Real-World Services

Search the NTSB civil aviation accident & incident database (CAROL) — US events from 1962 to present plus selected foreign investigations. Filter by aircraft registration (N-number, partial match), US state (2-letter code or name), make, model, city, and/or event date range (dateFrom/dateTo as YYYY-MM-DD). At least one filter is required. Returns matching events newest-first: NTSB number, event date/type, city/state/country, aircraft registration(s)/make(s)/model(s), highest injury level, onboard & on-ground injury counts, report type/status, and a link to the official NTSB case page. Data: NTSB (U.S. public domain), live. For aviation safety research, fleet/tail-number history, incident due-diligence, and accident-trend analysis.

Current marine/sea-state conditions for an ocean or coastal coordinate. Pass lat + lon. Returns significant wave height (m), wave direction + period, and the wind-wave and swell-wave components. Useful for surf, sailing, and coastal ops. Source: Open-Meteo marine (keyless). Returns 404 for inland points.

Situational awareness for a coordinate: recent earthquakes (USGS) and active wildfires (NIFC) within a configurable radius. Returns each with distance-from-query in km, sorted nearest-first. Multi-source synthesis from free US Government feeds. Real-time, post-training data.

Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) for one or more airports — the official aviation forecast issued for an airport (~24–30h ahead). Pass ids = comma-separated ICAO station ids (e.g. KATL). Returns the raw TAF text + issue time. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (keyless). For current conditions use aviation.metar.

Live US severe-weather alerts from the National Weather Service. Pass a point ("lat,lon") to get every active watch, warning, and advisory for that exact location, or an area (2-letter US state or marine zone code) for area-wide alerts. Optionally filter by severity or urgency. Each alert returns the event type, severity, urgency, certainty, headline, affected-area description, issuing office, recommended public response, onset / expiry / end times, and the full hazard description plus protective-action instructions. Results are sorted most-severe first and capped by limit, with the true total reported. Public-domain NOAA / National Weather Service data, refreshed in real time.

NYC deed + mortgage history for a tax lot via ACRIS (Automated City Register Information System) legals dataset, keyed by BBL. Each row carries a unique documentId you can use to drill into the ACRIS master dataset (the master URL pattern is included in the response) for full details: parties, consideration amount, document type (DEED, MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE, etc.). Use `property.nyc-parcel-lookup` first to convert an address to a BBL. Returns most-recent records first.

Weather for any coordinate. Current (default): temperature (C), relative humidity (%), wind speed, weather code — real-time. Historical: add start_date & end_date (YYYY-MM-DD, up to 92 days per call, archive lags ~5 days) for hourly history — backtest weather-sensitive strategies (energy, agriculture, logistics). Inputs: lat, lon, start_date?, end_date?. Keyless (Open-Meteo).

Timezone intelligence — current offset, DST status, next transition.

Federal Reserve regional economic data: one snapshot of a FRED regional series across ALL its geographies (every U.S. state, county, or metro area) for a single period. Pass a regional series id (e.g. WIPCPI = per-capita personal income by state, or a state/county unemployment series) and get each region's name, FIPS region code, value, and per-region FRED series id, plus the group's units, frequency, and available date range. Add a date (YYYY-MM-DD) for a point-in-time cross-section; omit it for the latest. Authoritative St. Louis Fed (GeoFRED) data agents can't recite — per-state income, county unemployment, regional GDP — keyed by exact region codes. Free, public-domain. Companion to econ.fred (national series), econ.fred-categories (discover series ids), and census.demographics (ACS survey).

List near-Earth asteroid/comet close approaches to Earth within a date window and maximum distance, from NASA JPL's Close-Approach Data API. Filter by dateMin / dateMax (YYYY-MM-DD) and distMaxAu (max approach distance in AU; default 0.05 AU ≈ 19.5 lunar distances). Each approach: object designation, close-approach date (UTC), nominal + minimum distance in AU and lunar distances, relative velocity (km/s), and absolute magnitude H (a size proxy). Sorted nearest-first. Planetary-defense, observation planning, and "what's passing by this month" queries. Public-domain NASA/JPL data; for full physical/orbital params of a listed object see /api/space/body.

