{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "flightclaw", "name": "FlightClaw", "vendor": "FlightClaw", "vendorUrl": "https://flightclaw.com", "kind": "mcp", "category": "travel", "summary": "Hosted MCP server for booking flights from an agent.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flightclaw", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flightclaw.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flightclaw.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/flightclaw.json", "repo": "https://github.com/flightclaw/agents", "license": "MIT (local server)", "transports": [ "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "The hosted server uses OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration and an email code at sign-in, so there are no API keys to manage. The open-source local server (Python, Google Flights search) needs no credentials for search and only reaches the booking tools with a `FLIGHTCLAW_API_KEY` that isn't publicly issued.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "The API and MCP server are free to call. Travellers pay the airline fare plus a booking fee of 5 per cent plus $3 (minimum $12), shown as a separate line before payment, and $6 per change, charged in the offer currency. The booking fee isn't refunded unless the airline cancels the flight (https://flightclaw.com/terms).", "priceSummary": "5% fee", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 36, "popularity": { "githubStars": 74, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://flightclaw.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://flightclaw.com/llms.txt", "registryName": "com.flightclaw/flightclaw", "capabilities": [ "travel.flights", "travel.booking", "travel.changes", "travel.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "open-source", "python", "free-tier", "no-card", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-26", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 45.3, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 659, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 50, "reliability": 30, "schema": 50, "security": 50, "transparency": 29 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Hosted MCP at mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp with OAuth 2.1, PKCE and dynamic client registration, no API keys. Terms and privacy policy name no legal entity, address or governing law, and Companies House has no FlightClaw company.", "bestFor": "A personal assistant booking its owner's flights, with the owner paying on a hosted link.", "strengths": [ "Hosted MCP at mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp with OAuth 2.1, PKCE and dynamic client registration, no API keys", "Booking ends on a checkout link the traveller pays, so the agent never handles card numbers", "Fee published and shown as a line item, 5 per cent plus $3 with a $12 floor, $6 per change", "llms.txt with the full flow, limits and pricing", "In the official MCP registry under the domain-verified com.flightclaw namespace" ], "weaknesses": [ "Terms and privacy policy name no legal entity, address or governing law, and Companies House has no FlightClaw company", "No status page, changelog, SLA or documented error responses", "One OAuth scope covers search, booking and the stored traveller, card-label and loyalty profile", "100 searches per user per UTC day on the hosted server", "Tool count differs between the README (36), llms.txt (18) and the docs page" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `get_offer` right before `create_checkout`; the total includes the booking fee and can move", "Poll `get_checkout_status` until `completed`, then `get_order` for the airline reference. A sent link isn't a booking", "Never ask for card numbers in chat. Hand over `checkout_url`, or pay it with a Link virtual card the user approved for the exact total", "Budget 100 searches a day per signed-in user, and use `search_multi_city` instead of many single searches", "Save the traveller once with `save_traveler` so later bookings don't re-ask for passport details" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 50, "reliability": 30, "schema": 50, "security": 50, "transparency": 28 }, "provenanceScore": 29 }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http flightclaw https://mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "flightclaw": { "url": "https://mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.flights", "tool": "https://letme.dev/flightclaw" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Booking fee", "unit": "pct", "usd": 5, "note": "plus $3 per booking, minimum $12, paid by the traveller" }, { "item": "Booking fee fixed part", "unit": "tx", "usd": 3, "note": "on top of the 5 per cent" }, { "item": "Change fee", "unit": "tx", "usd": 6, "note": "per change, charged in the offer currency" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "flightclaw.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-02-10", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://flightclaw.com/terms", "privacy": "https://flightclaw.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The terms give only support@flightclaw.com. The repository licence is in the name of Jack Culpan.", "Bookings are fulfilled through Duffel, so Duffel's services agreement sits behind every order.", "flightclaw.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404." ], "score": 29 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flightclaw.json", "live": { "slug": "flightclaw", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:10.758587743Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 89, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 99, "p95ms24h": 200, "samples24h": 271, "samples30d": 1955, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.flightclaw/flightclaw", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T02:42:52.272076636Z" } ], "githubStars": 75, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://flightclaw.