LINZ Data Service

SkillSearch

Search and inspect LINZ Data Service public Koordinates catalogue layers, tables, services, licences, tags, and download/view capabilities through no-login JSON endpoints. Use when the task involves Toitū Te Whenua LINZ datasets such as addresses, parcels, imagery, hydrography, roads, property, or geospatial layers. Read-only; no API key needed for catalogue metadata.

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 LINZ Data Service skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by thecolab-ai/.skills in skills/linz-data-service/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Goal

Find and inspect public LINZ Data Service catalogue records and advertised services without logging in.

CLI

python3 skills/linz-data-service/scripts/cli.py search address --json
python3 skills/linz-data-service/scripts/cli.py layer 123113 --json
python3 skills/linz-data-service/scripts/cli.py services 123113

Commands:

  • search QUERY [--limit N] [--json] - search public LDS layers
  • layer ID [--json] - layer metadata, licence, tags, permissions, description
  • services ID [--json] - advertised OGC/Koordinates service templates and auth requirements

Resources

  • CLI: scripts/cli.py
  • Smoke test: scripts/smoke_test.py
  • API notes: references/api-notes.md

Notes

Metadata/search is no-auth. Some download/query service URLs advertise API-key variants; the skill reports those boundaries rather than bypassing them.

Signals

GitHub stars
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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github.com/thecolab-ai/.skills