Installation

Companion Skills: This is part of the Camino AI location intelligence suite. Install all available skills (query, places, relationship, context, route, journey, real-estate, hotel-finder, ev-charger, school-finder, parking-finder, fitness-finder, safety-checker, travel-planner) for comprehensive coverage.

Install all skills from repo

npx skills add https://github.com/barneyjm/camino-skills

Or install specific skills

npx skills add https://github.com/barneyjm/camino-skills --skill school-finder

Via clawhub:

npx clawhub@latest install school-finder

or: pnpm dlx clawhub@latest install school-finder

or: bunx clawhub@latest install school-finder

School Finder

Locate elementary schools, high schools, and universities near any location. Uses OpenStreetMap data with AI-powered ranking to find educational institutions.

Setup

Instant Trial (no signup required): Get a temporary API key with 25 calls:

curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{"email": "you@example.com"}'
https://api.getcamino.ai/trial/start

Returns: {"api_key": "camino-xxx...", "calls_remaining": 25, ...}

For 1,000 free calls/month, sign up at https://app.getcamino.ai/skills/activate.

Add your key to Claude Code:

Add to your ~/.claude/settings.json :

{ "env": { "CAMINO_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here" } }

Restart Claude Code.

Usage

Via Shell Script

Find schools near coordinates

./scripts/school-finder.sh '{"lat": 40.7589, "lon": -73.9851, "radius": 1600}'

Search for specific school types

./scripts/school-finder.sh '{"query": "elementary schools", "lat": 37.7749, "lon": -122.4194}'

Find universities in a city

./scripts/school-finder.sh '{"query": "universities in Boston", "limit": 15}'

Via curl

curl -H "X-API-Key: $CAMINO_API_KEY"
"https://api.getcamino.ai/query?query=schools&lat=40.7589&lon=-73.9851&radius=2000&rank=true"

Parameters

Parameter Type Required Default Description

query string No "schools" Search query (override for specific school types)

lat float No

Latitude for search center. AI generates if omitted for known locations.

lon float No

Longitude for search center. AI generates if omitted for known locations.

radius int No 2000 Search radius in meters

limit int No 20 Maximum results (1-100)

Response Format

{ "query": "schools", "results": [ { "name": "PS 234 Independence School", "lat": 40.7175, "lon": -74.0131, "type": "school", "distance_m": 320, "relevance_score": 0.91, "address": "..." } ], "ai_ranked": true, "pagination": { "total_results": 18, "limit": 20, "offset": 0, "has_more": false } }

Examples

Find elementary schools near a home

./scripts/school-finder.sh '{"query": "elementary schools", "lat": 40.7128, "lon": -74.0060, "radius": 1600}'

Find high schools in a suburb

./scripts/school-finder.sh '{"query": "high schools in Naperville Illinois", "limit": 10}'

Find universities near downtown

./scripts/school-finder.sh '{"query": "universities and colleges", "lat": 42.3601, "lon": -71.0589, "radius": 5000}'

Best Practices

• Use 1600m radius (approximately 1 mile) for elementary school searches near a home

• Use larger radius (3000-5000m) for high school and university searches

• Specify school type in the query for more targeted results (e.g., "elementary schools", "high schools", "universities")

• Combine with the real-estate skill for a complete neighborhood evaluation

• Combine with the route skill to calculate walking or driving times from home to school

• Combine with the relationship skill to check distances between home and multiple schools