TravelerLocal MCP

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>'.

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "city"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "city": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "City name or slug, e.g. \"Beijing\" or \"lhasa\"."
    }
  }
}

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'.

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "attraction"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "attraction": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Attraction name, e.g. \"Forbidden City\"."
    }
  }
}

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.

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "nationality"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "port": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Entry port or city, e.g. \"Shanghai\" or \"Beijing Capital\"."
    },
    "nationality": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Passport nationality, e.g. \"United States\"."
    },
    "onward_to_third_country": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True if flying onward to a different (third) country/region, not back to origin."
    }
  }
}

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.

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Partial city name or keyword."
    }
  }
}

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'.

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "topic"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "topic": {
      "enum": [
        "payments",
        "connectivity",
        "phone-number",
        "arrival",
        "hotels",
        "transit"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "One of: payments, connectivity, phone-number, arrival, hotels, transit."
    }
  }
}