Wander Agent

🌍 Wander Agent

Your AI's personal travel agent — flights, hotels, visas, points & miles.

66 tools. Zero API keys. One line to install.

Ask your AI anything about travel and get real data back, not hallucinations — live flight prices, the cheap fares airlines hide, real visa rules, 16-day forecasts, and credit-card points sweet spots.

pip install wander-agent

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See the launch demo · ⭐ Star this repo if it saves you a layover ✈️

Real run: asked for "every way to save money on DXB→DPS for 4" — it surfaced hidden-city, split-ticket, and nearby-airport fares for ~$8,000 group savings.

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> Try these the second you install — paste any of them to your AI: > > - 🛫 "Find me a flight from NYC to Tokyo the airlines don't want me to see." → hidden-city + split-ticket fares OTAs are banned from showing you > - 🌴 "Plan a 10-day Bali trip for 2 from Dubai in September, budget $3,000." → flights, hotels, visa, weather, restaurants, packing list, day-by-day — one response > - 🛂 "Which of my two passports gets me into more countries visa-free?" → dual-passport diff with Henley rankings > - 💳 "Turn my Amex points into the best business-class flight to Europe." → points sweet-spot finder across transfer partners

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What is this?

Wander Agent is a tool plugin for AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.) that gives the AI real travel data to work with.

Without this plugin, asking an AI "cheapest flights from New York to Tokyo in August?" gets you a made-up answer. With this plugin, the AI calls real data sources — Google Flights, Open-Meteo, US State Dept advisories, OpenStreetMap — and gives you actual prices, real forecasts, and live visa requirements.

You talk to the AI the same way you always do. The AI does the rest.

> "Plan me a 10-day trip to Bali for 2 people leaving from Dubai in September, budget $3,000" > → Real flights, real hotels, visa requirements, weather forecast, local restaurants, packing list, day-by-day itinerary — all in one response.

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What can it do?

✈️ Flights

• Search live flights (Google Flights + Kiwi.com in parallel)
• Find hidden-city fares — e.g. buy NYC→Mexico via Houston, exit in Houston at 40% discount
• Split-ticket search — book two separate tickets via a hub; OTAs are contractually forbidden from showing you this
• Month-level price scan — check every month for the next year, returns cheapest month to fly
• Fare calendar — cheapest day within a given month, day-of-week analysis
• Scan for mistake fares and error pricing from deal alert sites
• Find the cheapest destination you can fly to from anywhere
• Find cheapest meeting point for friends flying from different cities
• Automatically checks nearby airports (JFK also checks EWR, LGA; DXB also checks SHJ, AUH)

🏨 Hotels

• Search hotels with direct booking links to Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Tripadvisor, and 6 more
• Optimize for cheapest flight + hotel combo across flexible dates

📋 Visas & Entry

• Check if you need a visa, e-visa, ETA, or nothing at all
• See every country you can enter without a full visa
• Passport power ranking — Henley Index 2024 rank, visa-free %, regional breakdown
• Dual-passport comparison — see exactly which destinations each passport unlocks that the other doesn't
• Transit visa check — do you need a visa just to change planes? 200+ passport × layover rules
• Official government apply links included

🌤️ Weather

• 16-day live forecast for any location
• Best month to visit anywhere based on 5 years of climate data
• Jet lag calculator with science-based recovery schedule

⚠️ Safety

• Live US State Dept advisory level for any country (1 = safe, 4 = do not travel)
• List every country at or above a given risk level
• Recent travel news: strikes, airport closures, entry bans, protests

💰 Costs

• Daily budget estimates for 220 cities (budget / mid-range / luxury)
• Live currency conversion
• Total trip cost estimate combining flights, hotels, and daily spend

🗺️ Planning

• Day-by-day itinerary with weather and activities for each day
• Rank and score destinations by cost + weather + safety + events
• Compare multiple destinations side-by-side
• Aurora viewing destinations with NOAA KP-index forecast
• Open-jaw trips — fly into Rome, train to Paris, fly home from Paris. Composed automatically.

