Installation

Companion Skills: This is part of the Camino AI location intelligence suite. Install all available skills (query, places, relationship, context, route, journey, real-estate, hotel-finder, ev-charger, school-finder, parking-finder, fitness-finder, safety-checker, travel-planner) for comprehensive coverage.

# Install all skills from repo
npx skills add https://github.com/barneyjm/camino-skills

# Or install specific skills
npx skills add https://github.com/barneyjm/camino-skills --skill places

Via clawhub:

npx clawhub@latest install places
# or: pnpm dlx clawhub@latest install places
# or: bunx clawhub@latest install places

Places - Flexible Place Lookup

Locate places using free-form queries or structured address components. Supports geocoding, place lookup, and optional street-level imagery.

Places vs Query

Use /places for geocoding addresses or finding specific named places. Use /query for natural language queries with AI ranking.

Setup

Instant Trial (no signup required): Get a temporary API key with 25 calls:

curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email": "[email protected]"}' \
  https://api.getcamino.ai/trial/start

Returns: {"api_key": "camino-xxx...", "calls_remaining": 25, ...}

For 1,000 free calls/month, sign up at https://app.getcamino.ai/skills/activate.

Add your key to Claude Code:

Add to your ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "env": {
    "CAMINO_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
  }
}

Restart Claude Code.

Usage

Via Shell Script

# Free-form search for a landmark
./scripts/places.sh '{"query": "Eiffel Tower"}'

# Search with street-level photos
./scripts/places.sh '{"query": "Empire State Building", "include_photos": true}'

# Structured address search
./scripts/places.sh '{"street": "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue", "city": "Washington", "state": "DC", "country": "USA"}'

# Search by city
./scripts/places.sh '{"city": "San Francisco", "state": "California", "limit": 5}'

Via curl (direct API calls)

The skill is named places but calls the /search API endpoint. For direct API calls:

curl -X POST -H "X-API-Key: $CAMINO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "Eiffel Tower", "include_photos": true}' \
  "https://api.getcamino.ai/search"

Parameters

*Either query or at least one address component is required.

Response Format

[
  {
    "display_name": "Eiffel Tower, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France",
    "lat": 48.8584,
    "lon": 2.2945,
    "type": "tourism",
    "importance": 0.95,
    "address": {
      "tourism": "Eiffel Tower",
      "road": "Avenue Anatole France",
      "city": "Paris",
      "country": "France",
      "postcode": "75007"
    },
    "photos": [
      {
        "url": "https://...",
        "lat": 48.8580,
        "lon": 2.2948,
        "heading": 45
      }
    ],
    "has_street_imagery": true
  }
]

Examples

Geocode an address

./scripts/places.sh '{"street": "350 Fifth Avenue", "city": "New York", "state": "NY"}'

Find a landmark with photos

./scripts/places.sh '{"query": "Statue of Liberty", "include_photos": true, "photo_radius": 200}'

Search by postal code

./scripts/places.sh '{"postalcode": "90210", "country": "USA"}'

Advanced mode for richer data

./scripts/places.sh '{"query": "Times Square", "mode": "advanced", "include_photos": true}'

Best Practices

• Use query for landmarks, POIs, and well-known places
• Use structured address fields for precise geocoding
• Enable include_photos when you need visual context
• Use mode: "advanced" for web-enriched place data
• Combine address components for more accurate results