Upcoming or recent orbital rocket launches from The Space Devs' Launch Library 2 — the live manifest behind most launch-tracking apps. `when`=upcoming (default) or previous. Optional `search` filters by rocket, provider, or mission text (e.g. "Starship", "SpaceX", "Artemis"). Each launch: name, status (Go/TBD/Success/Failure), NET launch time + window (UTC), launch provider, rocket configuration, pad + location, mission name/type/orbit/description, and whether a webcast is live. Real-time data agents can't get from training. Public CC-BY data (attribute The Space Devs).

Look up any asteroid or comet in NASA JPL's Small-Body Database by designation, number, or name (e.g. "433", "Eros", "433 Eros", "1P/Halley", "2024 YR4"). Returns full name + kind + orbit class (e.g. Amor, Apollo, Jupiter-family comet), NEO and potentially-hazardous-asteroid flags, physical params (absolute magnitude H, diameter, extent, rotation period, albedo, density, spectral type), and orbital elements (eccentricity, semi-major axis, perihelion/aphelion, inclination, period, Earth MOID, observation arc). Astronomy, planetary-defense, and mission-planning research. Public-domain NASA/JPL data; for a body's near-Earth close approaches see /api/space/close-approaches.

Any series in the Federal Reserve's FRED database (800k+ US & international economic time series). HOW TO USE: if you know the series id, pass seriesId to get the series metadata (title, units, frequency, seasonal adjustment, observation range, last updated) + its most-recent observations (date + value, newest first; optionally bound the range with start/end YYYY-MM-DD and cap with limit). If you DON'T know the id, pass query to full-text search the catalog (returns ids + titles + units + frequency, most-popular first) — then call again with the seriesId you found. Popular ids: UNRATE (unemployment rate), CPIAUCSL (CPI), PCEPI (PCE price index), GDP / GDPC1 (nominal / real GDP), PAYEMS (nonfarm payrolls), FEDFUNDS (fed funds rate), DGS10 / DGS2 (10yr / 2yr Treasury), T10Y2Y (10y-2y spread), MORTGAGE30US (30yr mortgage), SP500, VIXCLS (VIX), DEXUSEU (USD/EUR), DCOILWTICO (WTI oil), HOUST (housing starts), UMCSENT (consumer sentiment), M2SL (M2 money supply). Each series' units and frequency come back in the metadata so you know how to read the values. Free, public-domain for most series (FRED attribution). Distinct from econ.indicator (a small curated headline set) — this is the FULL catalog. Companion endpoints: econ.fred-releases (when reports are published — the data calendar) and econ.fred-vintage (point-in-time / revised values for honest backtesting).

Compute the current position of any cataloged Earth-orbiting satellite by NORAD catalog number (e.g. 25544 = ISS, 20580 = Hubble), using fresh Celestrak orbital elements propagated with SGP4. Returns sub-point latitude/longitude, altitude (km), and speed (km/s) for the requested instant (default: now; pass `at` as an ISO timestamp for any time within a few days of the elements' epoch). Supply observer `lat`/`lon` (and optional altKm) to also get look angles — azimuth, elevation, slant range, and whether the satellite is above your horizon — for visual/antenna pointing. Satellite tracking, pass prediction, ground-station planning. Public-domain orbital data; physical/mission metadata is not included.

Official US weather forecast for a coordinate (US land + territories). Pass lat + lon. Returns the National Weather Service forecast as a list of periods — by default ~7 days of day/night periods; pass hourly=true for an hour-by-hour forecast. Each period gives the temperature + unit, wind speed/direction, chance of precipitation, and a short + detailed forecast, plus the resolved city/state and issuing office. Source: US National Weather Service (api.weather.gov), public domain. For active warnings use weather.alerts.

Look up a US-registered aircraft by tail number (N-number, e.g. N757F) or icao24 Mode-S hex (e.g. aa3487). Pass exactly one of `tail` or `icao24`. Returns the airframe: registration, manufacturer, model, ICAO type code + class, serial number, operator, owner, build year, engines, category, plus the icao24 Mode-S address that ADS-B transponders broadcast — use it to join live flight-tracking feeds. ~307k US airframes. 404 if no match. Source: OpenSky Network aircraft database (CC-BY-SA).

Real-time water data from USGS NWIS stream / river / groundwater gauges within a bounding box around lat/lon. Returns each site's latest reading per requested variable: streamflow (00060, ft³/s), gage height (00065, ft), water temperature (00010, °C), precipitation (00045, in), and others. Each reading: site code + name, lat/lon, variable name + description + unit, value (or null if no data / sentinel), qualifier codes (e.g., 'P' = provisional, 'A' = approved), observed timestamp. Free public-domain data from waterservices.usgs.gov.

