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TravelerLocal — China travel facts for foreign visitors

by xiaopeng215-sys · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by GitHub user xiaopeng215-sys

Field-verified China travel facts for foreign visitors: booking walls, hotel registration, transit.

Changes · 2
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5 tools: 2 change things and 3 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 travelerlocal https://www.travelerlocal.ai/api/mcp

Tools

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

5 tools

Changes things 2Claude Code: ask
  • check_attraction_bookingHow a foreigner books a specific Chinese attraction: real-name/passport requirement, ticket release time, whether it sells out, the OFFICIAL channel, and whether authorized reselle…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    How a foreigner books a specific Chinese attraction: real-name/passport requirement, ticket release time, whether it sells out, the OFFICIAL channel, and whether authorized resellers exist. Use for 'can foreigners book the Forbidden City / Terracotta Army / Mogao Caves and when do tickets release'.
  • check_transit_eligibilityWhether a traveler qualifies for China's 240-hour visa-free TRANSIT (not the 30-day visa-free entry).No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Whether a traveler qualifies for China's 240-hour visa-free TRANSIT (not the 30-day visa-free entry). Needs nationality, the entry port/city, and whether they have an onward ticket to a THIRD country/region. Returns eligibility, regional limits, and the defining conditions.
Only reads 3Claude Code: allow
  • get_city_factsFacts a foreign traveler needs for a Chinese city, checked against official sources and dated: which attractions need real-name/passport booking and when tickets release, official …No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_city_facts" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Facts a foreign traveler needs for a Chinese city, checked against official sources and dated: which attractions need real-name/passport booking and when tickets release, official ticket channels (no resellers), whether hotels register foreign guests, whether foreign cards work via Alipay/WeChat, and honest local notes. Use for questions like 'how do I book X in <city>' or 'can foreigners stay in hotels in <city>'.
  • get_travel_playbookTravelerLocal's stance, checked against official sources and dated, on the system-level things foreigners get wrong in China (not a specific place): paying when a foreign card fail…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_travel_playbook" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    TravelerLocal's stance, checked against official sources and dated, on the system-level things foreigners get wrong in China (not a specific place): paying when a foreign card fails, eSIM vs VPN and the firewall, the Chinese-phone-number wall, the first hour after landing, hotel foreigner-registration, and visa-free transit. Use for 'why does my card keep getting declined in China', 'do I need a VPN or an eSIM', 'do I need a Chinese phone number', 'what do I do when I land'.
  • search_citiesSearch the cities TravelerLocal has guide pages for.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_cities" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Search the cities TravelerLocal has guide pages for. Returns matching city names and page URLs. Use to discover coverage or resolve a place to a city.

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 travelerlocal https://www.travelerlocal.ai/api/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__travelerlocal__get_city_facts",
      "mcp__travelerlocal__search_cities",
      "mcp__travelerlocal__get_travel_playbook"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__travelerlocal__check_attraction_booking",
      "mcp__travelerlocal__check_transit_eligibility"
    ],
    "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 travelerlocal. Review it before you use it.