Local Business Discovery And Mapping

AgentPMT Tool Skill: Local Business Discovery and Mapping

Tool Summary

• Use Cases: Local business discovery and recommendations for travel planning, Restaurant and dining venue search for meal planning applications, Healthcare facility location for medical service directories, Retail store finding for shopping assistance, Hotel and accommodation search for booking systems, Emergency service location finding for safety applications, Transportation hub discovery for route planning, Educational institution search for school finders, Entertainment venue discovery for event planning, Park and recreation area finding for outdoor activities, Professional service provider location for business directories, Real estate area analysis with nearby amenities, Market research for competitor analysis and site selection, Delivery service area validation and address verification, Tourism point of interest discovery for travel guides
• Agent Description: Search for nearby places or by text query. 30+ category filters. Forward/reverse geocoding. Up to 50 results with ratings, prices, coordinates.
• Full Description: Comprehensive place discovery and geocoding service that enables AI agents to search, discover, and analyze physical locations in the real world. The tool provides powerful search capabilities with two primary modes: nearby search for radius-based discovery and text search for flexible keyword-based queries across global locations. The nearby search functionality supports advanced filtering through 30+ predefined category groups, intelligently organized into logical clusters such as restaurants_and_dining (covering 37 restaurant types from fast food to fine dining), health_and_medical (hospitals, doctors, pharmacies), entertainment_and_attractions (museums, theaters, amusement parks), and transportation (airports, train stations, transit stops). Each category group automatically expands to include all relevant place types, enabling precise filtering without manual specification of individual types. Core capabilities include discovering places within a 1-50km radius of any location, searching globally with text queries and optional location bias, forward geocoding to convert addresses into coordinates with place IDs and address components, reverse geocoding to transform coordinates into structured addresses, and intelligent category-based filtering with both inclusion and exclusion options. The tool returns rich place data including names, addresses, ratings, price levels, operating status, and precise coordinates. The tool automatically handles address-to-coordinate conversion when needed, allowing agents to specify search centers using either street addresses or lat/lng coordinates. All searches support configurable result limits up to 50 places per query, with detailed metadata for each discovered location. The integrated geocoding ensures seamless workflow between address-based and coordinate-based operations.

Use this skill when the user wants to run the Local Business Discovery and Mapping tool through AgentPMT external endpoints.

Always use public endpoints at https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/...

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Funding and Credits

Credits can be funded with x402 direct payments, an open internet-native payment flow built on HTTP 402 that supports USDC payments on Base blockchain.

When a resource requires payment, agents can pay programmatically and get access immediately without account creation, subscriptions, API key management, or manual intervention.

Tool Identity

• product_id: 695e8470c309cf48479329e4
• product_slug: local-business-discovery-and-mapping
• mode: public active tool

Wallet and Credits Decision

1. If the user already has an EVM wallet the agent can sign with, use that wallet.
2. If no wallet is available, create one with POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/agentaddress
3. If credits are needed, buy credits with x402 first.
4. If wallet funding is unavailable, earn credits by completing jobs.

Session and Signature Rules

1. Request a session nonce with POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/auth/session and wallet_address.
2. Use a unique request_id for every signed call.
3. Build payload hash with canonical JSON (sorted keys, no extra spaces).
4. Sign this message with EIP-191 personal_sign: agentpmt-external wallet:{wallet_lowercased} session:{session_nonce} request:{request_id} action:{action_name} product:{product_id_or_-} payload:{payload_hash_or_empty_string}

Action Map For This Skill

• Signed envelope action for tool execution: invoke
• Signed envelope action for balance checks: balance
• Tool-specific values for parameters.action:
• get_instructions
• nearby_search
• text_search
• geocode
• reverse_geocode

