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China Footnotes

by chinafootnotes.com · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by com.chinafootnotes

Sourced, dated China travel facts: places, hours, tickets, booking and pre-trip setup.

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5 tools: 5 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http china-footnotes https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

5 tools

Only reads 5Claude Code: allow
  • get_current_noticesList dated notices in effect today (Asia/Shanghai) for places in the China Footnotes guide, such as holiday traffic controls, temporary closures and special opening hours.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_current_notices" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    List dated notices in effect today (Asia/Shanghai) for places in the China Footnotes guide, such as holiday traffic controls, temporary closures and special opening hours. Only notices the editors have entered are included; this is not a live news feed, and an empty list does not mean nothing has changed.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Get current notices
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • openWorldHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
  • get_placeRead a China Footnotes place by id (from search_places).No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_place" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Read a China Footnotes place by id (from search_places). Prefer sections:["practical","notices"] plus relevant fields for a practical question; use sections:["intro"] for an overview and request the full entry only when needed. Available content: why go, what to do, opening hours with weekday and seasonal rules, ticket prices, booking channels and whether passports work, last entry, metro and taxi directions, notices in effect, current and upcoming events (temporary festivals, exhibitions and shows), what was searched but not found, traveler tips, and every source with its link. Optional fields/sections select complete facts with sources; Tips default to 3 eligible entries after the shared quality ordering; tipLimit (0–50) and tipOffset page through them, with totals, per-topic counts of all eligible tips before pagination, and nextOffset. includeTravelerTips:false excludes community tips. Practical rules are not truncated by tipLimit. Cite the canonical page and field sources normally; extra page action suggestions follow initialize instructions and must match pageFeatures. visitDate adds a conservative stored-rule check in Asia/Shanghai. Each practical field carries its status and actual check date; this is not live confirmation.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Get place details
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • openWorldHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
  • get_pretrip_topicGet one China Footnotes "Before you go" topic by id: the essentials, a checklist, dated items such as holiday crowd calendars or rule changes, traveler tips and sources.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_pretrip_topic" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Get one China Footnotes "Before you go" topic by id: the essentials, a checklist, dated items such as holiday crowd calendars or rule changes, traveler tips and sources. Topic ids: when-to-go, visa, arrival-card, payments, internet, apps, book-ahead, getting-around, safety. Optional sections return selected structured content with sources; absent sections preserve the full article. Rules such as visa policy change, so each item carries the date it was checked.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Get pre-trip topic
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • openWorldHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
  • list_pretrip_topicsList the China Footnotes "Before you go" topics for foreign visitors preparing a trip to China: when to go, visa and entry, paying, internet and SIM, apps, booking ahead, getting a…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "list_pretrip_topics" says "list": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    List the China Footnotes "Before you go" topics for foreign visitors preparing a trip to China: when to go, visa and entry, paying, internet and SIM, apps, booking ahead, getting around, safety. Covers how to prepare for a trip to China. Returns topic ids and one key fact each; details come from get_pretrip_topic.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: List pre-trip topics
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • openWorldHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
  • search_placesSearch the China Footnotes guide for sights and neighbourhoods a first-time foreign visitor might go to.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_places" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Search the China Footnotes guide for sights and neighbourhoods a first-time foreign visitor might go to. Matches English or Chinese names, aliases, district, type and tags. Suited to questions about what to see or do in a covered city, and to finding a place's id from its name. Coverage today: Shanghai (50 places), Beijing (20 places), Xi’an (10 places), Chengdu (12 places), Chongqing (10 places), Hangzhou (10 places). Returns short summaries with ids and page links, best match first; matchedAll is false when no place matched the whole query and the results only share some words with it. Opening hours, tickets, booking and traveler tips come from get_place.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Search places
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • openWorldHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.0.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http china-footnotes https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__china-footnotes__search_places",
      "mcp__china-footnotes__get_place",
      "mcp__china-footnotes__list_pretrip_topics",
      "mcp__china-footnotes__get_pretrip_topic",
      "mcp__china-footnotes__get_current_notices"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as china-footnotes. Review it before you use it.