| name | travel-realtime-mcp |
| description | Handle time-sensitive travel requests by using built-in realtime travel lookup or attaching MCP servers for railway tickets, flights, maps, local places, weather, hotels, and route planning. Prefer a quick answer path: call the built-in travel_realtime tool first for 12306/Open-Meteo; use existing mcp__* tools next; otherwise propose one safe candidate and install only after confirmation.
|
| version | 0.2.0 |
| tags | ["travel","mcp","realtime"] |
| metadata | {"hermes":{"created_by":"user"},"jiharn":{"category":"mcp","triggers":["实时票价","高铁余票","余票","火车票","火车","高铁","动车","车次","票价",12306,"机票","航班","酒店价格","今晚酒店","实时天气","天气","气温","温度","下雨","降雨","风速","今天限行","地图","导航","附近","当前位置","google maps","flight price","hotel price","live weather","route planning","travel mcp"],"capabilities":["mcp_lifecycle","realtime_lookup"],"related_skills":["travel-guide","mcp-discovery"]}} |
travel-realtime-mcp
Overview
Use this skill when the user wants fresh travel data rather than a generic itinerary: current train tickets, flight prices, hotel availability, local weather, map routes, nearby places, or airport/route status.
This skill is the tool-driven complement to travel-guide: travel-guide is optimized for fast streaming, knowledge-based chunks; this skill is for tool/MCP-backed live lookups and should not invent realtime numbers.
When to Use
Use this skill for:
- Chinese railway / 12306 ticket availability, train times, or station-to-station options.
- Flight search, flight prices, transfer routes, flight number status, airport weather.
- Google Maps / Places / route planning / nearby food / route duration / timezone / air quality.
- Hotel price or availability lookups.
- User explicitly asks to install, find, or use a travel MCP.
Do not use this skill for a generic "三日游攻略" / "去哪玩" request with no realtime requirement. Let travel-guide answer those quickly with streaming sections.
Candidate MCP Servers
1. 12306-mcp
Best for China railway ticket search.
- Source:
Joooook/12306-mcp
- Install shape:
{
"name": "rail_12306",
"transport": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "12306-mcp"],
"description": "China railway 12306 ticket search"
}
- API key: none shown in README.
- Default permission: keep tools
confirm until inspected.
2. Google Maps MCP via @cablate/mcp-google-map
Best for places, nearby search, directions, distance matrix, route planning, weather, air quality, timezone, and local route reasoning.
- Source:
cablate/mcp-google-map
- Install shape:
{
"name": "google_maps_travel",
"transport": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@cablate/mcp-google-map", "--stdio"],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "<user-provided-key>",
"GOOGLE_MAPS_ENABLED_TOOLS": "maps_geocode,maps_search_places,maps_place_details,maps_directions,maps_distance_matrix,maps_weather,maps_search_nearby,maps_plan_route"
},
"description": "Google Maps places routes weather"
}
- API key: requires
GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY; Places API and Routes API should be enabled.
- Default permission: keep
confirm unless the user explicitly authorizes read-only maps calls as safe.
3. Travel Planner MCP via @gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp
Best for a smaller Google Maps travel-planning surface: places, place details, routes, timezone.
- Source:
GongRzhe/TRAVEL-PLANNER-MCP-Server
- Install shape:
{
"name": "travel_planner_maps",
"transport": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp"],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "<user-provided-key>"
},
"description": "Travel planner maps places routes"
}
- Tools advertised by README:
searchPlaces, getPlaceDetails, calculateRoute, getTimeZone.
- Prefer this over the larger Google Maps MCP when the user only needs place search and routing.
4. Variflight MCP
Best for China/international flight data, flight number lookup, transfer search, realtime aircraft location, airport weather, and flight prices.
- Source:
variflight/variflight-mcp
- Install shape:
{
"name": "variflight",
"transport": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@variflight-ai/variflight-mcp"],
"env": {
"VARIFLIGHT_API_KEY": "<user-provided-key>"
},
"description": "Variflight flight search status prices"
}
- API key: requires
VARIFLIGHT_API_KEY.
- Default permission: keep
confirm; flight/location queries can reveal travel intent.
5. Flight/hotel search pack
Use only if the user explicitly wants flight + hotel search and can provide third-party API keys.
- Source:
RikGmee/searchAPI-mcp
- Capabilities seen in README:
search-flights, search-hotels, today.
- Requires Booking.com/RapidAPI key and often Google Maps API key.
- Treat as a second-stage option, not the default quick path.
6. Full travel assistant MCP ecosystem
Use only when the user wants a larger travel-agent stack with flights, hotels, events, weather, geocoding, currency, and budget orchestration.
- Source:
skarlekar/mcp_travelassistant
- Capabilities:
search_flights, search_hotels, search_events, get_weather_forecast, geocode_location, calculate_distance, convert_currency.
- Requires multiple local server directories plus keys such as SerpAPI. This is powerful but heavier than JiHarn's quick-reply goal.
Steps
-
Classify the request:
- Generic plan: answer with
travel-guide instead.
- Realtime data: continue here.
-
For China rail / weather, call travel_realtime first:
action="bundle" when the user asks a mixed request such as "上海到北京 4 天，火车票和天气".action="rail_12306" for train availability / 12306 / 高铁余票.action="weather_forecast" for local weather / temperature / rain / wind parameters.
-
Check for existing matching MCP tools in the visible tool list:
mcp__rail_12306__* for trains.mcp__google_maps_travel__* or mcp__travel_planner_maps__* for maps/routes/places/weather.mcp__variflight__* for flights.- If present, call the existing tool and answer in a short IM format.
-
If no matching tool exists, do not fabricate realtime data. Propose at most two candidates:
- One fastest/smallest candidate.
- One fuller candidate if clearly useful.
-
If a key is required, ask for the env var name only; never ask the user to paste a secret into a public group chat. Tell them it will be passed as the MCP subprocess environment.
-
After the user chooses and provides/authorizes credentials, call mcp_manage(action="add", ...) using the JSON shape above. The tool itself will trigger IM confirmation.
-
After install, call mcp_manage(action="inspect", name="...") and verify tools are listed. If connection failed, remove the server and explain the failure.
-
Once connected, answer the original travel question using the newly available MCP tool.
Quick Reply Formats
No MCP installed yet
这个问题需要实时数据，我不能编。
可接：
1. 12306-mcp：查高铁/火车余票，无需 API key。
2. Google Maps MCP：查路线/附近/天气，需要 GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY。
你选哪个？我会走确认安装。
Tool lookup succeeded
🚄 实时结果
- 最推荐：<车次/航班/路线> — <时间> — <价格/耗时>
- 备选：<...>
✅ 我的建议：<一句话>
Tool lookup failed
实时查询失败：<短原因>
我可以改用离线攻略先给路线骨架，或帮你换一个 MCP 数据源。
Pitfalls
- Do not mix streaming
travel-guide with MCP calls. Streaming sections are optimized for speed and may not call tools.
- Do not install every candidate. Install the smallest server that answers the current request.
- Do not mark tools
safe by default. External APIs can cost money and reveal travel intent.
- Do not invent hotel prices, flight prices, train availability, weather, or live route times.
- Do not pass API keys unless the user explicitly supplied and authorized them.
