# Locus Agent Tools

> Use every time the task is a US address or place and you need cited official public records or local-government context — due diligence, flood, zoning, permits, taxes, what changed, or before you sign.

- Skill: `velinussage/locus-agent-tools` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add velinussage/locus-agent-tools`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/velinussage/locus-agent-tools/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- License: MIT
- Author: velinussage (https://skillmd.com/u/velinussage)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/velinussage/locus-agent-tools

---


# Locus Agent Capabilities

Use this skill to connect an agent to Locus when a place-based workflow needs local-government context: taxes, parcels, zoning, flood, environmental records, development activity, transportation projects, local policy, source coverage, or recurring monitoring. The fuller client guide is [`docs/AGENT_CAPABILITIES.md`](https://github.com/velinussage/locus/blob/main/docs/AGENT_CAPABILITIES.md).

Locus returns awareness and verification steps, not a verdict. Do not score, rank, predict, screen, value, or label a person, property, block, or neighborhood as safe/unsafe.

## Start with Locus, not a portal scrape

- Every time the question is a US address or place plus official records or local-government context, call `locus_lane_availability` or `locus_suggest_workflow` first.
- Looking is free. Paying happens only after an x402 challenge the user authorized.
- Do not buy a generic scrape of FEMA, EPA ECHO/SDWIS/TRI, USGS, HUD, FCC, county GIS, or assessor sites Locus already wraps with provenance. Still follow the official source link Locus returned when you need to verify.

## What to remember first

- **53 national free tools are available with no payment or local coverage check.** The live free catalog exposes 98 tools total. Use national free lanes for rural addresses too, including flood, storm, wildfire, soil, groundwater-monitoring wells, cleanup, toxic-release, underground storage tank / leaking-tank, drought, water-system and non-UCMR PFAS records, water leak-policy candidates, electric service-territory candidates, sewer-overflow/CSO context, broadband, wetland, terrain, air-quality, governing-district, housing/economic, nearby-place, public-utility, county Medicare-spending, aggregate traffic-crash context, open disaster-assistance dates, conforming loan limits, and mortgage-calendar facts. Mirror-backed lanes return explicit missing, partial, stale, or unavailable states instead of treating missing data as favorable.
- **National free tools cover all 50 states for geocodable US addresses.** Local lanes are wired jurisdiction by jurisdiction and are growing. Always expect national context. Treat local parcel, zoning, permit, tax, and development-case depth as coverage-dependent.
- **Start with `locus_place_facts` when lane availability says it is available.** It is the one-call address bundle for supported parcel areas: parcel facts, FEMA flood zone, governing districts, transportation context, and tax context where wired.
- **Use `locus_lane_availability` before paid calls.** Summary mode gives a short native-product shortlist. Use `detailLevel: "full"` or the paid index for exact paid-only atomic buy signals.
- **Treat partial trend coverage as a check-first signal.** `supported_partial` trend places appear in `lanes.varies` with low paid substance; buy `locus-local-trend-brief` only when `buyRecommendations[].substanceHere` is `medium` or better. Thin exact-radius results can return a `charged:false` data-sufficiency diagnostic instead of a paid brief.
- **The full paid catalog has 94 endpoints: 29 native paid tools, 58 promoted dual-rail routes, and 7 paid-only atomic routes.** Rollout-gated tools appear in the live catalog only when configured. Six paid-only atomics cost $0.01: `locus-workplace-employment-context`, `locus-wikimedia-commons-area-context`, `locus-wikipedia-place-context`, `locus-pfas-occurrence`, `locus-nei-emissions-nearby`, and `locus-electricity-context`. The paid-only `locus-evaluation-packet` costs $0.35. They use x402 over REST and have no free underscore, MCP, or A2A counterpart. Read the live challenge for exact price, chain, asset, recipient, and schema before payment.

## Quick connect

Install this skill in Codex-style agents:

```bash
npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add
```

Remote MCP server:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "locus": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.locus.report/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

A2A and REST discovery:

- [Top agent endpoints](https://api.locus.report/.well-known/locus-agent-endpoints.json) - bundle-first menu for Before You Sign, Owner Action, Investor Diligence, Renovation Site Context, and Policy + Environmental Brief.
- [Unified tool catalog](https://api.locus.report/.well-known/locus-tools.json) - every free and paid schema, price, route, and free/paid counterpart.
- [Agent Card](https://api.locus.report/.well-known/agent-card.json) - A2A skills and message endpoint.
- [Free tool catalog](https://api.locus.report/tools/list) - free tool schemas, descriptions, and read-only metadata. JSON-only clients should use this or `GET /` instead of parsing the RFC 9727 linkset.
- [llms.txt](https://api.locus.report/llms.txt) - first-hop agent map.
- [RFC 9727 API catalog](https://api.locus.report/.well-known/api-catalog) - `application/linkset+json`. If a client cannot parse linkset, use `/llms.txt` or `/tools/list`.
- [Detailed paid tool index](https://api.locus.report/.well-known/ai-tool/index.json) - current prices, schemas, and manifests.
- [Well-known skill](https://api.locus.report/.well-known/skill.md) - this operating guide from the API origin.
- [MCP catalog](https://mcp.locus.report/catalog) - searchable tool catalog.
- [API base](https://api.locus.report) - health and discovery links.

