China Footnotes
Sourced, dated China travel facts: places, hours, tickets, booking and pre-trip setup.
Connect it
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
URL: https://chinafootnotes.com/mcpSettings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
Create connector with URL: https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"china-footnotes": {
"url": "https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http china-footnotes https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp{
"servers": {
"china-footnotes": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp"
}
}
}5 tools, verified live
search_placesread-onlySearch 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),
get_placeread-onlyRead 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
list_pretrip_topicsread-onlyList 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.
get_pretrip_topicread-onlyGet 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 v
get_current_noticesread-onlyList 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.
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