Observer-local sky almanac for any lat/lon and time (default now). Returns the Sun's next rise/set + current altitude/azimuth; the Moon's rise/set, current alt/az, phase angle, phase name (New → Full → Waning Crescent), illuminated fraction, and next moon quarter; and for all seven non-Earth planets (Mercury→Neptune): altitude, azimuth, RA/dec, distance (AU), apparent magnitude, and whether each is currently above the horizon. Computed from first principles (astronomy-engine, sub-arcminute) — no external service, no key. Stargazing, astrophotography planning, 'what's up right now', is-it-dark-yet. `at` accepts any ISO timestamp.

Quarterly real GDP by US state from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Regional accounts — all-industry total, in millions of chained (inflation-adjusted) dollars. Requires state (2-letter); optionally a specific year (defaults to the last 5 years). Returns the state name plus GDP observations (period like 2025Q2, real GDP in millions USD, unit), newest quarter first. Free, public-domain (BEA). Authoritative state economic-output data an LLM cannot recall — for economic research, regional analysis, and market sizing.

UK street-level crime around a location from the Home Office data.police.uk service. Give a latitude/longitude (and optional month YYYY-MM, defaults to the latest available — UK data lags ~2 months) and get the total crime count, a breakdown by category (anti-social behaviour, burglary, violent crime, vehicle crime, etc.), and recent individual records (category, approximate street, lat/lon, and outcome status). Free, Open Government Licence (commercial use permitted). Location-risk signal an LLM cannot recall — for property, insurance, and safety agents. Locations are anonymised to nearby map points by the Home Office.

Point-in-time (vintage) economic data from FRED's ALFRED archive — what an economic figure was AS FIRST REPORTED / as known on a past date, before later revisions. Give a seriesId (e.g. GDP, GDPC1, PAYEMS, INDPRO) and an asOf date to get the observations exactly as they stood on that date; omit asOf to get the current (latest-revised) values. Also returns the series' vintage (revision) dates — every date the series was revised. Free, public-domain (FRED). Critical for honest backtesting and macro research: it eliminates look-ahead bias (e.g. GDP for 2020Q1 was first reported far lower than today's revised figure). No LLM and no real-time API gives this — it's the archived state of the data through time. Pair with econ.fred (current series) and econ.fred-releases (release calendar).

Verify US real-estate licenses (brokers, sales agents, broker companies). Currently supported state: TX (Texas Real Estate Commission license holders). Search by name (license holder, partial), licenseNumber (exact), licenseType (partial, e.g. "Broker", "Sales Agent"), status (e.g. "Active"). Each license: type, number, holder name, status, original license date, expiration date, and the related supervising broker (type/number/name) where applicable. Agent/broker due-diligence and KYC. Siblings: /api/license/medical, /api/license/broker, /api/license/trades. Official state open data.

Identify a US-registered aircraft by tail (N-number) or icao24 Mode-S hex, AND screen its owner and operator against the OFAC sanctions list — in one call. Returns the full aircraft record (registration, manufacturer, model, type, serial, owner, operator, year built) plus a sanctions screen of the owner and operator names against OFAC SDN, with fuzzy-match confidence and a flagged boolean. OSINT, asset-tracing, sanctions-evasion investigation, due diligence. Composition of /api/aircraft/lookup + /api/law/sanctions-check (the sanctions section reports found/error independently). Note: screening is name-based and probabilistic — review flagged matches manually.

Profile a confirmed exoplanetary system by host-star name (e.g. "TRAPPIST-1", "Kepler-90", "TOI-700"). Groups all the star's known planets into one view, summarizes the host star (spectral type, temperature, radius, mass, distance in light-years), and COMPUTES the star's habitable ("Goldilocks") zone — inner and outer boundary in AU, derived from the stellar luminosity (effective temperature + radius vs. the Sun) — then flags which planets orbit within it. Each planet: radius/mass (Earth units), orbital period, semi-major axis, equilibrium temperature, and in-habitable-zone flag. Astronomy, habitability research, education. Built from the NASA Exoplanet Archive (the same data as /api/space/exoplanet) plus the computed HZ. Public-domain NASA data.