LINZ Data Service
SkillSearchSearch and inspect LINZ Data Service public Koordinates catalogue layers, tables, services, licences, tags, and download/view capabilities through no-login JSON endpoints. Use when the task involves Toitū Te Whenua LINZ datasets such as addresses, parcels, imagery, hydrography, roads, property, or geospatial layers. Read-only; no API key needed for catalogue metadata.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the LINZ Data Service skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by thecolab-ai/.skills in skills/linz-data-service/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Goal
Find and inspect public LINZ Data Service catalogue records and advertised services without logging in.
CLI
python3 skills/linz-data-service/scripts/cli.py search address --json
python3 skills/linz-data-service/scripts/cli.py layer 123113 --json
python3 skills/linz-data-service/scripts/cli.py services 123113
Commands:
search QUERY [--limit N] [--json]- search public LDS layerslayer ID [--json]- layer metadata, licence, tags, permissions, descriptionservices ID [--json]- advertised OGC/Koordinates service templates and auth requirements
Resources
- CLI:
scripts/cli.py - Smoke test:
scripts/smoke_test.py - API notes:
references/api-notes.md
Notes
Metadata/search is no-auth. Some download/query service URLs advertise API-key variants; the skill reports those boundaries rather than bypassing them.
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 25
- Forks
- 6
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Advanced
- Catalog kind
- skill
- Gateway key
linz-data-service- Source
- github.com/thecolab-ai/.skills