🍜 Food & Nightlife

• Restaurants, bars, pubs, and cafes near any location (OpenStreetMap)
• Cuisine filters, price level, opening hours, distance
• Booking links: Google Maps, Zomato, TripAdvisor, Yelp, OpenTable, Resy, Untappd

🎒 On the Ground

• Packing list tailored to weather, activities, and trip length
• Language phrasebook for 17 languages with pronunciation guides
• Layover guide for 10 major hub airports (DXB, SIN, IST, DOH, NRT, CDG, HKG, ICN, AMS, HND)
• Health requirements: vaccines, water safety, food safety, pre-trip timeline
• Bus, train, and ferry options with direct booking links
• Viewpoints, beaches, hiking trails, coworking spaces near any location
• Local SIM guide — 25+ countries: best prepaid SIM vs eSIM, cost, where to buy, tethering policy

🧠 Memory & Decisions

• Saves your home airports, passports, currency, and interests — never ask again
• Logs your trip history
• Saved trips — a persistent trip with an 8-item booking checklist that survives across sessions
• Fare watching — set a target price on a route, re-price on demand, get a buy signal when it drops
• Value ranking — scores options 0–100 on price plus stops, duration, refundability, baggage and hassle (flags hidden-city / split-ticket risk), so cheapest isn't blindly "best"

💳 Credit Card Points & Miles

• Points valuation — is this award booking a good deal? Cents-per-point calculator with verdict (excellent / good / fair / poor) against 20+ program baselines
• Transfer partners — which airlines and hotels can you transfer Chase UR / Amex MR / Citi TYP / Capital One / Bilt points to? With ratios and transfer times
• Points vs cash — should you use points or pay cash? Factors in cpp value, opportunity cost, and what you'd earn back paying cash
• Earning calculator — how many points does a $500 dinner earn on your Amex Gold? 9 cards modeled with bonus categories
• Sweet spot awards — curated list of outsized-value redemptions: ANA first class for 120k VA miles (16.7cpp), Hyatt all-inclusive for 25k (2.4cpp), Turkish business for 45k (8.9cpp)
• Program comparison — which of your points programs gives the best value for a specific booking?
• Card portfolio — save your cards to your profile, points tools use them automatically

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Setup (5 minutes)

Step 1 — Install Python

You need Python 3.10 or newer. Check if you have it:

python3 --version

Don't have it? Download from python.org.

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Step 2 — Install Wander Agent

From PyPI (recommended):

pip install wander-agent

Or with uv — no install at all, run directly:

uvx wander-agent

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/VirajMishra1/wander-agent.git
cd wander-agent
pip install -e .

Verify it worked:

wander-agent --help

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Step 3 — Connect to your AI

Pick the app you use:

Claude Desktop

Open this file in a text editor:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wander-agent": {
      "command": "wander-agent"
    }
  }
}

Save the file, then quit and reopen Claude Desktop.

If you get an error about wander-agent not being found, find the full path first:

which wander-agent

Then use that path in the config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wander-agent": {
      "command": "/usr/local/bin/wander-agent"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (terminal)

claude mcp add wander-agent wander-agent

Confirm it registered:

claude mcp list

Cursor

Create or edit .cursor/mcp.json in your home directory:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wander-agent": {
      "command": "wander-agent"
    }
  }
}

Restart Cursor.

Windsurf

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wander-agent": {
      "command": "wander-agent"
    }
  }
}

Restart Windsurf.

Cline (VS Code extension)

Open VS Code settings, search for "Cline MCP", edit cline_mcp_settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wander-agent": {
      "command": "wander-agent"
    }
  }
}

Continue.dev

Edit .continuerc.json in your project or home directory:

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "wander-agent",
      "command": "wander-agent"
    }
  ]
}

Zed

Edit ~/.config/zed/settings.json:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "wander-agent": {
      "command": {
        "path": "wander-agent",
        "args": []
      }
    }
  }
}

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Optional: API keys for better data

Everything works without any API keys. These add richer data if you want:

| Variable | What it unlocks | Get it free at | |----------|----------------|----------------| | FOURSQUARE_API_KEY | Real ratings and price levels for restaurants/bars | foursquare.com/developers | | TICKETMASTER_API_KEY | Live event listings (concerts, sports, shows) | developer.ticketmaster.com |

Set them before starting your AI:

export FOURSQUARE_API_KEY=your_key_here
export TICKETMASTER_API_KEY=your_key_here

Or add them to your shell profile (~/.zshrc, ~/.bashrc) to make them permanent.

