UK Data: UK FCDO travel advice is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 7 tools.
UK FCDO travel advice for every country: warnings, entry requirements, safety and latest changes
Uptime history
21 hours of history
21 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
75 of 75 checks
7
Tools
read from the server
213 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http
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Today is the operative word: we check UK Data: UK FCDO travel advice every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.
run in your terminal
claude mcp add travel-safety --transport http https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/travel-safetySettings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/travel-safety~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.travel-safety]
url = "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/travel-safety".cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"travel-safety": {
"url": "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/travel-safety"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"travel-safety": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/travel-safety"
}
}
}Available tools 7
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
travel
travel_advice_countries
Which countries and territories does the UK Foreign Office publish travel advice for, and what is the slug for each? Lists every FCDO travel advice destination with its GOV.UK slug and the alternative names GOV.UK maps to it (for example Dubai to United Arab Emirates, Tenerife to Spain), so other travel advice tools can be called with the right slug. Optional search narrows the list. Live from the GOV.UK Content API; it returns names only, not the advice itself. (cost: 1 credit)
travel_advice_country
Is it safe to travel to a country, according to the UK Foreign Office? Returns the FCDO headline for one country: whether it advises against all or all-but-essential travel (to the whole country or to parts), the latest change and when it was made, recent change history and the sections available. Live from the GOV.UK Content API. Advice is written for British nationals; it does not give other governments' advice and does not replace reading the full warnings before booking. (cost: 1 credit)
travel_advice_entry_requirements
Do I need a visa, and how long must my passport be valid? Returns the FCDO 'Entry requirements' section for one country as headed plain-text subsections: passport validity, visas and length of stay, dual nationals, vaccine certificates and customs rules. Live from the GOV.UK Content API. Written for travellers on a full British citizen passport; other nationalities must check with the destination's embassy, and the destination's own authorities set and enforce the rules. (cost: 1 credit)
travel_advice_health
What jabs do I need, can I take my medication, and what is the ambulance number? Returns the FCDO 'Health' section for one country as headed plain-text subsections: emergency medical number, vaccine and health-risk pointers, medicines rules and local healthcare. Live from the GOV.UK Content API. The FCDO points to TravelHealthPro and NHS fitfortravel for vaccine detail, which this tool does not fetch; it is not medical advice. (cost: 1 credit)
travel_advice_recent_updates
Which countries' UK travel advice changed most recently, and what changed? Lists FCDO travel advice pages newest first, with the time of each update and the FCDO's own one-line summary of the change. Live from the GOV.UK Content API, for travel managers, agents and journalists. Shows only the latest change per country; use travel_advice_country for a country's earlier changes. (cost: 1 credit)
travel_advice_safety
Is there a terror threat, how bad is crime, and which local laws catch visitors out? Returns the FCDO 'Safety and security' section for one country as headed plain-text subsections: terrorism, protests, crime and scams, laws and cultural differences, outdoor activities and transport risks. Live from the GOV.UK Content API. Region-by-region detail for some countries sits in a separate 'Regional risks' section; this tool does not return its text, but gives its link in also_see when it exists. (cost: 1 credit)
travel_advice_warnings_insurance
Will my travel insurance still be valid? Returns the FCDO 'Warnings and insurance' section for one country: the official warning levels, the areas they cover and the insurance guidance, as headed plain-text subsections, plus the machine-readable alert status. Live from the GOV.UK Content API. The FCDO's warning maps are images and are not returned; whether a particular policy pays out depends on its own terms. (cost: 1 credit)
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/travel-safety | streamable-http | answering | 377 ms | 9 min ago |
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UK Data: UK FCDO travel advice — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.
What can UK Data: UK FCDO travel advice do?
It exposes 7 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: travel_advice_countries, travel_advice_country, travel_advice_entry_requirements, travel_advice_health, travel_advice_recent_updates, travel_advice_safety and 1 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README.
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Is UK Data: UK FCDO travel advice working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 75 of 75 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 213 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect UK Data: UK FCDO travel advice?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does UK Data: UK FCDO travel advice need an API key?
No. UK Data: UK FCDO travel advice completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 7 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is UK Data: UK FCDO travel advice?
It answers our handshake in 213 ms on average, which is faster than 68% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.