Credits Path A: Buy With x402

1. Pick one EVM wallet and use that same wallet for purchase, balance checks, and tool/workflow calls. Do not switch wallets mid-flow.
2. Make sure that wallet has enough USDC on Base to pay for the credits you want to buy.
3. Start purchase: POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/credits/purchase
4. Request body example: {"wallet_address":"","credits":1000,"payment_method":"x402"} Credits can be any quantity in 500-credit multiples (500, 1000, 1500, 2000, ...).
5. If the response is HTTP 402 PAYMENT-REQUIRED:
   • Read the payment requirements from the response.
   • Sign the x402 payment challenge with the same wallet signer/private key.
   • Retry the same purchase request with the required payment headers (including PAYMENT-SIGNATURE).
6. Confirm credits were posted to that same wallet by calling signed POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/credits/balance. Use the same wallet_address plus session_nonce, request_id, and signature for the balance check.

Credits Path B: Earn Through Jobs

1. POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/jobs/list (signed)
2. POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/jobs/{job_id}/reserve (signed)
3. Execute private job instructions returned for that wallet.
4. POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/jobs/{job_id}/complete (signed)
5. Poll POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/jobs/{job_id}/status (signed)
6. Confirm credited balance with signed POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/credits/balance

Job notes:

• Reservation window is 30 minutes.
• Submission does not pay immediately.
• Credits are granted after admin approval.
• Reward credits expire after 365 days.

Use This Tool

Product Metadata

• Product ID: 695e8470c309cf48479329e4
• Product URL: https://www.agentpmt.com/marketplace/local-business-discovery-and-mapping
• Name: Local Business Discovery and Mapping
• Type: data
• Unit Type: request
• Price (credits, external billable): 20
• Categories: Mapping & Visualization, Geocoding & Location Services, Places & Business Search, Address Validation & Standardization
• Industries: Not published in the public marketplace payload.
• Price Source Note: Billing uses https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/tools pricing.

Use Cases

Local business discovery and recommendations for travel planning, Restaurant and dining venue search for meal planning applications, Healthcare facility location for medical service directories, Retail store finding for shopping assistance, Hotel and accommodation search for booking systems, Emergency service location finding for safety applications, Transportation hub discovery for route planning, Educational institution search for school finders, Entertainment venue discovery for event planning, Park and recreation area finding for outdoor activities, Professional service provider location for business directories, Real estate area analysis with nearby amenities, Market research for competitor analysis and site selection, Delivery service area validation and address verification, Tourism point of interest discovery for travel guides

Full Description

Comprehensive place discovery and geocoding service that enables AI agents to search, discover, and analyze physical locations in the real world. The tool provides powerful search capabilities with two primary modes: nearby search for radius-based discovery and text search for flexible keyword-based queries across global locations. The nearby search functionality supports advanced filtering through 30+ predefined category groups, intelligently organized into logical clusters such as restaurants_and_dining (covering 37 restaurant types from fast food to fine dining), health_and_medical (hospitals, doctors, pharmacies), entertainment_and_attractions (museums, theaters, amusement parks), and transportation (airports, train stations, transit stops). Each category group automatically expands to include all relevant place types, enabling precise filtering without manual specification of individual types. Core capabilities include discovering places within a 1-50km radius of any location, searching globally with text queries and optional location bias, forward geocoding to convert addresses into coordinates with place IDs and address components, reverse geocoding to transform coordinates into structured addresses, and intelligent category-based filtering with both inclusion and exclusion options. The tool returns rich place data including names, addresses, ratings, price levels, operating status, and precise coordinates. The tool automatically handles address-to-coordinate conversion when needed, allowing agents to specify search centers using either street addresses or lat/lng coordinates. All searches support configurable result limits up to 50 places per query, with detailed metadata for each discovered location. The integrated geocoding ensures seamless workflow between address-based and coordinate-based operations.

Agent Description

Search for nearby places or by text query. 30+ category filters. Forward/reverse geocoding. Up to 50 results with ratings, prices, coordinates.

