# Get Around Hong Kong (remote · getaroundhongkong.com)

Hong Kong public transport trips (MTR, bus, minibus, ferry), live times, fares and border queues.

- Trust score: 86/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `getaroundhongkong.com`: 86/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner/getaroundhongkong.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner/getaroundhongkong)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.6.0`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 64/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1735 tokens (~247/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Get Around Hong Kong MCP server?

Get Around Hong Kong is a hosted endpoint at https://getaroundhongkong.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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner 'https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner": {
      "url": "https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner]
url = "https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner --url 'https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner:
    url: "https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner -t streamable-http -u 'https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 86, +1)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-11-02 (score 85, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 83, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 1448 → 1735
- [functional] Server version: 1.5.0 → 1.6.0
- [functional] New tool “search_routes”

### 2026-10-29 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-27 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 81, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 1233 → 1448
- [functional] Server version: 1.4.0 → 1.5.0
- [functional] New tool “nearby_departures”

### 2026-10-23 (score 80, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 1036 → 1233
- [functional] Server version: 1.2.0 → 1.4.0
- [functional] New tool “get_events”

## MCP tools (7)

### `plan_trip` (~411 tokens)

Plan a public transport trip in Hong Kong

Routes between two places in Hong Kong by MTR, bus, minibus, tram and ferry, best first: departure and arrival times, every walk and ride with stops, Octopus fares for the group, live next departures, traffic delays, and a link to open the trip on a live map. Also lists Klook things to do near the destination (affiliate ads).

Input parameters:

- `adults` (integer): Aged 12–59
- `arrive_by` (boolean): true: time is when to arrive; false: when to leave
- `bus` (string): A preferred bus or green minibus number, e.g. "33" or "1A": options are then only trips on it (its next departures from the nearest stop within about 10 minutes' walk, heading for the destination), o…
- `children` (integer): Aged 3–11
- `currency` (string): Also show fares in this currency (fares are charged in HKD). Default follows language
- `disabled` (integer): Persons with disabilities
- `from` (string, required): Start: a place name, address or "lat,lon" (e.g. "Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry", "238 Nathan Road", "22.2988,114.1722")
- `language` (string): Language for place and line names: en, zh-HK (Traditional Chinese), zh-CN (Simplified), ja, ko
- `options` (integer): How many route options
- `seniors` (integer): Aged 60+
- `step_free` (boolean): Wheelchair / step-free: avoids stairs, minibuses and trams
- `time` (string): ISO 8601 date-time, e.g. 2026-10-05T09:30:00+08:00 (Hong Kong is UTC+8). Default: now
- `to` (string, required): Destination, same forms as from

Output parameters:

- `arrive_by` (string): ISO 8601
- `from` (object)
- `leave_at` (string): ISO 8601
- `message` (string): Set when no route was found
- `open_in_planner` (string): Link that opens this trip on the site with live times
- `options` (array)
- `preferred_route` (string): The bus asked for, normalised (e.g. "1A")
- `route_note` (string): Why no option rides the preferred route (none near the start, not heading that way, not running now)
- `source` (string)
- `things_to_do_nearby` (object): Affiliate ads (Klook): say so if shown
- `to` (object)
- `travellers` (object)

### `search_place` (~134 tokens)

Find a place in Hong Kong

Stations, stops, landmarks, restaurants (official licence list), buildings and street addresses in Hong Kong matching the text, best first, with what each is and its coordinates. Pass near to rank a chain's branches nearest to a point.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Language for place and line names: en, zh-HK (Traditional Chinese), zh-CN (Simplified), ja, ko
- `near` (string): "lat,lon" to rank branches of a chain by distance from
- `query` (string, required): e.g. "Ocean Park", "McDonald's", "彌敦道238號"

Output parameters:

- `places` (array)

### `nearby_departures` (~179 tokens)

Live departures near a place in Hong Kong

What's leaving now from the MTR stations, bus stops and green minibus stops around a place in Hong Kong, nearest first: each route and direction once (at its nearest stop), where it's heading and the minutes until its next two departures, live from the operators. No destination needed: for "when's my bus" or "what leaves near here". Trams, ferries and Light Rail aren't included; for a trip from A to B use plan_trip.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Language for place and line names: en, zh-HK (Traditional Chinese), zh-CN (Simplified), ja, ko
- `place` (string, required): Where: a place name, address or "lat,lon" (e.g. "Mong Kok", "Hotel Icon", "22.3016,114.1772")

Output parameters:

- `checked_at` (string)
- `incomplete` (string)
- `place` (object)
- `source` (string)
- `stops` (array): Nearest first, within about 400 m (stations about 750 m). Each route and direction appears once, at its nearest stop

