What problem does it solve?
It removes the friction of manually searching Google Places data by giving you a fast command-line way to find businesses, inspect venue details, and read reviews.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Place Search: Find nearby or keyword-matched businesses with filters for rating, distance, opening status, and type.
- Place Resolution and Details: Turn a human location query into candidate places, then fetch rich place profiles by place ID.
- Reviews and Automation: Retrieve reviews and use JSON output to plug results into scripts, reports, or other automated workflows.
- Use Case: A travel planner can quickly compare highly rated coffee shops near a hotel and export the results for a recommendation list.
Quick Start
Use the goplaces skill to search for coffee shops near downtown with a minimum rating of four stars and return the top five results.