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:03.98117906Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://flightclaw.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:26.799723234Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "flightclaw.com", "registered": "2026-02-10", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/flightclaw.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:43.717363786Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://flightclaw.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:28.708260913Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:09:20.256942121Z", "fingerprint": "6eddabff01ed" }, { "url": "https://flightclaw.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:30.753562743Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:09:22.303371874Z", "fingerprint": "167c9da34b5f" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-10-07T21:26:50.716422897Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-10-01T21:57:33.283688429Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:10.758587743Z" } }, "answer": "Skyscanner Travel APIs and FlightClaw score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 45.6 (E) and 45.3 (E). FlightClaw leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "skyscanner", "name": "Skyscanner Travel APIs", "vendor": "Skyscanner Limited", "vendorUrl": "https://www.partners.skyscanner.net/product/travel-api", "kind": "http-api", "category": "travel", "summary": "Skyscanner's partner APIs for flight, hotel and car hire search, with live and indicative prices, hotel content and reviews, and deep links that send travellers to airlines and travel agents to book. Access is by application.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skyscanner.json", "license": "Proprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not public", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://partners.api.skyscanner.net", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Partner approval. A business applies at https://www.partners.skyscanner.net/contact/travel-api, Skyscanner reviews each application within two weeks, and an account manager issues the key after a commercial agreement and onboarding on impact.com. The key goes in the `x-api-key` header on every call. Rate limits are set per key. No scopes, self-serve rotation or OAuth were found in the docs.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "No usage fee. Skyscanner's partner help centre says the Travel APIs carry no per-booking, monthly or yearly fee and that partners earn a revenue share on bookings, tracked through Impact. The share is not published. There is no sandbox, trial or test key, and access starts only after an approved application and a commercial agreement (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the API reference or the partner pages (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.skyscanner.net/docs/intro", "capabilities": [ "travel.flights", "travel.stays", "travel.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "partner-only", "api-key", "metasearch", "flights", "hotels", "car-hire", "affiliate", "bug-bounty" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 45.6, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 655, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 25, "reliability": 35, "schema": 56, "security": 48, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Thirteen documented search APIs cover flights, hotels and car hire behind one `x-api-key` header, with default rate limits published per endpoint and no usage fee. Access needs an approved application, an audience above 100,000 monthly users and a commercial agreement, and the usage guidelines bar live-price calls made without a user action. Booking happens on supplier sites.", "bestFor": "An established travel site or app with a large audience that wants metasearch prices across flights, hotels and car hire and is content to send users to suppliers to book.", "strengths": [ "Thirteen APIs and 21 operations cover flights, hotels and car hire, with live and indicative prices, hotel content, reviews, geography and autosuggest", "Default rate limits are published per endpoint, per second, minute and hour, such as 100 flight search creates a minute and 500 polls", "Skyscanner states the Travel APIs carry no per-booking, monthly or yearly fee, and partners earn a revenue share on bookings", "The docs changelog is dated and current, with four entries between 14 July and 1 October 2026", "Public bug bounty on Bugcrowd and a security.txt on www.skyscanner.net that runs to November 2030" ], "weaknesses": [ "Keys are issued only after an application review and a commercial agreement, with a stated minimum of 100,000 monthly active users", "The usage guidelines say live pricing calls are made only on user-generated requests, and automated calls without a user action are not permitted", "No booking, change or cancel calls. Every result carries a deep link and the traveller books on the supplier's site", "No downloadable OpenAPI file, SDK or code samples were found, and `llms.txt` on the docs host returns 403", "No status page, SLA or public API terms were found. The API terms sit in the partner's contract on impact.com" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in the `x-api-key` header on every call to `https://partners.api.skyscanner.net`. CORS is not supported, so call from a server", "Create a live search only when a user has given origin, destination and exact dates. Use