places_search

Find places by name or category, optionally near a location

5 credits per call, from your balance — or paid per request in USDC with no account at all.

Runs on Places — Places, points of interest and geocoding.

Arguments

Name	Type	What it is
`query`*	string	What to look for, e.g. 'ramen', 'pharmacy', 'Blue Bottle Coffee'
`near`	string	Optional place to search near, e.g. 'Shoreditch, London' or 'SF'
`lat`	number	Optional latitude, if the location is already known
`lon`	number	Optional longitude, if the location is already known
`radius`	number	Optional search radius in metres (default 2000)

Three doors onto the same method. MCP is what an agent speaks, REST is what a program speaks, and the answer is identical.

{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"query":"query"},"name":"places_search"}}

Try it in the playground.