TravelHound

Compare real-time flights and hotels with price forecasts, coupon stacking, and destination news to find the best time and deal for your trip.

Security Scan

The skill's files and runtime instructions are consistent with a travel price-comparison/trip-planning tool: it uses browser navigation and other helper skills for coupons/news, requests no secrets or installs, and does not perform unexplained actions.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description match what the code and SKILL.md instruct: comparing flight/hotel pages, price-history checks, coupon lookups (via CouponClaw) and destination news (via NewsToday). Nothing requested (env vars, binaries, or installs) is unrelated to this purpose.

Instruction Scope

Runtime instructions explicitly tell the agent to open specific travel sites, run web_search queries, and call helper skills (couponclaw/newstoday). They do not instruct reading local files, environment variables, or sending data to unknown endpoints. The agent is asked to extract prices from public pages — this is within the stated scope.

Install Mechanism

No install spec and package.json has no dependencies. The three JS scripts only emit instruction text and do not download or execute external code. There is no URL download/extract or other high-risk install behavior.

Credentials

The skill declares no required env vars, no primary credential, and no config paths. The SKILL.md does not attempt to access additional environment variables or secrets. Calls to other skills (CouponClaw, NewsToday) are expected for coupon/news features but are separate concerns.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and autonomous invocation is allowed (the platform default). The skill does not request persistent system-wide changes or access to other skills' configs. It does instruct running other skills but does not alter agent configuration.

Assessment

TravelHound appears coherent and limited to browsing public travel sites and calling helper skills for coupons/news. Before installing: (1) confirm you trust the helper skills it calls (CouponClaw, NewsToday) since they will fetch external data; (2) be aware the skill relies on the agent's browser/web-access capabilities and will navigate third‑party sites that may track visitors or require logins to see member rates; and (3) if you plan to supply any account credentials to view member-only prices, treat those credentials separately — this skill does not request them but your browsing session might. If you want extra assurance, review the implementations of the CouponClaw and NewsToday skills (or run TravelHound in a sandboxed environment) before granting wide autonomous access.

Flight and hotel price comparison with booking timing analysis, OTA coupon stacking, and destination intelligence — all in one skill.

TravelHound combines real-time price data from Google Flights, Skyscanner, Kayak, Booking.com, Agoda, and Trip.com with coupon stacking via CouponClaw and destination news via NewsToday. It tells you not just the cheapest option, but whether now is the right time to book.

What TravelHound does

• Flight comparison: Google Flights + Skyscanner + Kayak + Trip.com, with Kayak's "Buy now vs Wait" forecast
• Hotel comparison: Booking.com + Agoda + Hotels.com + Trip.com, with OTA coupon stacking
• Full trip planner: Flights + hotels in one output with total budget estimate
• Destination intelligence: Visa requirements, exchange rate trend, safety advisories, latest news
• Booking timing: Price history analysis to decide whether to book now or wait

Trigger phrases

• "cheap flights to..."
• "flights from X to Y"
• "机票"
• "查机票"
• "hotel in..."
• "酒店"
• "查酒店"
• "trip to..."
• "travel to..."
• "旅行计划"
• "全程规划"
• "去X旅游"
• "订酒店"
• "best time to book"
• "should I book now"

Scripts

Script	Command	Description
flights.js	node scripts/flights.js <from> <to> [--date YYYY-MM-DD] [--return YYYY-MM-DD] [--class economy|business] [--passengers N] [--lang zh|en]	Flight price comparison across 4 platforms with booking timing advice
hotels.js	node scripts/hotels.js <destination> [--checkin YYYY-MM-DD] [--checkout YYYY-MM-DD] [--guests N] [--budget budget|mid|luxury] [--lang zh|en]	Hotel price comparison with OTA coupon stacking
trip.js	node scripts/trip.js <destination> [--from city] [--date YYYY-MM-DD] [--nights N] [--budget budget|mid|luxury] [--lang zh|en]	Full trip planner: flights + hotels + destination intel in one report

Data sources

Platform	Type	Strength
Google Flights	Flights	Best aggregator; date flexibility view; price insights
Skyscanner	Flights	Lowest fares including budget carriers; "Everywhere" flexible origin
Kayak	Flights + Hotels	Price Forecast (Buy now / Wait); price history chart
Trip.com / 携程	Flights + Hotels	Often cheapest for Asian routes; Chinese carrier coverage
Booking.com	Hotels	Widest inventory globally; Genius member discounts
Agoda	Hotels	Best rates for Southeast and East Asia
Hotels.com	Hotels	10-night loyalty program

Ecosystem integration

TravelHound calls:

• CouponClaw — finds promo codes for Booking.com, Agoda, Trip.com, and Skyscanner on top of platform prices
• NewsToday — pulls destination-relevant news (political situation, weather events, local festivals)

No API required

TravelHound uses browser navigation to read live pricing from each platform. No API keys or subscriptions needed.