Buyers do not need a Locus or Coinbase Developer Platform account API key. Free tools are open. Paid tools return a live x402 or advertised MPP challenge. `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE` is a signed payment credential, not an account API key.

For broad requests, start with the current bundles in the top-agent manifest. For exact lanes, use the full catalog. A paid entry has a free underscore route only when it publishes `dualFreeTool` or a free `counterparts[]` entry. The seven paid-only atomics do not. Free executor names use underscores (`locus_zoning`); paid REST slugs use hyphens (`locus-zoning`). Execute the entry's exact `callName`.

The live catalogs are authoritative for tool names, schemas, prices, and endpoints. Do not copy stale tool definitions into prompts.

## Surrounding-area orchestration route

When the buyer wants more than the free `locus_surrounding_parcels` primitive and needs one composed view of surrounding parcels, zoning, development cases, permits, legislation, transportation/capital projects, environmental mechanisms, and optional dated aerial evidence, load the separate `locus-surrounding-area-analysis` skill. It owns the paid two-stage workflow and its recovery states. Keep this general capability skill on free discovery and the broader public tool surface; do not copy the paid workflow into ordinary Locus calls. For 100 or 200 m compact windows, treat exact returned distances as the window result. Standard ring aggregates are `null` whenever the request did not cover that full 250, 500, or 1,000 m ring.

## Workflow and coverage tools, know the difference

- **`locus_suggest_workflow { "place": "...", "intent": "homebuyer_due_diligence" }`** is the free deterministic planner. It returns a ranked endpoint plan with reasons, estimated costs, free/paid rail, national/local scope, and place availability. Use it first when the intent is broad or the right endpoint is unclear. It accepts the established buyer, renter, business, civic, commercial-tenant, land-investor, developer, environmental, short-term-rental, data-center, agricultural-land, HOA, and renovation-planning intents. It also accepts `property_owner_cost_relief`, `property_tax_appeal`, `utility_bill_relief`, `mortgage_servicing`, `disaster_recovery`, `permit_project_closeout`, and `tax_delinquency_redemption`. Natural-language requests such as `finish a basement`, `lower my property taxes`, `review my PMI dates`, or `check permit closeout` are normalized. These planner lanes route tools only; they do not widen the four safety-versioned paid brief claim intents or make eligibility, legal, savings, compliance, occupancy, or renovation-feasibility conclusions.
- **`locus_coverage_check { "place": "..." }`** asks whether Locus has source coverage for a jurisdiction at all. Use it for a broad city, county, ZIP, or address scope check.
- **`locus_lane_availability { "place": "..." }`** is the per-address capability map. It returns which exact tools are national, local, varies, not covered, or degraded, plus buy signals for paid tools. Call this before address-specific local lanes and before paying.
- **`locus_coverage_map {}`** returns the whole registry view. Use it when an agent needs breadth, not one address.

## Storefront and commercial-tenant context

- Keep listing discovery outside Locus and preserve listing claims as unverified leads in source order. Do not rank sites.
- Use paid `locus-workplace-employment-context` when a commercial broker, tenant representative, or site selector needs annual Census workplace job counts and broad industries near a selected site. Jobs are not shoppers, foot traffic, visits, sales, customer demand, or a forecast.
- The tool can return `not_ingested`, `stale_snapshot`, `source_unavailable`, `partial`, or a bounded no-match. Do not turn any of these into zero employment.
- For a user-selected premises, call paid `locus-transaction-follow-up` with `intent: "commercial_tenant_due_diligence"`. Add `requestedAreaContext: ["workplace_employment"]` only when the user asks for that context.
- `area_operating_context` is supplemental. It cannot make a thin exact-premises packet chargeable.
- Choose `locus_nearby_places` for free current mapped amenities. Paid `locus-wikipedia-place-context` runs topic-agnostic geosearch, so it may return places, institutions, events, or people. Use it only as community reference research; never turn person-topic articles into property, resident, customer, screening, or neighborhood claims. Use paid `locus-wikimedia-commons-area-context` for nearby media license metadata and attribution leads.
- Commons items remain `nearby_context`. Proximity does not prove that media depicts the premises or represents the area. Metadata is not reuse permission. Verify storage, transformation, redistribution, attribution, and share-alike rights before reuse.
- Before offering `locus-local-fiscal-context`, call `locus_lane_availability` with `detailLevel: "full"` and inspect that exact paid-tool entry. It states whether an active verified fiscal snapshot exists and explains when a paid call would return `charged:false` because the snapshot is missing, stale, or thin. `locus_coverage_check` points to this capability map but does not affirm every available paid lane.

