Travel Planner MCP Server (@gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp)

A Travel Planner Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for interacting with Google Maps and travel planning services. This server enables LLMs to perform travel-related tasks such as location search, place details lookup, and travel time calculations.

Installation & Usage

Installing via Smithery

To install Travel Planner for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @GongRzhe/TRAVEL-PLANNER-MCP-Server --client claude

Installing Manually

# Using npx (recommended)
npx @gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp

# With environment variable for Google Maps API
GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=your_api_key npx @gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp

Or install globally:

# Install globally
npm install -g @gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp

# Run after global installation
GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=your_api_key @gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp

Components

Tools

searchPlaces
- Search for places using Google Places API
- Input:
  - query (string): Search query for places
  - location (optional): Latitude and longitude to bias results
  - radius (optional): Search radius in meters
getPlaceDetails
- Get detailed information about a specific place
- Input:
  - placeId (string): Google Place ID to retrieve details for
calculateRoute
- Calculate route between two locations
- Input:
  - origin (string): Starting location
  - destination (string): Ending location
  - mode (optional): Travel mode (driving, walking, bicycling, transit)
getTimeZone
- Get timezone information for a location
- Input:
  - location: Latitude and longitude coordinates
  - timestamp (optional): Timestamp for time zone calculation

Configuration

Usage with Claude Desktop

To use this server with the Claude Desktop app, add the following configuration to the "mcpServers" section of your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "travel-planner": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "your_google_maps_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Alternatively, you can use the node command directly if you have the package installed:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "travel-planner": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "your_google_maps_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Development

Building from Source

Clone the repository
Install dependencies:
npm install
Build the project:
npm run build

Environment Variables

GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY (required): Your Google Maps API key with the following APIs enabled:
- Places API
- Directions API
- Geocoding API
- Time Zone API

License

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.