the indicative price endpoints for open-ended questions", "Poll `/search/poll/{sessionToken}` until `status` is `RESULT_STATUS_COMPLETE`, and replace earlier results only when `action` is `RESULT_ACTION_REPLACED`", "Start a new session when a poll returns 400. Flight session tokens last about an hour and hotel sessions at most 15 minutes", "Pass each `deepLink` to the traveller unchanged, since altered encoding breaks Impact tracking, and never put personal data in `subid2`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 25, "reliability": 35, "schema": 56, "security": 48, "transparency": 28 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --request POST 'https://partners.api.skyscanner.net/apiservices/v3/flights/live/search/create' \\\n --header 'x-api-key: your-api-key' \\\n --data '{\"query\":{\"market\":\"UK\",\"locale\":\"en-GB\",\"currency\":\"GBP\",\"queryLegs\":[{\"originPlaceId\":{\"iata\":\"LHR\"},\"destinationPlaceId\":{\"iata\":\"SIN\"},\"date\":{\"year\":2024,\"month\":12,\"day\":22}}],\"adults\":1,\"cabinClass\":\"CABIN_CLASS_ECONOMY\"}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.flights", "tool": "https://letme.dev/skyscanner" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Skyscanner Limited", "domain": "skyscanner.net", "domainRegistered": "2002-07-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://www.skyscanner.net/media/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://developers.skyscanner.net/docs/change-log", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The privacy policy and terms of service name Skyscanner Limited, company number 04217916, registered in England and Wales.", "No `terms` URL is given. The partner help centre says the Skyscanner API Terms and Conditions are in the partner's contract on impact.com, and the only public terms are the website terms of service at https://www.skyscanner.net/media/terms-of-service.", "The privacy policy is Skyscanner's general one for its platforms and travellers. No separate privacy notice or DPA for API partners was found.", "The API answers at partners.api.skyscanner.net. Deep links pass through skyscanner.pxf.io, an Impact tracking domain.", "https://www.skyscanner.net/.well-known/security.txt lists security@skyscanner.net and the Bugcrowd programme and expires 2030-11-20. The same path returns 403 on developers.skyscanner.net and 404 on www.partners.skyscanner.net.", "No status page is linked from the developer docs or the partner site. Requests to status.skyscanner.net did not connect from our network.", "RDAP for skyscanner.net gives a registration date of 2002-07-03." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.json", "live": { "slug": "skyscanner", "probe": { "target": "https://partners.api.skyscanner.net", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:21.721422508Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 70, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 73, "p95ms24h": 100, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:21.721422508Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "FlightClaw", "b": "Skyscanner Limited", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp", "b": "https://partners.api.skyscanner.net", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT (local server)", "b": "Proprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not public", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "36", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.flightclaw/flightclaw", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-26", "b": "2026-10-01", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "74 stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Skyscanner Travel APIs and FlightClaw score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 45.6 (E) and 45.3 (E). FlightClaw leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, FlightClaw or Skyscanner Travel APIs?" }, { "answer": "FlightClaw uses an OAuth sign-in. Skyscanner Travel APIs needs an API key.", "question": "Do FlightClaw and Skyscanner Travel APIs need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. FlightClaw has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp and Skyscanner Travel APIs at https://partners.api.skyscanner.net.", "question": "Can an agent call FlightClaw and Skyscanner Travel APIs without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "FlightClaw is open source (MIT (local server)). No open-source release is listed for Skyscanner Travel APIs.", "question": "Are FlightClaw and Skyscanner Travel APIs open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 25", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 68 against 60" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A personal assistant booking its owner's flights, with the owner paying on a hosted link.", "slug": "flightclaw", "watchFor": "Terms and privacy policy name no legal entity, address or governing law, and Companies House has no FlightClaw company" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 35 against 30", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 56 against 50", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 29" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An established travel site or app with a large audience that wants metasearch prices across flights, hotels and car hire and is content to send users to suppliers to book.", "slug": "skyscanner", "watchFor": "Keys are issued only after an application review and a commercial agreement, with a stated minimum of 100,000 monthly active users" } ], "job": { "capability": "travel.flights", "name": "Travel flights" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs 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"json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-travelport.json", "title": "Skyscanner Travel APIs vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-travelport" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-flightclaw.