by the AI you already trust
Your Yelp workflow runs on the same world-class AI used by ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. We handle the technical part — you just tell your AI what to do, in plain English.
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Questions other Yelp users had before signing up
Do I need to know how to code?
Not even a little. If you can use Yelp today, you can set this up. You'll connect Yelp, tell your AI what it should help with, and you're live. The whole thing is built for coaches, course creators, agencies, and operators — not engineers.
Will my clients know they're talking to an AI?
Only if you want them to. Your FormWise AI is trained on your voice, your offer, and the way you actually communicate — so it sounds like a thoughtful team member, not a clunky chatbot. Most people can't tell.
Can I make it sound like me?
Yes. You can give your AI examples of how you write, the questions you usually ask new clients, the way you handle objections, and the language you use about your offer. The more you give it, the more it sounds like you wrote it.
What if I want to take over a conversation?
You're always in control. You can step in at any point, take over from your AI, or stop it from sending messages until you've reviewed them. Think of it as a teammate, not a replacement.
Is my client data safe?
Yes. Your Yelp login and client information stay scoped to your workspace. We don't sell it, we don't share it, and we don't use your data to train anyone else's AI. You can disconnect Yelp or delete everything any time.
What happens when Yelp updates their app?
We handle it. When Yelp adds new features or changes how something works, we update the integration in the background. You don't have to do anything — your AI just keeps working.
How fast can I actually get this running?
Most people are up and running the same day they sign up. Connecting Yelp takes a few minutes. Teaching your AI to handle the work the way you'd want it done is the part worth slowing down for.
What is FormWise?
FormWise is the AI agent builder for coaches, course creators, and agencies. You connect the apps you already use — like Yelp — train your AI on your offer and voice, and let it handle the work you've been doing manually: onboarding, follow-ups, support, admin. No code, no developers, no engineering team required.
Can I sell AI agents to my clients?
Yes. A lot of FormWise users build AI assistants and sell them as part of their offer — done-for-you AI setups, white-label assistants for client businesses, custom GPTs trained on a client's brand. You can charge a setup fee, a monthly retainer, or both.
Can I embed my AI on my website or in my course?
Yes. Every AI you build in FormWise can be embedded on your site, dropped into your course platform, or shared as a standalone link. Your clients and students just open it like any other web page — no app to download, no login hoops.
Do I need to know anything about AI to use this?
No. If you can describe what you want your AI to do in plain English — "greet new clients, ask these 3 questions, book them a call" — FormWise can build it. We handle the models, the prompts, the connections. You handle the part you already know: what your business actually needs.
About Yelp on FormWise
Yelp Fusion API provides access to business search, reviews, ratings, and local business information with rich data for location-based services
Connect Yelp once and your FormWise AI gets 12 things it can do inside it. That means your AI can handle the Yelp work in your business — the messages, the updates, the follow-ups, the admin — the way you would, just faster and around the clock.
You don't need to know how any of it works under the hood. We take care of keeping the connection alive, retrying if something fails, and making sure your data only ever moves where you tell it to.
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