| name | google-places |
| description | Search and fetch place details via Google Places API (New) through aivault (no API key in skill runtime). |
| compatibility | Requires `aivault` CLI and Node.js (runs via `npx tsx`). |
| credentials | [{"name":"GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY","description":"Google Places API (New) key for place search and details","required":true}] |
Google Places
This skill uses aivault to keep your Google Places API key safe.
Setup
Install aivault if it is not already available:
curl -fsSL https://aivault.moldable.sh/install.sh | sh
Store your Google Places API key in aivault. The credential and all google-places/* capabilities are auto-provisioned from the built-in registry.
aivault secrets create --name GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY --value "YOUR_API_KEY" --scope global
This skill uses google-places/search-text, google-places/details, and google-places/autocomplete.
Quick start
npx -y tsx {baseDir}/scripts/places.ts search-text --query "pizza near Mission District"
Common examples
npx -y tsx {baseDir}/scripts/places.ts search-text --query "coffee near 10001" --field-mask "places.id,places.displayName,places.formattedAddress"
npx -y tsx {baseDir}/scripts/places.ts details --place-id <place-id> --field-mask "id,displayName,formattedAddress,googleMapsUri"
npx -y tsx {baseDir}/scripts/places.ts search-text --query "ramen" --json
