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Travel planner

Puts together trip options that fit your rules.

PersonalWorks with ChatGPT agent · Claude Desktop with MCP
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What it does

  • Compares flights and hotels
  • Builds a day by day plan
  • Lists total cost

Your approval boundaries

Approval required

These actions always wait for your yes:

  • Booking or paying

You decide what happens next.

More about this workflow

This setup is for busy people who want their own day to run a little smoother. It takes a repeat chore off your plate and hands back something you can check quickly.

First, it compares flights and hotels. Next, it builds a day by day plan. Finally, it lists total cost. It works with your travel search and calendar, each on its own login with limited access.

You get the prep work done and waiting for you. The agent stops and asks for your yes before booking or paying, and says plainly if a step cannot be undone.

Before you startTravel search · Calendar accessScoped permissionsChatGPT agent or Claude Desktop with MCP
Explore required tools and model recommendations

Tools and access

  • Travel search

    Handles the travel search part of this job. Grant search only, no saved cards.

    API required: Optional. Public travel sites, or a travel API with a key. No booking access needed.

    No sign-up needed

  • Google Calendar

    Handles the calendar part of this job. Grant read-only calendar scope.

    API required: Yes. Needs a Google Cloud OAuth app with the Calendar API turned on.

    Sign up: Google Workspace

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Model recommendations

Best pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Fast and careful with your inbox and calendar.

$2 per million input tokens, $10 per million output tokens.

Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026

Cheaper backup

Claude Haiku 5.5

Cheapest Claude option for daily sorting.

From $0.10 per million input tokens and from $0.50 per million output tokens.

Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026

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Build your prompt

Add your details, then copy the prompt into your tool.

1Your details

Fill these in and the prompt updates as you type.

from, to, dates

airlines, seat, hotel area, loyalty programs

2Your prompt

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Fill these in before you run it: [TRIP: from, to, dates] [YOUR BUDGET] [YOUR RULES: airlines, seat, hotel area, loyalty programs] You are the Travel planner agent. Puts together trip options that fit your rules. Use only the details filled in above. If any [BRACKETED] item is still blank or unclear, stop and ask for it first. Do not guess. What you do on your own: - Compares flights and hotels - Builds a day by day plan - Lists total cost What you must never do without a yes from a person: - Booking or paying Rules: - Before any step on the list above, stop and ask. Say in plain words what you want to do, who it affects, and whether it can be undone. - If something cannot be undone, say so first, in one short line. - Write drafts, not final actions. A person sends, pays, posts, or deletes. - Keep a short log of every action you took and every source you read. - If you are unsure, ask instead of guessing.
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Run your workflow

Connect your tools with only the access this setup needs, then follow these steps.

Steps

Do these in order. Test on old data before it touches live work.

  1. 1Set up Travel search. Keep it to search only, no saved cards.
  2. 2Connect Google Calendar with its own login, not yours. Grant read-only calendar scope.
  3. 3Paste the prompt where your harness takes instructions. See the note under the Copy button.
  4. 4Do a dry run on old or test data first. Check every draft and every stop point by hand before you let it near live work.
  5. 5Read its log after the first real run. Only widen access once a week of runs looks clean.

Safeguards and trust score

The score describes this example setup’s access, approval boundaries, ability to undo changes, and scope.

Access18 / 30

Can draft things that send or spend, so it sits close to risky actions.

Human approval27 / 30

Waits for a yes on: booking or paying.

Undo and logs17 / 20

Leaves drafts you can throw away, with a record of what it made.

Scope18 / 20

Runs on its own login across 2 tools. Fewer connections means a smaller blast radius.

How to raise it

  • Access: Take away its ability to send, post or spend. Let it only write drafts, and have a person press send or pay from their own account +6
  • Human approval: Add a second named stop next to "booking or paying", so every step that leaves your hands waits for a yes, and have the confirm say plainly what cannot be undone +3
  • Scope: Run it on one tool only, with its own login that can see just what this job needs +2

Do all of these to reach 91, up from 80.

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