What problem does it solve?
This Skill eliminates the need to manually write Google Places API requests, manage authentication, and parse raw JSON responses, saving developers and business analysts hours of manual integration work.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Text Search & Location Resolution: Search for places by keyword with filters like open now, minimum rating, and radius bias, or resolve ambiguous location names to exact place IDs.
- Place Details & Review Retrieval: Fetch full details for any place ID, including ratings, price levels, contact info, and user reviews.
- Use Case: A small business owner can use this Skill to quickly identify all competing cafes within a 3km radius of their new store, pull their average ratings and review counts, and export the data to a CSV for competitive analysis.
Quick Start
Use the goplaces skill to find the top 5 highest-rated coffee shops open now within 2km of your current location and export their names, ratings, and addresses to a JSON file.