China Footnotes

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Other

Install

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You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http china-footnotes https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "china-footnotes": {
      "url": "https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "china-footnotes": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 6, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• search_places

  Search China Footnotes for sights and neighbourhoods in the Chinese cities it covers. Matches English or Chinese names, aliases, district, type and tags. Suited to questions about what to see or do in a city, and to finding a place's id from its name. With no arguments it lists p

• get_place

  Read one China Footnotes place by id (from search_places). For a practical question, pass sections:["practical","notices"] and only the fields needed; fields apply when sections includes "practical" or is omitted. Use sections:["intro"] for an overview; omit both for the full ent

• list_pretrip_topics

  List the China Footnotes "Before you go" topics for foreign visitors preparing a trip to China: when to go, visa and entry, arrival card, paying, internet and SIM, apps, booking ahead, getting around, safety. Returns each topic's id, title, one key fact, check date and page link;

• get_pretrip_topic

  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 come from list_pretrip_topics. Optional sections return selected structured content with sources; wi

• get_current_notices

  List dated notices in effect on a date (today in Asia/Shanghai unless date is given) for places in China Footnotes, such as holiday traffic controls, temporary closures and special opening hours, each with its sources. Filter by city or place. Only notices the editors have entere

Basic checksi

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• ! Caution

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry lists no source repo, so we cannot match the publisher (chinafootnotes.com) to the code

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

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  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 671 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 5 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

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• More stars than 0% of the other 32673 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 83% of the other 32673 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 37% of the other 32673 servers in this category

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