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs FlightClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-flightclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-flightclaw.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs FlightClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-flightclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-hotelbeds.json", "title": "FlightClaw vs Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-hotelbeds" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "FlightClaw vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-ratehawk" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 5, "edge": "skyscanner", "flightclaw": 30, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "skyscanner": 35, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "skyscanner", "flightclaw": 50, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "skyscanner": 56, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "skyscanner", "flightclaw": 47, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "skyscanner": 50, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "flightclaw", "flightclaw": 50, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "skyscanner": 48, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 25, "edge": "flightclaw", "flightclaw": 50, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "skyscanner": 25, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 8, "edge": "flightclaw", "flightclaw": 68, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "skyscanner": 60, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 23, "edge": "skyscanner", "flightclaw": 29, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "skyscanner": 52, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Skyscanner Travel APIs and FlightClaw score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 45.6 (E) and 45.3 (E). FlightClaw leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do travel flights.", "verdicts": { "flightclaw": "Hosted MCP at mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp with OAuth 2.1, PKCE and dynamic client registration, no API keys. Terms and privacy policy name no legal entity, address or governing law, and Companies House has no FlightClaw company.", "skyscanner": "Thirteen documented search APIs cover flights, hotels and car hire behind one `x-api-key` header, with default rate limits published per endpoint and no usage fee. Access needs an approved application, an audience above 100,000 monthly users and a commercial agreement, and the usage guidelines bar live-price calls made without a user action. Booking happens on supplier sites." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-skyscanner", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-skyscanner.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-skyscanner.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-skyscanner.min.md" }, "markdown": "Skyscanner Travel APIs and FlightClaw score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 45.6 (E) and 45.3 (E). FlightClaw leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do travel flights.\n\n- FlightClaw: grade E, 45.3/100, rank #659 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flightclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/flightclaw.json\n- Skyscanner Travel APIs: grade E, 45.6/100, rank #655 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skyscanner.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### FlightClaw (E)\n\nGood for: A personal assistant booking its owner's flights, with the owner paying on a hosted link.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 68 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Terms and privacy policy name no legal entity, address or governing law, and Companies House has no FlightClaw company\n\n### Skyscanner Travel APIs (E)\n\nGood for: An established travel site or app with a large audience that wants metasearch prices across flights, hotels and car hire and is content to send users to suppliers to book.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 35 against 30\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 56 against 50\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 29\n\nWatch for: Keys are issued only after an application review and a commercial agreement, with a stated minimum of 100,000 monthly active users\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | FlightClaw | Skyscanner Travel APIs | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 30 | 35 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 50 | 56 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 47 | 50 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 50 | 48 | FlightClaw +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 25 | FlightClaw +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 60 | FlightClaw +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 29 | 52 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +23 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.3 · E** | **45.6 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | FlightClaw | Skyscanner Travel APIs |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | FlightClaw | Skyscanner Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp` | `https://partners.api.skyscanner.net` |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (local server) | Proprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not public |\n| Tools exposed | 36 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | `com.flightclaw/flightclaw` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-26 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | |\n| Popularity | 74 stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**FlightClaw.