School Finder

Locate elementary schools, high schools, and universities near any address using Camino AI's location intelligence with AI-powered ranking.

Installation

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

Via clawhub:

npx clawhub@latest install camino-school-finder
# or: pnpm dlx clawhub@latest install camino-school-finder
# or: bunx clawhub@latest install camino-school-finder

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

Setup

These skills shell out to curl and authenticate via the CAMINO_API_KEY environment variable. Sign up at https://app.getcamino.ai/skills/activate for 100 free calls/month and an API key.

Add your key to Claude Code:

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

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

Restart Claude Code.

Alternative — pay-per-request via x402: Camino's paid endpoints also accept HTTP 402 payments in USDC on Base ($0.001/request) from any x402-capable client, with no signup or API key. These skills don't use this path; it's for agents and clients that speak x402 natively.

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 camino-real-estate skill for a complete neighborhood evaluation
• Combine with the camino-route skill to calculate walking or driving times from home to school
• Combine with the camino-relationship skill to check distances between home and multiple schools