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China Footnotes

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

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Streamable HTTP · MCP 2025-11-25
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Available Tools

5 tools
get_current_noticesGet current notices
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

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.

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
cityNoCity id. Covered: shanghai, beijing, xian, chengdu, chongqing, hangzhou.
placeIdNoOnly notices for this place id.

Output Schema

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescription
dateYes
noticesYes
get_placeGet place details
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Get the full China Footnotes entry for one place by id (from search_places): 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. Each practical field carries a status and the date its source was read; it is not a live confirmation for today.

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
idYesPlace id, e.g. "yuyuan-garden".

Output Schema

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescription
idYes
urlYes
cityNo
nameYes
typeNo
eventsNo
fieldsYes
photosNo
noticesNo
taglineNo
districtNo
localNameNo
reviewDueNo
researchedAtNo
visitDurationNo
isReviewOverdueNo
get_pretrip_topicGet pre-trip topic
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

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. Rules such as visa policy change, so each item carries the date it was checked.

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
idYesTopic id, e.g. "visa" or "payments".

Output Schema

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescription
idYes
urlYes
stageNo
titleYes
keyFactNo
checkedAtNo
list_pretrip_topicsList pre-trip topics
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

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.

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No parameters

Output Schema

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescription
topicsYes
search_placesSearch places
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

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.

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
tagNoTag, e.g. free, paid, rainy-day, indoor, night-view, family, history, art, booking-required, closed-mon, day-trip.
cityNoCity id. Covered: shanghai, beijing, xian, chengdu, chongqing, hangzhou.
typeNoPlace type.
limitNoMaximum places to return (default 10).
queryNoWords to match, e.g. "Yu Garden", "豫园", "art museum", "night view". Leave empty to list places.

Output Schema

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescription
totalYes
citiesNo
placesYes
matchedAllYes

Tool Schema Changelog

Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. 1 tool update
    • Changedget_place3 fields changed
      • addedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / endsAt / description
        Added value: +"Exact end date; null when only an approximate end is known."
      • changedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / endsAt / type
        Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
        +  "string",
        +  "null"
        +]
      • addedOutput schema / properties / events / items / properties / endsAtLabel
        Added value: +{
        +  "description": "Source-stated end period when the exact day is unknown.",
        +  "type": [
        +    "string",
        +    "null"
        +  ]
        +}
  2. 2 tool updates
    • Changedget_current_notices1 field changed
      • changedOutput schema / properties / notices / items / properties / sources / items / properties / url / type
        Previous value: -"string"New value: +[
        +  "string",
        +  "null"
        +]
    • Changedsearch_places1 field changed
      • changedInput schema / properties / type / enum
        Previous value: -[
        -  "museum",
        -  "open_district",
        -  "park",
        -  "water_town",
        -  "temple",
        -  "observation_deck",
        -  "classical_garden",
        -  "ticketed_attraction"
        -]New value: +[
        +  "open_district",
        +  "water_town",
        +  "museum",
        +  "observation_deck",
        +  "ticketed_attraction",
        +  "classical_garden",
        +  "park",
        +  "temple"
        +]
  3. 5 tool updates
    • First observedget_current_notices
    • First observedget_place
    • First observedget_pretrip_topic
    • First observedlist_pretrip_topics
    • First observedsearch_places

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