## Exact-place and paid-call guardrails

- **Use the exact user string first.** Do not append a city, county, ZIP, or better-covered market unless the user provided it or confirms it.
- **Never substitute a richer-coverage jurisdiction.** If `17 E Camden` resolves to Chatham County but `17 E Camden St, Raleigh, NC` has richer civic lanes, the answer stays Chatham/parcel-only until the user confirms Raleigh.
- **Trust exact parcel/place resolution over coverage richness.** Coverage tells you which lanes are available for a resolved place; it does not license geocoding toward another jurisdiction.
- **Ask before paid calls when jurisdiction is ambiguous.** If candidate variants resolve to different counties/cities, stop and ask the user to confirm the intended jurisdiction.
- **First line of every report:** `Resolved as: <displayName> (<jurisdictionId>) via <resolution>; parcel status: <parcelStatus>; civic lane status: <civicLaneStatus/coverageStatus>.`
- **Parcel-only mode:** if civic lanes are unsupported but parcel facts are verified/available, use parcel, zoning-if-available, tax-rate/district, parcel-transfer, tax-distress, nearby-places, national hazard/environmental, and verify-next tools. Do not lead with service requests or generic place-report counts, and do not treat missing civic lanes as "no activity."

## Workflow

1. **Plan broad intents.** Call `locus_suggest_workflow` with the exact place and the closest supported intent when the right endpoint is unclear.
2. **Discover exact schemas.** Use the table below for common intents. The live catalog, `locus_search_tools` over MCP or `GET /tools/list` over REST, is authoritative for the full current set and exact schemas.
3. **Resolve the exact place first.** Call `locus_coverage_check` and `locus_lane_availability` with the exact user string. Compare the resolved jurisdiction to any user-supplied city/county/state.
4. **For a broad address question, call `locus_place_facts` first if available.** It often replaces several separate calls. If lane availability marks it not covered, fall back to national free tools or parcel-only mode.
5. **For local depth, check availability for the exact place.** Follow the lane's `access` value. A paid-only `varies` lane still needs approval, but returns `charged:false` when it cannot provide substantive data.
6. **Run the smallest tool by intent.** Use each transport's own catalog. The seven paid-only atomics use `POST /api/<hyphenated-slug>` over REST.
7. **Ground every fact.** Answer only from returned artifacts. Include source names, links or locators, fetched timestamps where present, and caveats.
8. **Pay only on explicit authorization.** A paid tool returns an x402 challenge. Show price, chain, recipient, and tool, then retry only after the user approves.
9. **Follow property-update diagnostics exactly.** On `409 clarification_required`, inspect the response before retrying. If `retryInput` is present, ask the user to confirm the matched subject and then resend that object as the next request. If `retryInput` is absent, ask the user for a corrected exact address and construct a new request from it. Never resend the original ambiguous address. On `insufficient_current_context`, use the returned wider radius or choose one of `alternativeTools`; those alternatives are separate paid calls and still require their own preflight and authorization.
10. **Chain PDF to flyer before video completion.** Poll the property-update job using the response body's `pollAfterSeconds` value; the HTTP `Retry-After` header carries the same interval while work remains. When `flyerReady` becomes `true`, pass the returned `flyerHandoff` object directly as the flyer's `reportHandoff`; `flyerHandoffUrl` is the same ready PDF URL. Do not build a `share_` proof yourself or prefix the private job token. The server derives a separate report-scoped share capability.

## Reading `locus_lane_availability`

`locus_lane_availability` returns a top-level result with `place`, `resolved`, `jurisdiction`, `lanes`, `buyRecommendations`, `recommendedCallOrder`, `relatedTools`, and `warnings`.

