goplaces

SkillSearch

Lets your agent search Google Places for shops and restaurants, get place details and reviews.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the goplaces skill

About this capability

Query Google Places API (New) via the goplaces CLI for text search, place details, resolve, and reviews. Use for human-friendly place lookup or JSON output for scripts.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by bitterbot-ai/bitterbot-desktop in skills/goplaces/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Modern Google Places API (New) CLI. Human output by default, --json for scripts.

Install

  • Homebrew: brew install steipete/tap/goplaces

Config

  • GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY required.
  • Optional: GOOGLE_PLACES_BASE_URL for testing/proxying.

Common commands

  • Search: goplaces search "coffee" --open-now --min-rating 4 --limit 5
  • Bias: goplaces search "pizza" --lat 40.8 --lng -73.9 --radius-m 3000
  • Pagination: goplaces search "pizza" --page-token "NEXT_PAGE_TOKEN"
  • Resolve: goplaces resolve "Soho, London" --limit 5
  • Details: goplaces details <place_id> --reviews
  • JSON: goplaces search "sushi" --json

Notes

  • --no-color or NO_COLOR disables ANSI color.
  • Price levels: 0..4 (free → very expensive).
  • Type filter sends only the first --type value (API accepts one).

Signals

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github.com/bitterbot-ai/bitterbot-desktop