parking-finder

What This Skill Does

The parking-finder skill is a sophisticated location intelligence tool designed to integrate seamlessly into your AI workflow. It enables OpenClaw agents to identify, rank, and retrieve detailed information about parking infrastructure, including public garages, private parking lots, and street-side parking options. By leveraging the Camino AI engine, this skill converts natural language queries like 'find me a cheap spot near the concert hall' into precise geospatial lookups, ensuring that drivers can minimize time spent searching for parking in congested urban areas. It automatically handles coordinate resolution, so you can search by landmark name or specific latitude and longitude coordinates.

Installation

To install this skill, use the clawhub CLI tool. Ensure you have your Camino API key ready. You can install it via npm or your preferred package manager: npx clawhub@latest install parking-finder

Alternatively, for manual integration, you can pull the source code from the repository using: npx skills add https://github.com/barneyjm/camino-skills --skill parking-finder

Don't forget to add your environment variable CAMINO_API_KEY to your settings file to enable full authentication.

Use Cases

This skill is perfect for urban navigation and event planning. Use it to find parking before you head out for a night at the theater, secure a spot at a major sports arena, or identify reliable long-term parking near a new office building. It is also an essential tool for delivery route planning, helping users find commercial loading zones or nearby short-term parking, thus reducing traffic congestion and saving valuable time.

Example Prompts

1. "I'm driving to Madison Square Garden in 20 minutes. Can you find me a parking garage that isn't too expensive within a 500-meter radius?"
2. "Find street parking near 123 Main St, Seattle. If nothing is available, list the nearest three public parking lots."
3. "Show me the best-rated parking facilities close to the downtown convention center for an all-day event."

Tips & Limitations

The parking-finder skill performs best when provided with specific coordinates or clear landmarks. Note that while the AI-powered ranking helps prioritize the most relevant spots, real-time availability (like current capacity) may be limited by the underlying OSM data freshness. Always check signage upon arrival. The radius parameter defaults to 1,000 meters; if you are in a dense city, lowering this to 500 meters can provide more relevant, walkable results.