Connectivity
How well a place is connected: home broadband on offer (fiber, cable, how many providers), bus and rail stops within a walk, the nearest bikeway and the traffic on the nearest counted road. Offered speeds, not measured ones.
What it answers
Section titled “What it answers”- Can I work from home here?
- Is there fiber?
- How far is the nearest train?
For the agent, the tool is described as: Connectivity of a place in Houston or Los Angeles: FCC broadband availability for its block group (share offered 100/20 Mbps, provider, fiber and cable counts), transit stops within walk_m (nearest, rail), the nearest bikeway, and annual average daily traffic at the nearest state count station. Broadband is what providers report offering, not a measured speed.
Who it is for
Section titled “Who it is for”Business checking a site, Family checking a neighbourhood, Remote worker.
Inputs
Section titled “Inputs”| Input | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
place |
Place | yes | Where a tool runs when it does not need a scan: a scan id, a CoStar property id (all its scans), an address,. Filled from the selected building. | |
walk_m |
number (m) | 800 |
How far the person is willing to walk to a stop, in metres. Saved preference getting_around.walk_m. Range: at least 200, at most 2000. |
An input that nothing fills (the selected building, a saved preference, a persona’s preset) becomes a question to the person. The agent asks only for those.
Data used
Section titled “Data used”| Layer | Id | Needed | If it is missing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband | public.broadband |
required | The verdict is unknown, with the reason. |
| Transit | public.transit |
required | The verdict is unknown, with the reason. |
What it returns
Section titled “What it returns”A tool result: a verdict (pass, warn, fail or unknown), metrics, checks and findings, each with its source.
- Panel blocks:
VerdictHeader,MetricRow,CheckList,StepLog. - Speed: fast. Read-only.
How it works
Section titled “How it works”Connectivity: how well a place is connected, by wire and on foot.
Reliability
Section titled “Reliability”Every metric and finding carries its layer, its method and a high, medium or low label, set by the tool for each value. See findings and reliability.
Limits
Section titled “Limits”- Needs: public.broadband, public.transit. On a scan without them, the verdict is
unknownand says why. - A result is a planning aid, not an inspection.
On the made-up test home
Section titled “On the made-up test home”This section was written by running the tool when the docs were built, on a hand-made RoomPlan export (no real place was scanned), with no sponsor keys and the network switched off.
Cannot answer here This place has no location to measure from.
A phone scan has walls, doors, windows, rooms and objects, but no location, no photos and no property record.
Run it
Section titled “Run it”threshold run connectivity -i place='{"scan": "<scan-id>"}'curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8787/api/tools/connectivity/run -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{...inputs}'Over MCP the tool is named connectivity. See MCP server and CLI.