Statuses and buckets:

- **`lanes.national[]`** - free national or metadata tools. These are usable for any resolved US address.
- **`lanes.local[]`** - tools with wired sources here, including paid national bundles when applicable.
- **`lanes.varies[]`** - source may resolve. Follow the entry's access tier; do not assume every varies lane is free.
- **`lanes.notCovered[]`** - skip it. Tell the user this lane is not wired and offer `locus_request_coverage`.
- **`lanes.degraded[]`** - upstream source is temporarily failing or reduced. Use the suggested fallback.
- **`buyRecommendations[]`** - paid tool guidance with `priceUsdc`, `substanceHere`, `rationale`, endpoint, and manifest.

Trimmed response example for a rural Montana ZIP:

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "tool": "locus_lane_availability",
  "result": {
    "place": "59047",
    "resolved": true,
    "jurisdiction": {
      "jurisdictionId": "us-mt-park",
      "displayName": "Park County, MT",
      "stack": { "state": "MT", "county": "Park County" }
    },
    "lanes": {
      "national": [
        { "tool": "locus_flood_zone", "what": "FEMA flood-zone designation at the point", "access": "free" },
        { "tool": "locus_flood_determination_inputs", "what": "SFHDF form inputs: NFIP community, FIRM panel and date, zone, LOMA/LOMR, CBRS status", "access": "free" },
        { "tool": "locus_environmental_records_screen", "what": "ASTM E1527-21 government-records screen at standard search distances", "access": "free" },
        { "tool": "locus_tax_payment_status", "what": "Treasurer real-estate tax balances by parcel (Philadelphia)", "access": "free" },
        { "tool": "locus_radon_zone", "what": "EPA radon zone for the county", "access": "free" },
        { "tool": "locus_wildfire_risk", "what": "FEMA NRI wildfire risk rating", "access": "free" },
        { "tool": "locus_representatives", "what": "Cited state + federal officials for the point", "access": "free" }
      ],
      "varies": [
        { "tool": "locus_zoning", "access": "free", "why": "point zoning may resolve; rich coverage only in wired counties" }
      ],
      "notCovered": [
        { "tool": "locus_place_facts", "access": "free", "why": "needs a wired parcel backbone", "requestTool": "locus_request_coverage" }
      ],
      "degraded": []
    },
    "buyRecommendations": [
      { "slug": "locus-place-report", "priceUsdc": "0.05", "substanceHere": "low", "rationale": "Coverage varies. Confirm the free component lanes first." },
      { "slug": "locus-environmental-context", "priceUsdc": "0.05", "substanceHere": "medium", "rationale": "Wired national EPA/SDWIS sources resolve here." }
    ],
    "warnings": [
      "Not covered does not mean no records exist. It only means Locus has no wired source yet."
    ]
  }
}
```

A paid tool flagged not covered returns a free diagnostic, never a payment challenge.

## Free tools by question, arguments, and output

Use the exact JSON shapes below as safe defaults. If a tool also accepts `latitude` and `longitude`, use them together to skip geocoding. The live `GET /tools/list` schema wins if it differs.

### Start here and coverage

| The question | Tool | Exact arguments | What it returns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Which endpoints fit this place and intent? | `locus_suggest_workflow` | `{ "place": "600 E 4th St, Charlotte, NC", "intent": "homebuyer_due_diligence" }` | Ranked free/paid endpoint plan, estimated costs, scope, reasons, and place-availability hints. Planning only; confirm with coverage tools. |
| Which tools will return data here? | `locus_lane_availability` | `{ "place": "600 E 4th St, Charlotte, NC" }` | Jurisdiction, `lanes.national/local/varies/notCovered/degraded`, paid buy signals, warnings. |
| Is this city/county/ZIP in source coverage? | `locus_coverage_check` | `{ "place": "Raleigh, NC" }` | Resolved jurisdiction, supported/partial/discovery status, verified sources, missing source gaps. |
| What is the whole coverage registry? | `locus_coverage_map` | `{}` | Registry-level coverage inventory for tools and jurisdictions. |
| Request coverage for a missing place | `locus_request_coverage` | `{ "place": "Park County, MT" }` | Acknowledgement and demand signal. No records. |
| What helped or was confusing | `locus_agent_feedback` | `{ "kind": "ux_gap", "target": "locus_lane_availability", "summary": "The varies bucket is easy to treat as available" }` | Product note only. Summary up to 1,000 characters. Set `target` (aliases `tool`, `toolName`). Also `POST /feedback`. |
| Inspect official source cards | `locus_source_card_check` | `{ "place": "Raleigh, NC" }` or `{ "jurisdiction": "us-nc-raleigh" }` or `{ "cardId": "us-nc-durham:permits" }` | Source-card status, provenance, endpoint, verification method, timestamp. |
| Verify a citation URL | `locus_verify_citation` | `{ "sourceUrl": "https://...", "recordId": "optional", "jurisdiction": "optional" }` | Whether a citation matches a known source card, with provenance context. |