** Hosted MCP at mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp with OAuth 2.1, PKCE and dynamic client registration, no API keys. Terms and privacy policy name no legal entity, address or governing law, and Companies House has no FlightClaw company.\n\n**Skyscanner Travel APIs.** Thirteen documented search APIs cover flights, hotels and car hire behind one `x-api-key` header, with default rate limits published per endpoint and no usage fee. Access needs an approved application, an audience above 100,000 monthly users and a commercial agreement, and the usage guidelines bar live-price calls made without a user action. Booking happens on supplier sites.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### FlightClaw\n\n1. Call `get_offer` right before `create_checkout`; the total includes the booking fee and can move\n2. Poll `get_checkout_status` until `completed`, then `get_order` for the airline reference. A sent link isn't a booking\n3. Never ask for card numbers in chat. Hand over `checkout_url`, or pay it with a Link virtual card the user approved for the exact total\n4. Budget 100 searches a day per signed-in user, and use `search_multi_city` instead of many single searches\n5. Save the traveller once with `save_traveler` so later bookings don't re-ask for passport details\n\n### Skyscanner Travel APIs\n\n1. Send the key in the `x-api-key` header on every call to `https://partners.api.skyscanner.net`. CORS is not supported, so call from a server\n2. Create a live search only when a user has given origin, destination and exact dates. Use the indicative price endpoints for open-ended questions\n3. Poll `/search/poll/{sessionToken}` until `status` is `RESULT_STATUS_COMPLETE`, and replace earlier results only when `action` is `RESULT_ACTION_REPLACED`\n4. Start a new session when a poll returns 400. Flight session tokens last about an hour and hotel sessions at most 15 minutes\n5. Pass each `deepLink` to the traveller unchanged, since altered encoding breaks Impact tracking, and never put personal data in `subid2`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, FlightClaw or Skyscanner Travel APIs?\n\nSkyscanner Travel APIs and FlightClaw score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 45.6 (E) and 45.3 (E). FlightClaw leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do FlightClaw and Skyscanner Travel APIs need an API key?\n\nFlightClaw uses an OAuth sign-in. Skyscanner Travel APIs needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call FlightClaw and Skyscanner Travel APIs without installing anything?\n\nYes. FlightClaw has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.flightclaw.com/mcp and Skyscanner Travel APIs at https://partners.api.skyscanner.net.\n\n### Are FlightClaw and Skyscanner Travel APIs open source?\n\nFlightClaw is open source (MIT (local server)). No open-source release is listed for Skyscanner Travel APIs.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-skyscanner.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-skyscanner.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"flightclaw\", \"b\": \"skyscanner\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare flightclaw skyscanner`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/flightclaw.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skyscanner.json\n\n## Other comparisons with FlightClaw or Skyscanner Travel APIs\n\n- [Booking.com Demand API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner.md)\n- [Expedia Group Rapid API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-skyscanner.md)\n- [Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-skyscanner.md)\n- [LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs Skyscanner Travel APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner.md)\n- [ETG API (RateHawk) vs Skyscanner Travel APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-skyscanner.md)\n- [Duffel Flights and Stays API vs FlightClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-flightclaw.md)\n- [Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-skyscanner.md)\n- [FlightClaw vs Kiwi.com MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-kiwi-mcp.md)\n- [FlightClaw vs LetsFG](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-letsfg.md)\n- [FlightClaw vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-liteapi.md)\n- [FlightClaw vs Travelport TripServices APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-travelport.md)\n- [Kiwi.com MCP Server vs Skyscanner Travel APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-skyscanner.md)\n- [LetsFG vs Skyscanner Travel APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-skyscanner.md)\n- [Skyscanner Travel APIs vs Travelport TripServices APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-travelport.md)\n- [Booking.com Demand API vs FlightClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-flightclaw.md)\n- [Expedia Group Rapid API vs FlightClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-flightclaw.md)\n- [FlightClaw vs Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-hotelbeds.md)\n- [FlightClaw vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-ratehawk.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-08", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "FlightClaw vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "" } ], "description": "Skyscanner Travel APIs and FlightClaw score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 45.6 (E) and 45.3 (E). 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