Maryland Community Compass

Return census-tract-level neighborhood indicators for the point (demographics, housing, economic growth, development activity) with county and state medians for comparison. Pass an optional `metrics` list to filter to specific keys; otherwise a default subset is returned.

Look up SDAT (State Department of Assessments and Taxation) parcel data at a lat/lng. Returns parcel attributes: SDAT id, zoning code, acreage, assessed values, construction quality, sale history, utility service. Raw codes are translated to semantic names with human-readable descriptions.

Return active Baltimore City Vacant Building Notice (VBN) records on or near the given point. BC-only — points outside Baltimore City return `applicable: false` with a note. Default radius 0.1 miles.

Return the parcel's zoning classification, any Maryland state or local incentive-area overlays it falls inside (Enterprise Zone, Opportunity Zone, LIHTC QCT/DDA, Sustainable Community, Transit-Oriented Development, and others), and titles of overlapping community plans.

Return the markdown body of one comprehensive plan by plan_slug. Without `max_chars`, returns up to 120 KB and paginates the rest via `truncated: true` + `next_offset`. Response carries an absolute `pdf_url` for citation. Use `offset` + `max_chars` to fetch a narrow window.

Return the markdown body of one ordinance section by section_id. Without `max_chars`, returns up to 60 KB (the section-body cap); larger sections paginate via `truncated: true` + `next_offset`. Use `offset` + `max_chars` to fetch a narrow window.

Recommend funding programs by scoring against a structured profile of the user (org_type, county, industry, business_stage, demographics, need) rather than by keyword. Pass any subset of profile fields; each contributes to a composite score. Hard filters: is_accepting (default true), include_closed (default false), min_quality (default 'medium'). Programs with zero profile matches are excluded.

Postgres full-text search across one plan's chunk index by plan_slug. Each hit returns a match `offset` + `length` + a short snippet. Query supports websearch syntax. Default limit 8.

Full-text and faceted search over Maryland state and local government incentive programs (grants, loans, tax credits, training, technical assistance). Common Maryland agency acronyms auto-expand in both the free-text `query` and the `agency` filter (e.g. 'DHCD' matches 'Department of Housing and Community Development'). Filters are AND across fields, OR within a field, resolved case-insensitively (e.g., 'anne arundel' → 'Anne Arundel County'). Ambiguous filter values return an error listing the candidates; unknown filter values return an error with a pointer to list_filter_options.

Postgres full-text search across one jurisdiction's ordinance sections. Each hit returns section metadata, a short snippet, and the match `offset` + `length` within the section. Query supports websearch syntax (e.g. "C-2 use table", "parking minimum -waiver"). Ranks by relevance across subsection_title (weight A) and content (weight B). Pass `distinct=True` to collapse duplicate hits from the same parent section. Default limit 10. Zone codes: hyphenation variants (`RSF-95`, `RSF95`, and the Unicode-hyphen `RSF‐95`) are normalized to hit the same content — no need to guess which form the ordinance uses. Bare-code queries (e.g. `RSF-95` on its own) tend to surface use tables and dimensional standards that co-locate the zone code with heading text but not the words `permitted uses` or `dimensional requirements`, so a bare-code query alongside topic-narrowed queries is often more comprehensive than either alone.