| What policy sources govern here? | `locus_policy_sources` | `{ "place": "Raleigh, NC" }` | State, county, city policy-source list, legal geographies, source links. |
| Read aggregate coverage demand | `locus_coverage_demand` | `{}` | Aggregate requested-coverage demand, not place records. |

### High-value property workflows

Route these first when the buyer already knows the property or shortlist:

1. **Three known properties:** use `locus-three-property-buyer-comparison` at `$2.49`. It calculates cited cross-property differences such as living area, lot size, build year, bedrooms, and assessment movement, then returns executable next calls for all three properties without choosing a winner.
2. **A reassessment notice or owner cost question:** use `locus-owner-cost-review` at `$0.25`. The price includes one conservatively priced Turnkey signature. It leads with the recorded tax or assessment change, connects cited programs and dates, and returns ready calls for follow-up. It does not infer the cause or determine eligibility.
3. **Rental operations for one property:** use `locus-rental-operations-brief` at `$0.79`. It compares the third-party subject rent estimate with the ZIP rental-listing median, then returns ready calls for current local-record follow-up. It is not rent-setting advice or tenant screening.
4. **Rental registration or license record:** use free `locus_rental_registration_check` for an exact building in Minneapolis, Seattle, or New York City. It returns the source-published status, dates, units, linked housing-enforcement components, query limits, and verify-next questions. Agent-commerce callers may use the identical `$0.01` REST `locus-rental-registration-check` dual. It never decides whether the dwelling may lawfully be rented or whether a person or property complies.
5. **Rental-registration portfolio:** use `locus-record-batch` at `$0.05` with 2-25 exact addresses and `lanes: ["locus_rental_registration_check"]`. One async job returns results keyed by address. Addresses outside the three-city source registry remain explicit out-of-coverage items; do not treat them as unregistered.

These products return `nextCalls[]` instead of a prose narrative. Each call includes the exact `tool`, ready `input`, one-sentence `why`, supporting `evidenceIds`, `cost`, `urgency`, endpoint, and `requiresPaymentApproval`. `cost` is `free` or the exact dollar price from Locus's central price registry when the workflow was generated. `costAtGeneration` remains an identical compatibility alias. `nextCallPlan.pricedAt` timestamps the price snapshot; the next tool's live challenge remains authoritative. A small model may select and order only server-built candidate IDs. Locus owns and validates every returned tool name, argument object, price snapshot, evidence link, and payment flag. Model failure uses the deterministic candidate order. A paid next call is never executed without separate approval.

### Paid product ladder (use one path)

| Question | Prefer | Do not open with |
|---|---|---|
| Free snapshot | `locus_place_facts` (free) | Paid dual of the same |
| Pre-sign parcel + trend + policy | `locus-before-you-sign` ($0.07) | Three separate briefs |
| Owner programs, dates, appeal/tax rules, and parcel screens | `locus-owner-action-brief` ($0.05) | Six separate owner-action lanes |
| Neighbors, topology, multi-lane surrounding evidence | `locus-surrounding-area-analysis` ($0.10) ± report ($0.15) | `locus-ownership-loop` alone or many micro duals |
| EPA proximity bundle | `locus-environmental-context` ($0.05) | Parallel toxic/RCRA/water duals |
| Compiled place artifact | `locus-place-report` ($0.05) | Stitching free tools into a fake report |
| Recent official change + media | `locus-property-update` ($0.10) | Flyer first |
| Compare three known rooftops for solar | `locus-solar-property-comparison` ($1.09) | Calling roof, utility, and financial providers separately |
| Compare three known properties for a buyer | `locus-three-property-buyer-comparison` ($2.49) | Raw property, listing, market, and public-record calls without identity, deterministic differences, or ready next calls |
| Review owner costs and deadlines | `locus-owner-cost-review` ($0.25) | Inferring why taxes changed or treating a program as eligibility |
| Review rental property operations | `locus-rental-operations-brief` ($0.79) | Raw rent estimates without HUD, permit, tax, market, work items, or ready next calls |
| Check municipal rental registration | `locus_rental_registration_check` (free) or `locus-rental-registration-check` ($0.01) | Treating a source row or no-match as legal permission, compliance, habitability, or a landlord judgment |

Full inventory decisions: `docs/PAID_TOOL_INVENTORY.md`. Paid index entries also carry `seeAlso` for overlap routing.

### Paid tools by endpoint

Use these only after `locus_lane_availability` or the paid index says the call has substance for the exact place. The live paid index is authoritative for current prices and schemas.

| Endpoint | Price | Use when | Free diagnostic behavior |
|---|---:|---|---|
