# CommuteScout Tools API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/commutescout-com/commutescout-com-tools-api/  
**Provider:** CommuteScout — https://apis.io/providers/commutescout-com/  
**Base URL:** https://mcp.commutescout.com  
**Documentation:** https://commutescout.com/developers

CommuteScout Tools API is one of 2 APIs that [CommuteScout](https://apis.io/providers/commutescout-com/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Tools. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

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

## Operations (18)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| GET | `/v1/tools/get_lane_closures` | Caltrans lane and road closures physically in place RIGHT NOW |
| GET | `/v1/tools/get_chain_controls` | Current chain-control requirements on California mountain highways |
| GET | `/v1/tools/get_wildfires` | Active California wildfires, flagged when close to a major highway |
| GET | `/v1/tools/rank_routes` | Which major corridors have the most going on right now |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/commutescout-com/openapi/commutescout-com-tools-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://mcp.commutescout.com/v1/docs

## Other CommuteScout APIs (1)

- [CommuteScout Bulk Snapshots](https://apis.io/apis/commutescout-com/bulk-snapshots/)

## Tags

Tools

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/commutescout-com/commutescout-com-tools-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/commutescout-com/.