BorderScout

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  "protocolVersion": "0.3.0",
  "name": "BorderScout",
  "description": "Machine-payable US border-crossing queries over x402. Ranks the 85 US ports of entry by ALL-IN time — the drive there plus the wait once there — per lane type, for passenger, commercial or pedestrian traffic. The nearest crossing is often not the fastest. Live CBP data.",
  "author": "BorderScout",
  "wellKnownURI": "https://borderscout.scalpstream.com/.well-known/agent-card.json",
  "url": "https://borderscout.scalpstream.com/a2a",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "provider": {
    "organization": "BorderScout",
    "url": "https://borderscout.scalpstream.com/"
  },
  "documentationUrl": "https://borderscout.scalpstream.com/.well-known/x402",
  "iconUrl": "https://borderscout.scalpstream.com/icon.png",
  "supportsAuthenticatedExtendedCard": false,
  "security": [],
  "securitySchemes": {},
  "capabilities": {
    "streaming": false,
    "pushNotifications": false,
    "stateTransitionHistory": false,
    "extensions": [
      {
        "uri": "https://github.com/google-a2a/a2a-x402/v0.1",
        "params": {
          "assets": [
            "XRP",
            "RLUSD",
            "USDC"
          ],
          "networks": [
            "xrpl:0",
            "eip155:8453",
            "eip155:42161",
            "eip155:137"
          ],
          "priceUSD": "0.01",
          "resource": "https://borderscout.scalpstream.com/crossings",
          "discovery": "https://borderscout.scalpstream.com/.well-known/x402"
        },
        "required": false,
        "description": "Paid data is settled over x402 (HTTP 402). The A2A endpoint itself is free."
      }
    ]
  },
  "defaultInputModes": [
    "text/plain"
  ],
  "defaultOutputModes": [
    "text/plain",
    "application/json"
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "id": "best-border-crossing",
      "name": "fastest border crossing from a location",
      "description": "Given a place, returns US border crossings ranked by total time (drive + current wait), honouring lane eligibility (standard, SENTRI/NEXUS, Ready, FAST) and vehicle type.",
      "tags": [
        "border",
        "border crossing",
        "border wait",
        "CBP",
        "customs",
        "port of entry",
        "Mexico border",
        "Canada border",
        "SENTRI",
        "NEXUS",
        "FAST",
        "trucking",
        "freight",
        "logistics",
        "dispatch",
        "wait times",
        "x402",
        "Global Entry",
        "Ready lane",
        "San Ysidro",
        "Otay Mesa",
        "Tijuana",
        "Laredo",
        "Nogales",
        "Buffalo",
        "Blaine",
        "border patrol",
        "commercial vehicle",
        "pedestrian"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "border wait times near San Diego",
        "fastest crossing into Mexico from Laredo for a truck",
        "best border crossing from Buffalo",
        "I have SENTRI — quickest crossing from San Diego"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lane-and-vehicle-waits",
      "name": "wait times by lane and vehicle type",
      "description": "Current CBP waits broken out per lane — standard, SENTRI/NEXUS, Ready, FAST — and per vehicle type (passenger, commercial, pedestrian), because eligibility changes which crossing is actually fastest.",
      "tags": [
        "lane",
        "SENTRI",
        "NEXUS",
        "FAST",
        "Ready lane",
        "Global Entry",
        "commercial",
        "truck",
        "pedestrian",
        "passenger",
        "wait times",
        "CBP",
        "x402"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "SENTRI wait at Otay Mesa",
        "commercial truck wait at Laredo",
        "pedestrian wait at San Ysidro right now"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nearest-vs-fastest",
      "name": "the nearest crossing is often not the fastest",
      "description": "Compares the closest port of entry against the one with the lowest all-in time, so a longer drive to a shorter queue is surfaced rather than assumed away.",
      "tags": [
        "nearest",
        "fastest",
        "compare",
        "detour",
        "all-in time",
        "routing",
        "dispatch",
        "logistics",
        "freight",
        "x402"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "is the nearest crossing to San Diego the fastest",
        "should I drive further for a shorter border wait from Laredo",
        "compare crossings near Buffalo"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "conformance": true,
  "conformance_errors": null,
  "homepage": null,
  "repository": null,
  "license": null,
  "pricing": null,
  "contact": null,
  "id": "fe3f6353-75c5-40b7-9538-dcc3c23859dd"
}