places_in_area

Pack: overture-places · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/places_in_area for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Count and list the businesses and points of interest inside an area — a bbox, a radius around a point, or a whole city — in the United States and the United Kingdom (Overture Maps places), optionally for one category. Returns the total, a breakdown by category, and the highest-confidence places. Answers “how many restaurants are in this bbox”, “what kinds of businesses are within 500 m of this address”, “how many gyms are in Manchester”.

Parameters

Example call

Arguments

{
  "near": {
    "lat": 51.5072,
    "lon": -0.1276
  },
  "radius_m": 500,
  "category": "coffee_shop",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/overture-places/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"places_in_area","arguments":{"near":{"lat":51.5072,"lon":-0.1276},"radius_m":500,"category":"coffee_shop","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('places_in_area', {
  "near": {
    "lat": 51.5072,
    "lon": -0.1276
  },
  "radius_m": 500,
  "category": "coffee_shop",
  "limit": 5
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overture-places": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/overture-places/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.