# Official Travel Advice MCP Server (`nexgenwatch/official-travel-advice-mcp`) Actor

MCP server for UK FCDO foreign travel advice from the official GOV.UK Content API — safety warnings, entry and health requirements, and update history, with a source link and Open Government Licence attribution on every answer. Standby MCP; connect a client at /mcp.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/official-travel-advice-mcp.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** Agents, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $50.00 / 1,000 tool calls

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Official Travel Advice MCP Server

An MCP server that answers questions about **UK FCDO foreign travel advice** from the official GOV.UK Content API — safety warnings, entry requirements, health requirements and update history — with a source link, update timestamps and Open Government Licence attribution on every answer.

Runs in Apify **Standby** mode. Connect an MCP client to the server URL with path `/mcp`.

### Tools

- `get_destination_warning(destination)` — the FCDO advice-against-travel status (e.g. "avoid all but essential travel to parts"), the headline warnings summary, and the latest change note.
- `get_entry_requirements(destination)` — passport validity, visas and border rules for British-citizen passport holders.
- `get_health_requirements(destination)` — vaccinations, medication rules and health risks.
- `compare_destination_advice(destinations)` — the advice-against-travel status across several destinations at once (one official read, and one charge, per resolved destination).
- `get_advice_update(destination)` — when the advice was last updated and what changed, with recent change history and the review date.

Every answer carries `source_url`, `public_updated_at` / `reviewed_at`, and the OGL attribution.

### The source, and what will and won't bill

The one door is the official GOV.UK Content API (`gov.uk/api/content/foreign-travel-advice/{destination}`), queried logged-out with no API key. `robots.txt` permits these paths for our agent and is re-proven at server boot. A schema canary refuses to serve a document whose shape has drifted.

**Only successful calls bill.** A completed retrieval of official advice charges. A destination GOV.UK has no page for (usually a misspelled name), an empty argument, a GOV.UK read failure, or a schema drift returns a notice and is **not charged**.

### Pricing

Pay per event.

| Event | Price (USD) | When it fires |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `apify-actor-start` | $0.05 | once when the server starts (reserved; charged automatically by Apify, never in code) |
| `mcp-tool-call` | $0.05 | once per **completed** tool call against the GOV.UK API (errors and notices never bill) |

### Scope and honesty

This server reproduces official FCDO advice verbatim-in-substance with citations; it is guidance for UK travellers as published by the FCDO, not legal or medical advice. It is a different job from a commercial travel-inventory MCP: it returns official safety/entry/health **evidence with sources**, not bookable inventory. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

# Actor input Schema

## `note` (type: `string`):

This Actor runs as an MCP server in Standby mode. Connect an MCP client to the server URL with path /mcp; there is no batch input to fill in.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "note": "standby"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "note": "standby"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/official-travel-advice-mcp").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "note": "standby" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/official-travel-advice-mcp").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "note": "standby"
}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/official-travel-advice-mcp --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nexgenwatch/official-travel-advice-mcp"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/C2nKE6CyZExoP0b5V/builds/rkPBNmoDbCoCX66To/openapi.json