# PlaceScout

> Use this tool when you need to uncover local market insights and identify potential locations based on specific categories and proximity. PlaceScout solves the problem of manually searching and filtering through vast amounts of location data, providing a streamlined interface to input search queries and output relevant results. It generates a prospecting pipeline with saved locations, making it ideal for businesses, marketers, and researchers seeking to understand local markets in the UK.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/joyanujoy-place-scout  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/joyanujoy-place-scout

## Description

Turns open places data into AI-assisted local market intelligence, enabling search of 4.4 million UK places by category, location, and proximity, and saving promising results to a prospecting pipeline.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.66
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-31

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** devops-ci
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/rmx01azmwj)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/joyanujoy/place-scout>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "joyanujoy-place-scout"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/joyanujoy-place-scout` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/joyanujoy-place-scout/pull`

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