China Footnotes
Server Details
Sourced, dated China travel facts: places, hours, tickets, booking and pre-trip setup.
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- Healthy
- Last Tested
- Transport
- Streamable HTTP · MCP 2025-11-25
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Available Tools
5 toolsget_current_noticesGet current noticesRead-onlyIdempotentInspect
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.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| city | No | City id. Covered: shanghai, beijing, xian, chengdu, chongqing, hangzhou. | |
| placeId | No | Only notices for this place id. |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | Yes | |
| notices | Yes |
get_placeGet place detailsRead-onlyIdempotentInspect
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.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | Yes | Place id, e.g. "yuyuan-garden". |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | Yes | |
| url | Yes | |
| city | No | |
| name | Yes | |
| type | No | |
| events | No | |
| fields | Yes | |
| photos | No | |
| notices | No | |
| tagline | No | |
| district | No | |
| localName | No | |
| reviewDue | No | |
| researchedAt | No | |
| visitDuration | No | |
| isReviewOverdue | No |
get_pretrip_topicGet pre-trip topicRead-onlyIdempotentInspect
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.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | Yes | Topic id, e.g. "visa" or "payments". |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | Yes | |
| url | Yes | |
| stage | No | |
| title | Yes | |
| keyFact | No | |
| checkedAt | No |
list_pretrip_topicsList pre-trip topicsRead-onlyIdempotentInspect
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.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No parameters | |||
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| topics | Yes |
search_placesSearch placesRead-onlyIdempotentInspect
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.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| tag | No | Tag, e.g. free, paid, rainy-day, indoor, night-view, family, history, art, booking-required, closed-mon, day-trip. | |
| city | No | City id. Covered: shanghai, beijing, xian, chengdu, chongqing, hangzhou. | |
| type | No | Place type. | |
| limit | No | Maximum places to return (default 10). | |
| query | No | Words to match, e.g. "Yu Garden", "豫园", "art museum", "night view". Leave empty to list places. |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| total | Yes | |
| cities | No | |
| places | Yes | |
| matchedAll | Yes |
Tool Schema Changelog
Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.
1 tool update
- Changed
get_place3 fields changed- added
Output schema / properties / events / items / properties / endsAt / descriptionAdded value: +"Exact end date; null when only an approximate end is known." - changed
Output schema / properties / events / items / properties / endsAt / typePrevious value: -"string"New value: +[ + "string", + "null" +] - added
Output schema / properties / events / items / properties / endsAtLabelAdded value: +{ + "description": "Source-stated end period when the exact day is unknown.", + "type": [ + "string", + "null" + ] +}
2 tool updates
- Changed
get_current_notices1 field changed- changed
Output schema / properties / notices / items / properties / sources / items / properties / url / typePrevious value: -"string"New value: +[ + "string", + "null" +]
- Changed
search_places1 field changed- changed
Input schema / properties / type / enumPrevious 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" +]
5 tool updates
- First observed
get_current_notices - First observed
get_place - First observed
get_pretrip_topic - First observed
list_pretrip_topics - First observed
search_places
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