Tool Schema

{
  "action": {
    "type": "string",
    "description": "Use 'get_instructions' to retrieve documentation. Action to perform.",
    "required": true,
    "enum": [
      "get_instructions",
      "nearby_search",
      "text_search",
      "geocode",
      "reverse_geocode"
    ]
  },
  "address": {
    "type": "string",
    "description": "Street address or area name for geocoding or search center.",
    "required": false
  },
  "latitude": {
    "type": "number",
    "description": "Latitude coordinate (-90 to 90).",
    "required": false,
    "minimum": -90,
    "maximum": 90
  },
  "longitude": {
    "type": "number",
    "description": "Longitude coordinate (-180 to 180).",
    "required": false,
    "minimum": -180,
    "maximum": 180
  },
  "radius_meters": {
    "type": "integer",
    "description": "Search radius in meters for nearby_search and text_search location bias.",
    "required": false,
    "default": 1000,
    "minimum": 1,
    "maximum": 50000
  },
  "query": {
    "type": "string",
    "description": "Text query for text_search action.",
    "required": false
  },
  "included_types": {
    "type": "array",
    "description": "Place category groups to include in nearby_search.",
    "required": false,
    "items": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "restaurants_and_dining",
        "cafes_and_light_fare",
        "bars_and_nightlife",
        "bakeries_and_sweets",
        "food_retail_and_markets",
        "food_services",
        "lodging_and_accommodation",
        "shopping_general",
        "shopping_specialty_retail",
        "automotive",
        "health_and_medical",
        "beauty_and_personal_care",
        "fitness_and_sports",
        "parks_and_nature",
        "entertainment_and_attractions",
        "arts_and_culture",
        "performing_arts_and_venues",
        "religious_sites",
        "education",
        "government_and_civic",
        "financial_services",
        "professional_services",
        "home_services_and_contractors",
        "transportation",
        "travel_and_tourism",
        "residential",
        "geographic_administrative",
        "outdoor_recreation",
        "community_and_social",
        "miscellaneous_services"
      ]
    }
  },
  "excluded_types": {
    "type": "array",
    "description": "Place category groups to exclude in nearby_search.",
    "required": false,
    "items": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "restaurants_and_dining",
        "cafes_and_light_fare",
        "bars_and_nightlife",
        "bakeries_and_sweets",
        "food_retail_and_markets",
        "food_services",
        "lodging_and_accommodation",
        "shopping_general",
        "shopping_specialty_retail",
        "automotive",
        "health_and_medical",
        "beauty_and_personal_care",
        "fitness_and_sports",
        "parks_and_nature",
        "entertainment_and_attractions",
        "arts_and_culture",
        "performing_arts_and_venues",
        "religious_sites",
        "education",
        "government_and_civic",
        "financial_services",
        "professional_services",
        "home_services_and_contractors",
        "transportation",
        "travel_and_tourism",
        "residential",
        "geographic_administrative",
        "outdoor_recreation",
        "community_and_social",
        "miscellaneous_services"
      ]
    }
  },
  "max_results": {
    "type": "integer",
    "description": "Maximum number of results (1-50).",
    "required": false,
    "default": 50,
    "minimum": 1,
    "maximum": 50
  }
}

Dependency Tools

• No dependency tools are published for this product in the public marketplace payload.
• Instruction: invoke this tool directly unless runtime errors indicate a prerequisite tool call is required.

Runtime Credential Requirements

• None listed for runtime credential injection in the public payload.

Invocation Steps

1. Optional discovery: GET https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/tools
2. Invoke: POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/tools/695e8470c309cf48479329e4/invoke
3. Signed body fields: wallet_address, session_nonce, request_id, signature, parameters
4. If insufficient credits, buy credits or complete jobs, then retry with a new request_id and signature.

