Travel Desk FAQs

Question 1

What is Travel Desk?

Accepted Answer

Travel Desk is a tool that simulates a travel desk system within Claude. It allows employees to submit travel requests, view their travel history, and track approved trip counts directly from Claude.

Question 2

What are the key features of Travel Desk?

Accepted Answer

Key features include submitting travel requests via Claude, viewing travel history, tracking approved trip counts, and interacting with a simulated travel desk system. It also demonstrates MCP server implementation.

Question 3

What kind of queries can I make using Travel Desk in Claude?

Accepted Answer

You can ask Claude to submit a travel request, get the travel history for a specific employee, or find out how many approved trips an employee has. For example, 'Submit a travel request for E001 to Paris from 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-05'.

Question 4

What is an MCP server and how does Travel Desk use it?

Accepted Answer

MCP (Message Communication Protocol) server allows Claude to interact with external tools and applications. Travel Desk demonstrates building an MCP server, enabling Claude to function as a client to handle travel-related tasks.

Question 5

How do I install and set up Travel Desk?

Accepted Answer

You need to install Claude Desktop, the MCP Python SDK, and uv (Python Package Manager). Then, initialize the MCP server, add your server to Claude config, and ensure the server is running in Claude's Developer Settings.

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