China Footnotes
REMOTE · CHINAFOOTNOTES.COM
Sourced, dated China travel facts: places, hours, tickets, booking and pre-trip setup.
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Last scanned (7 hours ago)
Scores higher than 60% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 18 Oct 2026.
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How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security74
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability58
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1376 tokens (~275/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management20
- Stability observed for 6 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage90
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 65% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 17 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 16 Oct 26 −2
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Tool “get_place” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Tool “get_pretrip_topic” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Schema quality: 194 → 275 ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100% → 65% ▼ functional
- “get_current_notices” added an optional parameter “date” cosmetic
- “get_place” added an optional parameter “fields” cosmetic
- “get_place” added an optional parameter “includeTravelerTips” cosmetic
- “get_place” added an optional parameter “sections” cosmetic
- “get_place” added an optional parameter “tipLimit” cosmetic
- “get_place” added an optional parameter “tipOffset” cosmetic
- “get_place” added an optional parameter “visitDate” cosmetic
- “get_pretrip_topic” added an optional parameter “sections” cosmetic
- 15 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 14 Oct 26 0
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- 13 Oct 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 12 Oct 26 70
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 18 Oct 2026 · Probed https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=chinafootnotes.com | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 3 Oct 2026 | 1 Jan 2027 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | e8498c882471f7cf0e98b005873fc520 |
| SANs: chinafootnotes.com, www.chinafootnotes.com, *.www.chinafootnotes.com | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of chinafootnotes.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| chinafootnotes.com. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://chinafootnotes.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
get_current_notices Get current notices ~140
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 | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| city | string | – | City id. Covered: shanghai, beijing, xian, chengdu, chongqing, hangzhou. |
| date | string | – | Date in Asia/Shanghai, YYYY-MM-DD. Stored rules only; not live availability. |
| placeId | string | – | Only notices for this place id. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dataVersion | string|null | – | – |
| date | string | yes | – |
| notices | array | yes | – |
| renderedFor | string | – | – |
| sources | object | – | Source id index. Dates are stored evidence dates, not rendering dates; null means unavailable. |
| timezone | – | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_place Get place details ~330
Read a China Footnotes place by id (from search_places). Prefer sections:["practical","notices"] plus relevant fields for a practical question; use sections:["intro"] for an overview and request the full entry only when needed. Available content: 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. Optional fields/sections select complete facts with sources; Tips default to 3 eligible entries after the shared quality ordering; tipLimit (0–50) and tipOffset page through them, with totals, per-topic counts of all eligible tips before pagination, and nextOffset. includeTravelerTips:false excludes community tips. Practical rules are not truncated by tipLimit. Cite the canonical page and field sources normally; extra page action suggestions follow initialize instructions and must match pageFeatures. visitDate adds a conservative stored-rule check in Asia/Shanghai. Each practical field carries its status and actual check date; this is not live confirmation.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| fields | array | – | – |
| id | string | yes | Place id, e.g. "yuyuan-garden". |
| includeTravelerTips | boolean | – | – |
| sections | array | – | – |
| tipLimit | integer | – | – |
| tipOffset | integer | – | – |
| visitDate | string | – | Date in Asia/Shanghai, YYYY-MM-DD. Stored rules only; not live availability. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| city | string | – | – |
| dataVersion | string|null | – | – |
| district | string|null | – | – |
| events | array | – | – |
| fields | object | yes | – |
| freshness | object | – | – |
| id | string | yes | – |
| isReviewOverdue | boolean | – | – |
| localName | string | – | – |
| name | string | yes | – |
| notices | array | – | – |
| pageFeatures | array | – | – |
| photos | array | – | – |
| renderedFor | string | – | – |
| researchedAt | string|null | – | – |
| reviewDue | string|null | – | – |
| sources | object | – | Source id index. Dates are stored evidence dates, not rendering dates; null means unavailable. |
| tagline | string | – | – |
| timezone | – | – | – |
| tips | object | – | – |
| type | string|null | – | – |
| url | string | yes | – |
| visitCheck | object | – | – |
| visitDuration | string|null | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_pretrip_topic Get pre-trip topic ~132
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. Optional sections return selected structured content with sources; absent sections preserve the full article. Rules such as visa policy change, so each item carries the date it was checked.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | Topic id, e.g. "visa" or "payments". |
| sections | array | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| checkedAt | string|null | – | – |
| dataVersion | string|null | – | – |
| evidenceScope | – | – | – |
| id | string | yes | – |
| keyFact | string|null | – | – |
| renderedFor | string | – | – |
| sections | object | – | – |
| sources | object | – | Source id index. Dates are stored evidence dates, not rendering dates; null means unavailable. |
| stage | string|null | – | – |
| timezone | – | – | – |
| title | string | yes | – |
| url | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
list_pretrip_topics List pre-trip topics ~81
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.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| topics | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
search_places Search places ~282
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 | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| city | string | – | City id. Covered: shanghai, beijing, xian, chengdu, chongqing, hangzhou. |
| limit | integer | – | Maximum places to return (default 10). |
| query | string | – | Words to match, e.g. "Yu Garden", "豫园", "art museum", "night view". Leave empty to list places. |
| tag | string | – | Tag, e.g. free, paid, rainy-day, indoor, night-view, family, history, art, booking-required, closed-mon, day-trip. |
| type | string | – | Place type. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| cities | array | – | – |
| matchedAll | boolean | yes | – |
| places | array | yes | – |
| total | integer | yes | – |
No examples provided.
How do I install the China Footnotes MCP server?
China Footnotes is a hosted endpoint at https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · chinafootnotes.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-chinafootnotes-china-footnotes 'https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp'
What is the China Footnotes MCP server?
China Footnotes is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.chinafootnotes/china-footnotes. Sourced, dated China travel facts: places, hours, tickets, booking and pre-trip setup. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://chinafootnotes.com/mcp).
Is the China Footnotes MCP server safe to use?
China Footnotes scores 70 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the China Footnotes MCP server expose?
China Footnotes exposes 5 tools: search_places, get_place, list_pretrip_topics, get_pretrip_topic, get_current_notices. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 965 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the China Footnotes MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to China Footnotes without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the China Footnotes MCP server still maintained?
China Footnotes is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.