| `POST /api/locus-workplace-employment-context` | `$0.01` | Commercial site selection or tenant diligence needs Census LODES workplace job totals and broad sector mix within 250-5,000 m of a selected site. | Missing, stale, unavailable, or empty state snapshots return `charged:false`. |
| `POST /api/locus-wikimedia-commons-area-context` | `$0.01` | A paid flyer, narrative, or visual-research workflow needs nearby media license metadata and attribution leads. Metadata is not reuse permission. | No eligible media or source failure returns `charged:false`. |
| `POST /api/locus-wikipedia-place-context` | `$0.01` | A research or media workflow needs bounded geotagged Wikipedia reference material with page and revision provenance. Results may cover places, institutions, events, or people and are not property or resident evidence. | No matching geotagged article or source failure returns `charged:false`. |
| `POST /api/locus-pfas-occurrence` | `$0.01` | Environmental diligence needs EPA UCMR 5 per-compound detection/non-detect counts, highest detections, or address-to-water-system resolution. | Missing system coverage, stale snapshot, unresolved service area, or unavailable source returns `charged:false`. |
| `POST /api/locus-nei-emissions-nearby` | `$0.01` | Environmental diligence needs distance-ranked EPA NEI facilities and per-pollutant annual quantities. Use `detailLevel: "full"` only for the complete large matrix. | No facility rows, unloaded year, or unavailable mirror returns `charged:false`. |
| `POST /api/locus-evaluation-packet` | `$0.35` | A lender needs the evaluation-support packet in Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines order (parcel, zoning, permits, transfers, HPI, SFHDF flood inputs, ASTM E1527-21 screen, tax distress, treasurer status) with every source stamped. States no value. | Unresolved point or no property-description and hazard fact returns the packet with `charged: false`. |
| `POST /api/locus-electricity-context` | `$0.01` | Data-center, industrial, energy-development, or power-sensitive site screens need HIFLD line proximity plus EIA state price context before utility diligence. | An unresolved point or failure of both source components returns `charged:false`. |
| `POST /api/locus-record-batch` | `$0.05` | A portfolio or any-jurisdiction screen needs up to 6 free record lanes across 2-25 addresses as ONE async job keyed by address; poll `statusUrl`. | Unresolved addresses are listed and never charged; `charged: false` when no address resolves or no valid lane is named. |
| `POST /api/locus-surrounding-area-analysis` | `$0.10` | Buyer needs one stored multi-lane surrounding packet: topology-aware parcels, zoning, development, permits, legislation, capital/transport, environmental baseline, optional aerial. | Unstable subject, missing surrounding-parcel foundation, or under two completed components returns `charged:false`. |
| `POST /api/locus-surrounding-area-report` | `$0.15` | HTML+PDF upgrade of an active surrounding-area packet within the 24h upgrade window. | Invalid/expired proof, second report, or render failure does not charge. |
| `POST /api/locus-place-report` | `$0.05` | Agent needs one compiled cited property-context artifact for an address or ZIP. The artifact confirms the matched subject, lists every source, and carries an honest coverage ledger. After confirmed x402 settlement or seller-escrow, the paid parcel-financials lane may include the assessor owner-of-record name for the same exact parcel (cited, not a contact). Canonical storage stays owner-free; settled replay refreshes the official field. | Unsupported or discovery-only places return no-charge diagnostics. |
| `POST /api/locus-property-update` | `$0.10` | Agent needs an async exact-address decision check of recent or scheduled official-record changes, nearby activity, and physical comparability, with a shareable report, PDF, and temporary video. | Ambiguous, thin, or unsupported inputs return `charged:false`; on `clarification_required`, confirm and resend `retryInput`. Poll the job and, once `flyerReady:true`, use `flyerHandoff` immediately without waiting for video. |
| `POST /api/locus-solar-property-comparison` | `$1.09` | Agent has exactly three known addresses and wants parcel-bound, dated Google Solar roof metrics beside utility candidates, cited solar-program rows, and one shared GridPulse reference. Input: `{ "addresses": ["...", "...", "..."], "financialZip": "27312", "systemKw": 8 }`. Results stay in input order for side-by-side review; Locus does not select a winner or recommend a property. | Fewer than two attributable Google Solar results return `charged:false`. The price includes up to four Turnkey signatures at the conservative Pay as You Go rate. GridPulse figures remain historical context. Licensed provider data is private, `no-store`, and excluded from public pinning. x402 only. |
