Travel Check in Pi
Travel advice and airports. The MCP server is https://travel.openkrill.app/mcp. No key. The steps below are only for Pi. A call to get_travel_advice was checked against that server on 2026-10-01.
What this server answers
Check what the UK and US governments currently advise about a country, and see live delays and weather at an airport.
Ask "what is the travel advice for Thailand?", "what are the entry requirements for Japan?", "compare Mexico, Colombia and Peru" or "is JFK delayed right now?".
Travel Check reads the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) travel advice on GOV.UK, the US State Department travel advisories, the FAA National Airspace System status and the NOAA Aviation Weather Center.
Every answer shows the advisory level or alert, the date it was last reviewed, and a link to the official page.
UK advice is written for British citizens and US advice for US citizens, and the answer says so: entry rules and risks differ by passport, so check your own government's advice. It does not include visa rules for other nationalities.
It is not medical, legal or safety advice and not for flight planning. Advisories change, so confirm on the official page before you travel. FAA delay data covers US airports only.
UK content is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0, © Crown copyright. It stores nothing about you: answers are cached for a few hours, and the only lasting record is a daily count of calls per tool.
What it can do
- Shows the UK FCDO travel advice alert and last review date for a country
- Shows the US State Department advisory level, summary and date for a country
- Quotes the UK entry requirements, safety or health section on request
- Compares the UK and US advice for up to five countries at once
- Reports FAA delays and closures at a US airport
- Shows the latest weather observation and forecast for an airport by IATA or ICAO code
- Links every answer to the official source and says which citizens the advice is written for
Tools
get_travel_advice, Get travel advice. Use this when the user asks about travel advice, safety warnings, or entry requirements for a country, such as "is it safe to travel to Thailand?" or "what are the entry requirements for Japan?". Pass the country name or two-letter ISO code. Returns the UK FCDO alert (which parts of the country it advises against travelling to) with its last review date and latest change, and the US State Department advisory level, summary and date, with official links. Set section to entry-requirements, safety or health to include that part of the UK advice. UK advice is written for British citizens and US advice for US citizens, and the answer says so; it is not visa guidance for other passports. Government text only, not medical or safety advice.get_airport_status, Get airport status. Use this when the user asks about delays, closures or weather at an airport, such as "is JFK delayed?" or "what is the weather at Heathrow?". Pass the IATA code (JFK) or the ICAO code (EGLL). Returns active FAA delays, ground stops and closures for US airports with the reason and times, and the latest METAR observation (flight category, temperature, wind, visibility) and raw TAF forecast from the Aviation Weather Center. FAA delay data covers US airports only; for airports elsewhere only the weather is returned. For general information, not flight planning.compare_advisories, Compare travel advisories. Use this when the user wants the advice for several countries side by side, such as "compare Mexico, Colombia and Peru" or "which of these countries has the highest advisory level?". Pass one to five country names or ISO codes. Returns for each the UK FCDO alert and review date and the US State Department level and update date, with official links. Use get_travel_advice for the full text of one country. UK advice is for British citizens and US advice for US citizens.
Add Travel Check in Pi
Pi does not speak MCP on its own. The pi-mcp-adapter extension (these steps match version 2.34.0) loads remote servers and keeps their schemas out of the prompt until you ask. Install it once, then restart Pi:
pi install npm:pi-mcp-adapterAdd the server to a shared MCP file. Use .mcp.json in the project if only that project needs Travel Check, or ~/.config/mcp/mcp.json if you want it in every project. Pi also reads ~/.agents/mcp.json. A Pi-only override lives in ~/.pi/agent/mcp.json or .pi/mcp.json and wins over the shared file.
{
"mcpServers": {
"travel": {
"url": "https://travel.openkrill.app/mcp"
}
}
}The url is enough. Do not set command: that field is for a local process. No API key header. After restart, run /mcp and confirm the server is listed. The first call connects lazily. Ask: What is the current travel advice for Thailand? The adapter should offer get_travel_advice, get_airport_status, compare_advisories.
Leave directTools off unless you want those schemas in every turn. With a handful of tools the cost is small. The default proxy is the better fit: search for the tool, then call it. /mcp disable travel writes a project override in .pi/mcp.json without editing the shared file. Run /reload after that change.
Pi will not find this server by scanning Cursor or Claude config unless you run /mcp setup and import it. Putting the url in .mcp.json is the direct path and the one this page tests against. The server is the same public endpoint the other clients use, with the same limits and the same privacy rules.
A call checked on 2026-10-01
Thailand is the country in the plugin's starter prompts. The answer is the published advisory, not a visa ruling. The request below was posted to https://travel.openkrill.app/mcp as tools/call. HTTP 200. Source: the Travel Check server, read 2026-10-01.
{
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "get_travel_advice",
"arguments": {
"country": "Thailand"
}
}
}- status. ok
- country. Thailand
- notice. Government advisory text with its date and source, for information only. It is not medical, legal or safety advice, and advisories change: confirm on the linked official page before you travel.
- uk name. Thailand
- uk status. ok
- us name. Thailand
Repeat the call yourself if you need a newer reading. Cached answers expire. A rate limit is not a result: wait and try again. Nothing in the call is a ranking, a filing, or advice.