AreaOps Documentation
AreaOps docs
AreaOps documentation is organised in four parts: how to build on the API, the files written for AI agents, how the ZIP scoring data works, and how operators use the product day to day. If you are wiring up an agent or writing code against AreaOps, start at the developer portal.
Build on AreaOps
Everything needed to call AreaOps from code or from an AI agent: authentication, the MCP tool catalogue, rate-limit conventions, and worked examples.
- Developer portal
Quickstart, API-key authentication, MCP server setup, the CLI, endpoint reference, rate limits, and error codes.
- OpenAPI 3.1 contract
The machine-readable API description. Unique operationIds, typed parameters and response schemas — ready for LLM function calling.
- MCP discovery document
Public, unauthenticated description of the Model Context Protocol server and its 17 tools.
- AreaOps for AI agents
What an agent can do with AreaOps, what stays behind human review, and where the data boundary sits.
Agent instructions
Files written for machines rather than people. Point a crawler, an answer engine, or an agent's context loader at these.
- llms.txt
What AreaOps is, when an agent should reach for it, how to call it, and the citation-safe boundary on public data.
- llms-full.txt
Every public page inlined as one markdown document, for context loading in a single fetch.
- agent-instructions.md
The when-to-use guidance on its own, as plain markdown.
- Sitemap index
Every indexable URL on the site, split into per-type child sitemaps.
How the data works
The scoring model is documented in full — every source, every signal, every per-vertical weight. Nothing about a score is a black box.
- Scoring methodology
How a ZIP code gets a 0–100 targeting score: the Census ACS signals, the per-vertical weights, and the known limitations.
- ZIP code targeting scores study
The flagship data study, with a downloadable summary CSV.
- Service area data index
Entry point into the per-vertical, per-metro and per-ZIP data pages.
Using the product
Strategy guides for the operators and agencies who run the territories AreaOps manages.
- Vertical strategy guides
Eight guides — roofing, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, pest control, windows & siding, gutters.
- ZIP targeting for Google Local Services Ads
Turning scores into an LSA targeting list that does not burn budget on low-intent ZIPs.
- Direct mail ZIP list builder
Building a scored, filterable mailing list and exporting it to a mail vendor.
- Pricing
Plan, included seats, included agent units, and metered overage rates.
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