### `service_updates` (~99 tokens)

Hong Kong transport service updates

What's disrupted right now: MTR lines reporting a delay (MTR's next-train feed) and open road incidents such as accidents, breakdowns and lane closures (Transport Department special traffic news). Empty lists mean nothing is reported. plan_trip also flags these on the options they affect.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Language for place and line names: en, zh-HK (Traditional Chinese), zh-CN (Simplified), ja, ko

Output parameters:

- `checked_at` (string)
- `mtr_delays` (array): MTR lines reporting a delay now
- `road_incidents` (array): Open road incidents from the Transport Department
- `source` (string)

### `border_crossings` (~140 tokens)

Hong Kong border crossing queues

How busy each land and bridge crossing between Hong Kong and mainland China is right now (Lo Wu, Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, Shenzhen Bay, Heung Yuen Wai, Huanggang Port, Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge, Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok): the Immigration Department's queue level and waiting range on the Hong Kong side, leaving and entering, for Hong Kong residents and for visitors, with how to get there and where to plan a trip to.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Language for place and line names: en, zh-HK (Traditional Chinese), zh-CN (Simplified), ja, ko

Output parameters:

- `crossings` (array)
- `live` (boolean): false when the figures are more than 30 minutes old
- `published_at` (string|null): When the Immigration Department last updated the levels, ISO 8601
- `source` (string)

### `search_routes` (~224 tokens)

Look up a Hong Kong bus route or MTR line

Hong Kong bus and green minibus routes by number, and MTR lines by name or code, the same as typing one in the site's Nearby box: where each runs between, its operator, its first and last departures by day, and this site's page for it (every stop, fares, live arrivals). A number can be several routes (route 40 is Citybus, KMB and three minibus routes in different districts): all are returned, each with its ends. Special services (a supplementary or short-working run) are left out once they have no departure left today. For travelling somewhere, use plan_trip.

Input parameters:

- `kind` (string): Only buses, green minibuses or MTR lines
- `language` (string): Language for place and line names: en, zh-HK (Traditional Chinese), zh-CN (Simplified), ja, ko
- `query` (string, required): A route number or line: "40", "N21", "A21", "28M", "Island Line", "港島綫", "TWL"

Output parameters:

- `query` (string)
- `routes` (array): Every route matching: a number names all operators' and districts' routes with it. Empty when none does

### `get_events` (~146 tokens)

What's on in Hong Kong

Big events in Hong Kong (concerts at the major venues, sports, festivals, arts), the same list as getaroundhongkong.com/events: titles in five languages, dates, venue, coordinates, nearest MTR station, and this site's page for getting there. Filter by dates (events overlapping from–to, Hong Kong dates, YYYY-MM-DD; from today on by default) and featured (the biggest, most crowded ones).

Input parameters:

- `featured` (boolean): Only the featured (biggest) events
- `from` (string): First day, YYYY-MM-DD (default today)
- `to` (string): Last day, YYYY-MM-DD (default: everything coming up)

Output parameters:

- `events` (array)
- `from` (string): First day covered, YYYY-MM-DD (Hong Kong)
- `to` (string|null): Last day covered, or null for everything coming up

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner/getaroundhongkong#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 86
- 2026-11-04: 86
- 2026-11-03: 85
- 2026-11-02: 85
- 2026-11-01: 84
- 2026-10-31: 84
- 2026-10-30: 83
- 2026-10-29: 83
- 2026-10-28: 82
- 2026-10-27: 82
- 2026-10-26: 81
- 2026-10-25: 81
- 2026-10-24: 80
- 2026-10-23: 80
- 2026-10-22: 79
- 2026-10-21: 79
- 2026-10-20: 78
- 2026-10-19: 78
- 2026-10-18: 77
- 2026-10-17: 77
- 2026-10-16: 76
- 2026-10-15: 76
- 2026-10-14: 75
- 2026-10-13: 75
- 2026-10-12: 74
- 2026-10-10: 74
- 2026-10-07: 70
- 2026-10-06: 70

## Common questions

### What is the Get Around Hong Kong MCP server?

Get Around Hong Kong is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.getaroundhongkong/trip-planner. Hong Kong public transport trips (MTR, bus, minibus, ferry), live times, fares and border queues. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp).

### Is the Get Around Hong Kong MCP server safe to use?

Get Around Hong Kong scores 86 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 Get Around Hong Kong MCP server expose?

Get Around Hong Kong exposes 7 tools: plan_trip, search_place, nearby_departures, service_updates, border_crossings, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,333 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Get Around Hong Kong MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Get Around Hong Kong without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Get Around Hong Kong MCP server still maintained?

Get Around Hong Kong is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Get Around Hong Kong MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on Get Around Hong Kong, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://getaroundhongkong.com/mcp
- Website: https://getaroundhongkong.com/en
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner/getaroundhongkong.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner/getaroundhongkong/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner/getaroundhongkong.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-getaroundhongkong-trip-planner/getaroundhongkong