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Google Places Lookup

Search places, get details and reviews via the goplaces CLI and Google Places API

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spinabot/brigade
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11,367
Licence
MIT
Files
1 file

What it does

This skill teaches the agent to use a command-line tool called goplaces to look up businesses and locations on Google Places. Once installed, the agent can search for things like coffee shops near a point, filter by open-now or minimum rating, resolve a place name to a place ID, and fetch details and reviews. It can return readable output or JSON for scripts.

Great for

  • Travellers or locals who want the agent to find restaurants, shops or services with current ratings
  • Developers building scripts that need Google Places data in JSON form
  • People who already have a Google Places API key and want a scripted lookup tool

Skip it if

  • Anyone without a Google Places API key, since the tool cannot run without one and Google may bill usage to that key
  • Use cases needing offline or non-Google map data, because every query goes to Google's API
  • Sensitive location tracking, since each search sends the queried place or coordinates to Google

Try asking

  • “Find coffee shops near 40.8, -73.9 that are open now with at least a 4-star rating”
  • “Get the details and recent reviews for this place ID”
  • “Resolve 'Soho, London' to the matching place and list the top 5 results”
  • “Search for sushi restaurants and return the results as JSON”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Google Places LookupInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    goplaces.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip goplaces.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip goplaces.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Store the API key in an environment variable rather than pasting it into chats, and restrict the key in Google Cloud Console to limit cost and abuse
  • Use --limit and --json when you want predictable, script-friendly output and to control API usage
  • Note that the type filter only uses the first --type value, so pass one type per search

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from spinabot/brigade under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.