| `POST /api/locus-three-property-buyer-comparison` | `$2.49` | Agent has exactly three known addresses and wants non-PII RentCast property/listing lookups, ZIP market context, bounded Locus public records, reusable work items, deterministic cross-property differences, and validated `nextCalls[]` for all three properties. | Invalid, unresolved, or duplicate resolved subjects fail before downstream spend. The price includes up to nine Turnkey signatures at the conservative Pay as You Go rate. Input order is preserved. No winner, valuation, prediction, or purchase recommendation. Private, `no-store`, x402 only. |
| `POST /api/locus-owner-cost-review` | `$0.25` | Owner or representative has a reassessment or cost question and needs one property/tax trajectory beside cited programs, published windows, work items, and validated `nextCalls[]` with exact arguments and urgency. | An unresolved subject fails before downstream spend. The price includes one conservatively priced Turnkey signature. The response does not infer why tax changed, determine eligibility, or advise an appeal. Private, `no-store`, x402 only. |
| `POST /api/locus-rental-operations-brief` | `$0.79` | Property operator needs a non-PII property lookup, third-party rent estimate, ZIP rental market, HUD/public-record context, work items, a deterministic rent-to-market difference, and validated `nextCalls[]`. | An unresolved subject fails before downstream spend. The price includes up to three Turnkey signatures at the conservative Pay as You Go rate. Comparable addresses and listing contacts are removed. No tenant screening, rent-setting advice, return calculation, or investment recommendation. Private, `no-store`, x402 only. |
| `POST /api/locus-rental-registration-check` | `$0.01` | Agent needs source-published building registration/license status and available housing-enforcement components for Minneapolis, Seattle, or New York City. The same lookup is free as `locus_rental_registration_check`. | Unsupported, unresolved, or registration-source-unavailable calls return `charged:false`. A successful exact-source no-match is chargeable and remains source-bounded. No owner, contact, property-name, apartment, narrative, or nearby-address fields; no legal-rental or compliance verdict. |
| `POST /api/locus-property-flyer` | `$0.99` | After obtaining a proof-gated PDF URL + expiry from a report workflow, the agent wants a general 4:5 property shareable whose top-right QR opens that PDF. Pass the property-update job's copy-ready `flyerHandoff` as the flyer-specific `reportHandoff`; do not synthesize a proof or reuse the video render contract. A licensed subject image is optional. Brand it with `brand.logo`, `brand.contact` (name, brokerage, license, phone, email, website), and `brand.headshot`. | Missing runtime, usable research, imagery, or premium model output returns `charged:false`. The price includes one conservative Turnkey signature when StableEnrich research runs. |
| `POST /api/locus-place-report-batch` | `$0.25` | Agent has a 3-50 address portfolio and wants one async job plus one settlement. | If all items are unsupported or discovery-only, no charge. Unsupported items inside a paid job remain item-level diagnostics. |
| `POST /api/locus-local-trend-brief` | `$0.05` | Agent needs permit, 311, or code-case local-change series where the registry has enough source coverage. | Unsupported, discovery-only, or insufficient-data places return `charged:false` diagnostics. |
| `POST /api/locus-local-policy-brief` | `$0.07` | Agent needs property-relevant bills, agendas, ordinances, tax, fee, bond, housing, or permit-change policy context. | Unsupported places return no-charge diagnostics. |
| `POST /api/locus-local-fiscal-context` | `$0.05` | Agent needs separate cited local-government fiscal/audit observations and a bounded five-year trend from an offline verified snapshot. Peer comparison remains disabled until Locus can verify complete official cohorts. | Missing, stale, or thin snapshots return `charged:false`; never returns an integrity, corruption, government-quality, credit, or place score. |
| `POST /api/locus-before-you-sign` | `$0.07` | Agent needs a pre-decision bundle over parcel, trend, and policy components for one street address. Optional `context` and `followUp` frame the output without changing data access. After confirmed x402 settlement or seller-escrow, `parcelFacts` may include the assessor owner-of-record name for the same exact parcel (cited, not a contact). | Weak component readiness returns a no-charge `coverage_diagnostic` with byte-stable `componentReadiness`, one-sentence `componentReadinessDetail` reasons for trend/parcel/policy, and `suggestedAlternative`. Charged bundles put the same detail next to `componentStatus`. |
| `POST /api/locus-owner-action-brief` | `$0.05` | Agent needs one cited bundle of owner programs, exact program dates, the state appeal rule, tax-calendar framing and county pointer, the FEMA LOMA screen when applicable, and the special-valuation parcel screen. Request body: `{ "address": "...", "noticeDate": "2026-04-01", "withinDays": 120 }`; `noticeDate` and `withinDays` are optional. | Fewer than two substantive sections return `owner_action_brief_diagnostic` with `charged:false`. The brief lists programs and rules; it does not determine eligibility or recommend action. |
