Find Flights MCP Server

Search for flights and retrieve detailed flight information using the Duffel API.

Local serverstdioPython 217

What is the Find Flights MCP server?

Find Flights MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Search for flights and retrieve detailed flight information using the Duffel API.

What you get

Think of it as having a travel agent in your chat who remembers everything you've discussed and can instantly search across dates and routes.

  • Contextual Memory — Claude remembers all your previous flight searches in the chat, so you don't need to keep multiple tabs open to compare prices
  • Flexible Date Search — Easily search across multiple days to find the best prices without manually checking each date
  • Complex Itineraries — Perfect for multi-city trips, one-stop flights, or when you need to compare different route options you can just ask!
  • Natural Conversation — Just describe what you're looking for - no more clicking through calendar interfaces or juggling search parameters down to parsing city names, dates, and times

What the assistant can call

Once Find Flights is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Building — The Building tool exposed by this server

Setting it up

@smithery/cli on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: DUFFEL_API_KEY_LIVE. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

  • Python 3.x - Duffel API Live Key

Choosing this one

Among the planning and project tracking options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Find Flights's toolset — Building — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by ravinahp; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the find flights mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
BuildingThe Building tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Find Flights MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "find-flights": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
      "env": {
        "DUFFEL_API_KEY_LIVE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

  • Python 3.x - Duffel API Live Key
VariableDescriptionRequired
DUFFEL_API_KEY_LIVECredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Find Flights to Building.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, a Duffel API key is required. You can start with a test API key for simulated data, or get a live key from Duffel to access real flight information. No charges will be made through this tool, it only searches for flights.