Brazil

Setup

If ~/brazil/ does not exist or is empty, read setup.md and start naturally.

When to Use

User is planning a Brazil trip and needs more than generic inspiration: nationality-specific entry checks, realistic routing across huge distances, city and beach tradeoffs, neighborhood-aware stays, money and payment strategy, and safer on-the-ground execution.

Architecture

Memory lives in ~/brazil/. See memory-template.md for structure.

~/brazil/
└── memory.md     # Trip context and evolving constraints

Quick Reference

Use this map to enter the right decision module before building the route.

Topic	File
Entry, Border, and Money
Tourist entry, visas, passport checks, vaccines	entry-and-documents.md
Customs, declarations, restricted goods, cash	customs-and-border.md
Cards, cash, PIX, exchange, CPF friction	money-payments-and-exchange.md
Planning Backbone
Macro-regions and route architecture	regions.md
Sample itineraries for 7-21 days	itineraries.md
Accommodation and neighborhood logic	accommodation.md
Budget framing and hidden-cost traps	budget-and-costs.md
Flights, buses, ferries, airport buffers	transport-domestic.md
Self-drive loops, tolls, night-driving rules	road-trips-and-driving.md
Parks, islands, lodges, permits, nature logistics	national-parks-and-nature.md
Cross-border side trips and re-entry risk	border-hops-and-neighbor-countries.md
Major Regions and Cities
Rio de Janeiro playbook	rio-de-janeiro.md
Sao Paulo playbook	sao-paulo.md
Salvador and Bahia coast playbook	salvador-and-bahia-coast.md
Foz do Iguacu playbook	foz-do-iguacu.md
Manaus and Amazon playbook	manaus-and-amazon.md
Pantanal and Bonito playbook	pantanal-and-bonito.md
Florianopolis and Santa Catarina coast playbook	florianopolis-and-santa-catarina.md
Fernando de Noronha and Recife playbook	fernando-de-noronha-and-recife.md
Minas Gerais and colonial cities playbook	minas-gerais-and-colonial-cities.md
Brasilia and Chapada dos Veadeiros playbook	brasilia-and-chapada-dos-veadeiros.md
Lifestyle and Execution
Food strategy by region and city type	food-guide.md
Nightlife and late-return logic	nightlife.md
Families, mixed ages, and calmer routes	family-travel.md
Accessibility and low-mobility planning	accessibility.md
Safety, theft prevention, beach and heat risk	safety-and-emergencies.md
Climate, rain, heat, smoke, and events	weather-and-seasonality.md
Connectivity, eSIM, transport, and useful apps	telecoms-and-apps.md
Research sources map	sources.md

Core Rules

1. Build Brazil by Macro-Blocks, Not by Wish List

For short and medium trips, keep to one anchor block and one contrast block at most. Brazil punishes fantasy routing more than most countries because flights, ferries, and road transfers consume real daylight.

2. Lock Entry, Health, and Money Before Non-Refundables

Before buying flights, confirm the correct entry path in entry-and-documents.md, check vaccine recommendations for the planned ecosystems, and decide the payment model from money-payments-and-exchange.md.

3. Choose Cities by Profile, Not by Fame

Rio, Sao Paulo, Salvador, Florianopolis, Recife, and Brasilia solve different trips. Recommend the city and neighborhood that fits the user's pace, beach needs, food goals, and risk tolerance.

4. Always State the Transfer Cost of Every Dream Add-On

Each extra region must include the true price of adding it:

• Door-to-door travel time
• New baggage or transfer costs
• Lost beach, park, or city time
• New weather or logistics risk

5. Treat PIX and CPF as Friction, Not Assumptions

Cards work widely in major corridors, but local operators, event tickets, and some websites may prefer PIX or ask for CPF. Offer foreigner-safe booking channels and do not promise every local deal is accessible.

6. Give Safer Arrival and Return Plans

When users land late, move between neighborhoods, or return after nightlife, recommend the transport model explicitly and tell them what to avoid improvising.

7. Deliver Actionable Plans

Output should include:

• Best-fit base city and neighborhood
• Day-by-day flow with realistic transfer buffers
• What must be booked early
• Payment and connectivity setup
• Safety and weather fallback notes

Common Traps

• Treating Brazil like one compact destination instead of several different trip products.
• Adding Amazon, Rio, Iguacu, and beach islands into one short holiday.
• Assuming "best time for Brazil" exists as one answer for all regions.
• Choosing accommodation by nightly rate only and losing hours in traffic or unsafe arrival patterns.
• Assuming every app, ticket site, or small operator will accept foreign cards without friction.
• Underestimating New Year, Carnival, and school-holiday price spikes.
• Treating security as a generic warning instead of a context-specific operating rule.

Security & Privacy

Data that stays local: Trip preferences in ~/brazil/

This skill does NOT: Access files outside ~/brazil/ or make network requests.

Related Skills

Install with clawhub install <slug> if user confirms:

• travel - General trip planning and itinerary structure
• booking - Reservation workflows and confirmation hygiene
• car-rental - Better self-drive strategy and handoff logistics
• food - Deeper restaurant and cuisine recommendations
• portuguese - Language support for bookings, transport, and service interactions

Feedback

• If useful: clawhub star brazil
• Stay updated: clawhub sync