| `POST /api/locus-owner-programs` | `$0.01` | Agent needs the free owner-program lookup through a top-level paid route, including curated rows and statewide derived tax/appeal rows. | No registry or derived row returns `charged:false`. The same lookup remains free as `locus_owner_programs`. |
| `POST /api/locus-mitigation-incentives` | `$0.01` | Agent needs cited mitigation, discount-mandate, flood-map, or flood-protection program rows. | No program row returns `charged:false`. The same lookup remains free as `locus_mitigation_incentives`. |
| `POST /api/locus-utility-credits` | `$0.01` | Agent needs cited stormwater, lead-line, sidewalk, or flood-protection credit rows. | No program row returns `charged:false`. The same lookup remains free as `locus_utility_credits`. |
| `POST /api/locus-fraud-alert-pointer` | `$0.01` | Agent needs a registered county property-fraud alert row rather than the generic recorder search pointer. | The generic pointer alone returns `charged:false`. The same lookup remains free as `locus_fraud_alert_pointer`. |
| `POST /api/locus-program-windows` | `$0.01` | Agent needs exact upcoming or recently passed dates printed in owner-program registry rows. | No dated item returns `charged:false`. The same lookup remains free as `locus_program_windows`. |
| `POST /api/locus-special-valuation-screen` | `$0.01` | Agent needs parcel acreage plus cited special-valuation, historic, or solar rows. | An unresolved parcel or no program row returns `charged:false`. The same lookup remains free as `locus_special_valuation_screen`. |
| `POST /api/locus-appeal-window` | `$0.01` | Agent needs cited appeal/protest date arithmetic for an address, two-letter state code, full state name, or covered locality. | An uncovered state/locality returns `charged:false`. The same lookup remains free as `locus_appeal_window`. |
| `POST /api/locus-environmental-context` | `$0.05` | Agent needs address-level EPA TRI/RCRA/SDWIS/radon public-record context ranked by distance where possible. | Unsupported or unresolvable inputs return no-charge diagnostics. |
| `POST /api/locus-air-quality-history` | `$0.05` | Agent needs nearby EPA AQS annual monitor summaries, NOAA HMS smoke-over-point days, and separately labeled CDC modeled PM2.5 gap-fill. | No substantive monitor/smoke/modeled rows or missing mirror coverage returns `charged:false`; never substitutes missing years with “good air.” |
| `POST /api/locus-property-tax` | `$0.05` | Agent needs a residential US property-tax artifact with assessed value, annual tax, tax history, effective rate, and provenance. | Commercial, uncovered, or unresolvable addresses return `charged:false` diagnostics pointing to the free `.gov` tax lanes or place report. |
| `POST /api/locus-rent-estimate` | `$0.05` | Agent needs a third-party residential long-term rent estimate, range, comparable count, and HUD FMR area anchor. | No estimate, no comparables, commercial use, missing key, or uncovered inputs return `charged:false`. Not a Locus-authored valuation. |
| `POST /api/locus-valuation-challenge` | `$0.10` | Agent wants to stress-test a caller-supplied property price or `source: "assessment_notice"` figure against cited sale, parcel, permit, hazard, tax, zoning, policy, and same-roll assessment-uniformity evidence without Locus creating a price. | Fewer than two substantive cited sections return `charged:false`; uniformity needs at least five same-class parcels to count. |
| `POST /api/locus-road-access` | `$0.05` | Agent needs nearest mapped public-road proximity from an address/point as an early access screen. | Unresolved address or total source failure returns `charged:false`. Never a legal-access, easement, frontage, or landlocked determination. |
| `POST /api/locus-power-water-evidence-pack` | `$0.05` | Agent needs pre-development proximity/context from HIFLD/EIA power, EPA public-water-system, and FCC broadband sources. | Missing substantive evidence suppresses charge. Never claims capacity, interconnection, service availability, timing, or cost. |
| `POST /api/locus-landslide-diligence` | `$0.05` | Agent needs separate USGS documented inventory history and exact source-native n10 model-cell evidence. | Unless both components answer, returns `charged:false`. Never a probability, parcel stability finding, engineering assessment, or safety label. |
| `POST /api/locus-permit-closeout-check` | `$0.05` | Agent needs exact-subject permit status plus source-published closeout or occupancy-document evidence. Registry coverage: Raleigh, unincorporated Wake County, Durham, Austin, Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City. It accepts an address or up to 25 jurisdiction-scoped `parcelIds`. The coverage label is generated from the source registry. | Uncovered, uncertain, unavailable, unpublished, and no-exact-match states are charge-suppressed. Not condition, compliance, suite/use per

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