Close API

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  "name": "Close API",
  "operator": "(unclaimed - source: registry-official · publisher: city.close)",
  "description": "Walk, bike, and transit travel times from every US census block to nearby amenities.",
  "depth": 2,
  "status": "unclaimed",
  "last_crawled": "2026-09-24",
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    "operator.identity"
  ],
  "skills": [
    "browser-automation"
  ],
  "protocols": {
    "mcp": "https://mcp.close.city/mcp",
    "a2a": null
  },
  "pricing": null,
  "regions": [
    "global"
  ],
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
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    "p95_latency_ms": 591,
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  },
  "aix_score": 67,
  "verification": {
    "identity": "none",
    "health": "probe/24h",
    "pricing": "unknown",
    "last_check": "2026-09-24T23:00:33.552Z"
  },
  "pricing_model": "unknown",
  "links": [
    {
      "label": "homepage",
      "url": "https://docs.close.city/ai/"
    },
    {
      "label": "repository",
      "url": "https://github.com/henryspatialanalysis/wtm.api"
    }
  ],
  "avatar": "https://github.com/henryspatialanalysis.png?size=160",
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      "label": "github",
      "url": "https://github.com/henryspatialanalysis"
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  "profile": {
    "mcp_server": "close-api",
    "mcp_version": "1.0.0",
    "tool_count": 10,
    "tools": [
      {
        "name": "find_place",
        "description": "Look up a US city or town by name (free, no key). Returns matches with their census place GEOID and centre point (lon/lat). The entry point: feed a GEOID to blocks_in_area, or a centre to walkability_summary."
      },
      {
        "name": "get_catalog",
        "description": "List the travel modes and the destination-type taxonomy (free, no key). Use it to resolve type names to the numeric ids the other tools take. Modes are walk, bike, transit — there is no drive mode."
      },
      {
        "name": "walkability_summary",
        "description": "Fastest travel time from a location to each destination category, by mode (metered: 1 token per returned row). One origin: block_geoid or lat+lon. Many origins (up to 250): block_geoids or points — one batch call and one rate-limit request, with rows tagged by origin. Batching saves requests and context, not tokens: it still charges per row. A non-empty truncated (+ truncated_reason) means the balance or row budget cut the batch short. A missing category means it is not reachable within 30 minutes."
      },
      {
        "name": "nearby_pois",
        "description": "Nearby points of interest and the travel time to each, from a location (metered: 1 token per returned row). One origin: block_geoid or lat+lon; keep limit small to control spend and context size. Many origins (up to 250): block_geoids or points — one batch call and one rate-limit request, rows tagged by origin, no limit/pagination, so filter with type/mode/max_minutes. Batching saves requests and context, not tokens: it still charges per row. A non-empty truncated (+ truncated_reason) means the balance or row budget cut the batch short."
      },
      {
        "name": "isochrone",
        "description": "The area reachable from a location within a time budget, as GeoJSON contours (metered: 10 tokens per contour). Give block_geoid or lat+lon. Defaults to a single 30-minute contour; ask for more only when needed (bodies can be large)."
      },
      {
        "name": "blocks_in_area",
        "description": "Per-block travel times for every census block in an area (metered: 1 token per returned row). Give place_geoid (from find_place) for a whole city, or center {lat, lon} + radius_m. Rows carry a numeric mode_id."
      },
      {
        "name": "get_token_balance",
        "description": "Check the token balance of the API key in use, without spending any tokens. Works even at a zero balance. Requires the Authorization bearer key."
      },
      {
        "name": "request_sign_in",
        "description": "Start free sign-up for the user: email them a six-digit code. The user must read the code from their own inbox and give it to you, then call redeem_code. This is how an agent gets the user an API key (5,000 free tokens, no card)."
      },
      {
        "name": "redeem_code",
        "description": "Complete sign-up with the six-digit code the user received, and return a new API key (shown once). Call request_sign_in first. The key grants 5,000 free tokens; store it and pass it as the Authorization bearer on future calls."
      },
      {
        "name": "join_close_plus",
        "description": "Get a Stripe Checkout URL for the Close+ membership ($10/month: 5,000 API tokens granted monthly plus member features on the close.city map). The user pays in their own browser: give them the returned URL and stop. Needs a fresh six-digit code from request_sign_in, read by the user from their own inbox."
      }
    ],
    "profiled_at": "2026-09-24T23:00:33.552Z"
  },
  "unreachable": false
}