CommuteScout

CommuteScout Tools API

The Tools API from CommuteScout — 18 operation(s) for tools.

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Operations 18

0 of 18 operations are conformant: apis.io called them with no credentials and the responses matched this contract; 8 more answered but could not be checked against a schema. Checked 2026-11-12. how this works · status file

GET /v1/tools/check_route Check current conditions along a major California highway corridor #
GET /v1/tools/check_region Full current-conditions report for a California region #
GET /v1/tools/get_incidents Live CHP traffic incidents statewide, optionally filtered observed #
GET /v1/tools/get_lane_closures Caltrans lane and road closures physically in place RIGHT NOW observed #
GET /v1/tools/get_chain_controls Current chain-control requirements on California mountain highways observed #
GET /v1/tools/get_wildfires Active California wildfires, flagged when close to a major highway observed #
GET /v1/tools/rank_routes Which major corridors have the most going on right now observed #
GET /v1/tools/get_cameras Live Caltrans roadside camera snapshots near a point or on a route #
GET /v1/tools/get_road_signs What Caltrans changeable message signs are displaying right now observed #
GET /v1/tools/get_nearby_events Live road events near a point anywhere CommuteScout covers, not #
GET /v1/tools/get_my_places The user's saved places: Home, Work, favorites and recent observed #
GET /v1/tools/find_place Look up a US address or place and get its coordinates #
GET /v1/tools/plan_trip Everything about one drive between any two US places, in one call #
GET /v1/tools/best_time_to_go When to leave (or visit) to beat traffic and weather, for any US #
GET /v1/tools/get_weather Hourly NWS forecast, active alerts and nearby road-weather #
GET /v1/tools/get_traffic Live traffic speed against free-flow speed on the road nearest #
GET /v1/tools/get_area_history What usually happens around a place: incidents and closures that #
GET /v1/tools/get_coverage Which states and sources CommuteScout covers right now, with each observed #

Documentation

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https://mcp.commutescout.com/v1/docs

Specifications

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https://artifacts.apis.io/commutescout-com/openapi/commutescout-com-tools-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

commutescout-com-tools-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Commutescout Com Tools API
  version: 2.133.2
  description: 'Operations tagged Tools across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: commutescout-com-openapi.json, commutescout-com-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://mcp.commutescout.com
security:
- {}
- ApiKey: []
- BearerKey: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/commutescout-com/openapi/commutescout-com-tools-api-openapi.yml