Code Examples

Prerequisites

pip install requests eth-account

Quick Start: Get Tool Instructions

The simplest call — no credits required for get_instructions:

# Using the CLI quickstart script:
python agentpmt_paid_marketplace_quickstart.py invoke-e2e \
  --address 0xYOUR_WALLET \
  --key 0xYOUR_PRIVATE_KEY \
  --product-id 695e8470c309cf48479329e4 \
  --parameters-json '{"action": "get_instructions"}' \
  --check-balance

Example: nearby_search

# Full marketplace flow: create wallet + buy credits + invoke
python agentpmt_paid_marketplace_quickstart.py market-e2e \
  --create-wallet --show-secrets \
  --product-id 695e8470c309cf48479329e4 \
  --credits 500 \
  --parameters-json '{"action":"nearby_search"}'

curl Examples

# Step 1: Create a wallet
curl -s -X POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/agentaddress \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

# Step 2: Get session nonce
curl -s -X POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/auth/session \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"wallet_address": "0xYOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS"}'

# Step 3: Invoke tool (requires EIP-191 signature — see Python example below)
curl -s -X POST https://www.agentpmt.com/api/external/tools/695e8470c309cf48479329e4/invoke \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "wallet_address": "0xYOUR_WALLET",
    "session_nonce": "SESSION_NONCE_FROM_STEP_2",
    "request_id": "UNIQUE_REQUEST_ID",
    "signature": "0xSIGNATURE_FROM_EIP191_SIGN",
    "parameters": {
  "action": "nearby_search"
}
  }'

Python: Full Sign-and-Invoke Example

import hashlib, json, uuid, requests
from eth_account import Account
from eth_account.messages import encode_defunct

SERVER = "https://www.agentpmt.com"
PRODUCT_ID = "695e8470c309cf48479329e4"

# Your wallet credentials (create with POST /api/external/agentaddress)
wallet = "0xYOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS"
private_key = "0xYOUR_PRIVATE_KEY"

# 1. Get session nonce
session = requests.post(
    f"{SERVER}/api/external/auth/session",
    json={"wallet_address": wallet},
).json()
session_nonce = session["session_nonce"]

# 2. Build parameters for Local Business Discovery and Mapping
parameters = {
  "action": "nearby_search"
}

# 3. Sign the request (EIP-191)
request_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
canonical = json.dumps(parameters, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":"))
payload_hash = hashlib.sha256(canonical.encode()).hexdigest()

message = (
    f"agentpmt-external\n"
    f"wallet:{wallet}\n"
    f"session:{session_nonce}\n"
    f"request:{request_id}\n"
    f"action:invoke\n"
    f"product:695e8470c309cf48479329e4\n"
    f"payload:{payload_hash}"
)

sig = Account.sign_message(
    encode_defunct(text=message), private_key=private_key
).signature.hex()
if not sig.startswith("0x"):
    sig = f"0x{sig}"

# 4. Invoke the tool
response = requests.post(
    f"{SERVER}/api/external/tools/695e8470c309cf48479329e4/invoke",
    json={
        "wallet_address": wallet,
        "session_nonce": session_nonce,
        "request_id": request_id,
        "signature": sig,
        "parameters": parameters,
    },
)
print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))

Python: Check Credit Balance

# After invoking, check your remaining credits
balance_request_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
balance_message = (
    f"agentpmt-external\n"
    f"wallet:{wallet}\n"
    f"session:{session_nonce}\n"
    f"request:{balance_request_id}\n"
    f"action:balance\n"
    f"product:-\n"
    f"payload:"
)

balance_sig = Account.sign_message(
    encode_defunct(text=balance_message), private_key=private_key
).signature.hex()
if not balance_sig.startswith("0x"):
    balance_sig = f"0x{balance_sig}"

balance_response = requests.post(
    f"{SERVER}/api/external/credits/balance",
    json={
        "wallet_address": wallet,
        "session_nonce": session_nonce,
        "request_id": balance_request_id,
        "signature": balance_sig,
    },
)
print(json.dumps(balance_response.json(), indent=2))

Reference

• Full quickstart script: agentpmt_paid_marketplace_quickstart.py
• API documentation: https://www.agentpmt.com/external-agent-api
• Marketplace: https://www.agentpmt.com/marketplace/

Safety Rules

• Never expose private keys or mnemonics.
• Never log secrets.
• Keep wallet lowercased in signed payload text.
• Use one-time request_id values per signed request.