{"protocolVersion":"0.3.0","name":"Frontera Signal","description":"Construction data for the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, paid per call: weekly permits, building-input prices, housing supply and labor for Hidalgo and Cameron counties; commercial projects, projects near an address, company track records with trade licenses, monthly housing permits and filed cost per square foot for Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr and Willacy; Hidalgo County parcel records; shelf prices for common building materials. No account or API key: each call is paid with x402.","url":"https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1","version":"1.3.0","provider":{"organization":"Frontera Signal","url":"https://fronterasignal.com"},"documentationUrl":"https://fronterasignal.com/openapi.json","capabilities":{"streaming":false,"pushNotifications":false,"stateTransitionHistory":false},"defaultInputModes":["text/plain"],"defaultOutputModes":["application/json"],"skills":[{"id":"snapshot","name":"City construction snapshot","description":"One Valley city's (or the whole Valley's) latest permits, monthly housing permits by structure type, sales-tax receipts, housing supply, building-input and material prices, labor conditions, newest commercial projects and this morning's mortgage rate, 10-year yield and diesel price, every value dated. GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/snapshot, $0.02 per call. Free sample: https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/snapshot.json","tags":["construction","rio-grande-valley","texas","snapshot"],"examples":["Is McAllen's housing market oversupplied and are building costs rising this week?"],"inputModes":["text/plain"],"outputModes":["application/json"]},{"id":"projects","name":"New commercial projects","description":"Commercial projects filed with the state before they build: name, address, owner, design firm, estimated cost, square feet, start and end dates, newest first. GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/projects, $0.03 per call. 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Free sample: https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/companies.json","tags":["construction","rio-grande-valley","texas","companies"],"examples":["How many projects has this developer filed in the Valley since 2024, and how large was the biggest one?"],"inputModes":["text/plain"],"outputModes":["application/json"]},{"id":"nearby","name":"Projects near an address","description":"Filed commercial projects within a radius of a Valley street address: how many, their summed and largest filed cost, a split by type of work, and each project with its distance and map point, nearest first. GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/nearby, $0.03 per call. Free sample: https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/nearby.json","tags":["construction","rio-grande-valley","texas","nearby"],"examples":["How many commercial projects were filed within two miles of 1201 E Capote Central Ave, Pharr, and what are they worth?"],"inputModes":["text/plain"],"outputModes":["application/json"]},{"id":"parcel","name":"Parcel record for an address","description":"The Hidalgo County parcel at a street address: parcel and map ids, property class, acres, year built, building square feet, last deed date and type, market, appraised and assessed values with their date, taxing units, the owner when it is an organization, and flood map status. GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/parcel, $0.04 per call. Free sample: https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/parcel.json","tags":["construction","rio-grande-valley","texas","parcel"],"examples":["What is the parcel id, building size and market value of 800 S 10th St, McAllen?"],"inputModes":["text/plain"],"outputModes":["application/json"]},{"id":"cost-per-sqft","name":"Filed cost per square foot","description":"Median and middle half (25th to 75th percentile) of filed cost per square foot by county and type of work, with n and the date range. GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/cost-per-sqft, $0.03 per call. Free sample: https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/cost-per-sqft.json","tags":["construction","rio-grande-valley","texas","cost-per-sqft"],"examples":["What does new commercial construction cost per square foot in Hidalgo County right now?"],"inputModes":["text/plain"],"outputModes":["application/json"]},{"id":"materials","name":"Building material shelf prices","description":"Dated shelf prices for common building materials at Valley big-box stores and a local yard, newest price per item and store first. GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/materials, $0.01 per call. Free sample: https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/materials.json","tags":["construction","rio-grande-valley","texas","materials"],"examples":["What does a sheet of 7/16 OSB cost in McAllen this week?"],"inputModes":["text/plain"],"outputModes":["application/json"]},{"id":"series-permits-weekly","name":"Building permits by week","description":"Building-permit counts by Valley city, permit class and ISO week, each row reported, dark or no_reading. GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/permits-weekly, $0.05 per call. 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Free sample: https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/series-permits-monthly.json","tags":["construction","rio-grande-valley","texas","series-permits-monthly"],"examples":["How many single-family homes did Brownsville permit each month this year?"],"inputModes":["text/plain"],"outputModes":["application/json"]},{"id":"series-cost-basket-weekly","name":"Building-input prices by week","description":"Level, unit and direction (up, down, flat) of framing lumber, studs, OSB, drywall, rebar, copper, diesel, the 30-year mortgage rate and the construction producer price index, by week. GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/cost-basket-weekly, $0.05 per call. Free sample: https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/series-cost-basket-weekly.json","tags":["construction","rio-grande-valley","texas","weekly-series"],"examples":["Has framing lumber gone up or down since August?"],"inputModes":["text/plain"],"outputModes":["application/json"]},{"id":"series-absorption","name":"Housing supply by week","description":"Months of supply, homes for sale, homes sold, days on market and typical home value for the McAllen and Brownsville metros, as read each week. GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/absorption, $0.05 per call. Free sample: https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/series-absorption.json","tags":["construction","rio-grande-valley","texas","weekly-series"],"examples":["Is the McAllen metro carrying more than six months of housing supply?"],"inputModes":["text/plain"],"outputModes":["application/json"]},{"id":"series-labor-ranges","name":"Labor and financing conditions","description":"Build time for a 2,100 sq ft house, the immigration-enforcement climate and the construction-loan trend in the Valley, by week. GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/labor-ranges, $0.05 per call. 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