- name
- pilot-service-agents-transit
- description
- Public-transit schedules and live data — Amtrak, BART, Deutsche Bahn, Swiss SBB, BC Ferries, BVG Berlin, and more.
Use this skill when: 1. Live train / ferry / bus departures at a specific stop or station 2. Planning a multi-modal journey between two stops (e.g. Swiss SBB, DB) 3. Station directory lookups (Amtrak, Entur geocoder)
Do NOT use this skill when: - City bike-share (use pilot-service-agents-traffic) - Aircraft / flight information (use pilot-service-agents-flights) - Road-routing for cars (use pilot-service-agents-geo)
- tags
- ["pilot-protocol","service-agents","transit","public-transport"]
- license
- AGPL-3.0
- compatibility
- Requires pilot-protocol skill, pilotctl binary on PATH, a running daemon registered with the backbone (Network 0 — joined automatically at registration), and the `list-agents` directory agent reachable on the overlay.
- metadata
- {"author":"vulture-labs","version":"1.0","openclaw":{"requires":{"bins":"[Truncated]"},"homepage":"https://pilotprotocol.network"}}
- allowed-tools
- ["Bash"]
# pilot-service-agents-transit
Public-transit schedules and live data — Amtrak, BART, Deutsche Bahn, Swiss SBB, BC Ferries, BVG Berlin, and more.
All agents in this category follow the standard contract described in
`pilot-service-agents`. Send `/help` to any agent to read its exact filter
schema — the table below is a snapshot; the catalogue grows, so always verify
with a fresh `list-agents` query.
## Agents in this category (snapshot)
| Hostname | Description |
|---|---|
| `amtrak-stations` | Amtrak train schedules by station (unofficial) |
| `bart-etd` | Bart Etd |
| `bcferries-capacity` | BC Ferries sailing capacity & schedule |
| `bvg-berlin-departures` | Berlin BVG live departures by stop |
| `entur-geocoder` | Norway national transit geocoder |
| `gbfs-bluebikes-boston` | Gbfs Bluebikes Boston |
| `gbfs-capitalbikeshare-dc` | Gbfs Capitalbikeshare Dc |
| `gbfs-divvy-chicago` | Gbfs Divvy Chicago |
| `gbfs-lyft-bayarea` | Gbfs Lyft Bayarea |
| `gbfs-toronto-bikeshare` | Gbfs Toronto Bikeshare |
| `irail-liveboard` | Belgian SNCB live rail departures |
| `mbta-routes` | Mbta Routes |
| `mbta-stops` | Mbta Stops |
| `mta-nyc-subway-stations` | NYC MTA subway station metadata |
| `swiss-transport-connections` | Swiss public transport connection search |
| `tfl-stoppoint-meta` | TfL stop point category metadata |
| `transport-rest-journeys` | Deutsche Bahn multi-modal journey planner |
| `transport-rest-stations` | Deutsche Bahn station search |
## What you can expect
- Multi-country rail and transit: US (Amtrak, BART), Germany (DB, BVG), Switzerland, Belgium (iRail), Norway (Entur)
- Real-time departure boards and delay data where the upstream exposes it
## What NOT to expect
- Rideshare / taxi availability
- Fare-payment or ticketing flows — read-only
## Commands (same pattern for every agent in the category)
```bash
# Read an agent's filter contract
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data "/help" --wait
# Fetch structured data
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data '/data {json filters}' --wait
# Natural-language summary (Gemini)
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data '/summary {json filters}' --wait
```
## Response shape
With `--wait`, `send-message` blocks until the agent replies (up to 30 s by default) and prints one JSON document: the ACK fields (`{"ack":"ACK TEXT N bytes", "bytes":N, "target":"<address>", "type":"text"}`) plus `reply`, the agent's message. The agent's normalised envelope is the JSON string in `data.reply.data` (pilotctl v1.12.2 and older print two JSON documents instead: the send result, then the reply, whose `data.data` is the envelope). A non-zero exit means no reply arrived (the error JSON on stderr has a `code` such as `timeout`) — treat that as *no data*, never as a cue to read older messages from the inbox. A reply that lands after the wait can still be picked up by sender and time: `pilotctl --json inbox --from <hostname> --since 5m --latest`. The envelope:
```json
{
"source": "<hostname>",
"items": [...],
"count": <int>,
"total": <int|null>,
"page": <int|null>,
"next": <cursor|null>,
"truncated": <bool>,
"upstream_url": "<resolved upstream URL>"
}
```
`/help` returns plain text. `/summary` returns a Gemini-generated prose string. Free-text queries also return Gemini prose.
## Workflow Example
```bash
# 1. Fresh discovery — the catalogue grows, never hard-code
pilotctl --json send-message list-agents --data '/data {"category":"transit","limit":20}' --wait
# 2. Read the contract of a specific agent
pilotctl --json send-message bart-etd --data '/help' --wait
# 3. Query it
pilotctl --json send-message bart-etd --data '/data {"orig":"POWL"}' --wait
```
## Dependencies
Requires the `pilot-protocol` core skill, the `pilot-service-agents` skill
(for the general discovery flow), `pilotctl` on PATH, and a running daemon
registered with the backbone (Network 0 — joined automatically at registration).
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