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All 66 Tools

✈️ Flights

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | search_flights | Live flight search across Google Flights and Kiwi.com in parallel. Returns prices, duration, stops, and booking links. | | find_skiplagged_fares | Hidden-city fares — buy a connecting flight and exit at the layover city. Often 40–60% cheaper. Carry-on only. | | find_split_ticket | Book two separate tickets through a hub instead of one through-ticket. OTAs are contractually forbidden from showing this. Savings of 20–60% on many routes. Includes full risk disclosure. | | find_cheapest_month | Scans the next 12 months by sampling the first Tuesday of each month (statistically cheapest booking day). Returns all months ranked by price with season analysis and booking links. | | fare_calendar | Full month price grid — up to 15 sampled days, day-of-week analysis, price tiers, best/worst weeks. Find the cheapest day to fly within a given month. | | find_mistake_fares | Scans Secret Flying and The Flight Deal RSS for error fares and flash deals. | | cheap_anywhere_from | Cheapest destinations from an origin across 114 airports worldwide. | | find_destinations_by_budget | Finds destinations reachable within a total budget (flights + hotels). | | multi_origin_meetup | Cheapest city for multiple friends to meet, flying from different cities. | | verify_flight_route | Confirms a direct or connecting route exists between two airports. | | find_aurora_destinations | Aurora-viewing destinations with live NOAA KP-index forecast and flight prices. |

🏨 Hotels

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | search_hotels | Hotels with booking links to Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Tripadvisor, and 6 more. | | optimize_budget | Finds the cheapest flight + hotel combo across a flexible date window (±7 days). |

📋 Visas & Entry

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | check_visa_requirement | Visa category for a passport + destination pair. Returns visa-free, ETA, e-visa, visa on arrival, or visa required — with the official apply link. | | visa_free_destinations | Every country a given passport can enter without a full embassy visa. | | get_passport_power | Henley Index 2024 rank, visa-free access count, frictionless travel %, and regional breakdown for any passport. Pass two passports to get a head-to-head diff: exactly which destinations each one unlocks that the other doesn't. | | check_transit_visa | Do you need a transit visa at your layover airport? Covers 200+ passport × layover-country combinations. Checks LHR, JFK, DXB, SIN, FRA, IST, DOH, NRT, ICN, YYZ, SYD, and 30+ others. |

🌤️ Weather

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | get_weather | 16-day live weather forecast for any coordinates. Falls back to 5-year historical data for dates beyond the forecast window. | | best_month_to_visit | Ranks all 12 months for a location by weather quality, based on historical climate data. |

⚠️ Safety & News

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | get_travel_advisory | US State Dept advisory level (1–4) and summary. Pulled from the live RSS feed. | | list_advisories_by_level | All countries currently at or above a given advisory level. | | get_travel_news | Scans Google News for recent disruptions: strikes, airport closures, entry bans, protests. |

💰 Costs & Currency

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | get_cost_of_living | Daily budget estimates for 220 cities across budget, mid-range, and luxury tiers. | | convert_currency | Live currency conversion via European Central Bank rates. | | get_exchange_rates | Exchange rates for multiple currencies from a base currency. |

🗺️ Planning & Scoring

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | plan_trip_package | The main orchestrator. Calls 8+ tools in parallel and returns a complete trip: flights, hotels, visa, weather, safety, activities, ground transport, cost estimate, and booking checklist. | | plan_itinerary | Day-by-day itinerary with weather forecast and suggested activities for each day. | | find_open_jaw | Plan a fly-in/overland/fly-out trip: land in city A, travel by train or bus, fly home from city B. Composes flight + ground transport search. Shows total cost vs a round-trip to city A only. Accepts city names or IATA codes. | | score_destinations | Ranks destinations by a weighted combination of cost, weather, safety, and events. | | compare_destinations | Side-by-side comparison of 2–5 destinations for the same dates. |

🍜 Food & Nightlife

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | search_restaurants_bars | Real venues near a location from OpenStreetMap. Returns cuisine, price level, opening hours, distance, and links to Google Maps, Zomato, TripAdvisor, Yelp, OpenTable, Resy, and Untappd. |

🌐 Smart Trip Tools

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | score_nomad_cities | Ranks cities for remote work across 6 dimensions: cost, safety, internet speed, weather, visa ease, and lifestyle. Configurable weights. | | calculate_flight_carbon | CO2e footprint for any flight using ICAO/DEFRA 2024 factors with radiative forcing (RFI ×1.9). Per-passenger and total emissions, Gold Standard offset cost, and train/car comparison for short routes. |

🎒 On the Ground

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | generate_packing_list | Packing list tailored to destination weather, activities, trip length, and budget level. | | find_places | Viewpoints, beaches, hiking trails, coworking spaces, waterfalls, markets, and more from OpenStreetMap. | | calculate_jet_lag | Jet lag severity with a science-based recovery schedule: pre-departure shift, mel

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Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: VirajMishra1
• Source: VirajMishra1/wander-agent
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://pypi.org/project/wander-agent/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.