Installation

Companion Skills: This is part of the Camino AI location intelligence suite. Install all available skills (query, places, relationship, context, route, journey, real-estate, hotel-finder, ev-charger, school-finder, parking-finder, fitness-finder, safety-checker, travel-planner) for comprehensive coverage.

# Install all skills from repo
npx skills add https://github.com/barneyjm/camino-skills

# Or install specific skills
npx skills add https://github.com/barneyjm/camino-skills --skill ev-charger

Via clawhub:

npx clawhub@latest install ev-charger
# or: pnpm dlx clawhub@latest install ev-charger
# or: bunx clawhub@latest install ev-charger

EV Charger Finder

Find EV charging stations along a route or near a destination. Uses OpenStreetMap data to locate charging infrastructure with AI-powered ranking.

Setup

Instant Trial (no signup required): Get a temporary API key with 25 calls:

curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email": "you@example.com"}' \
  https://api.getcamino.ai/trial/start

Returns: {"api_key": "camino-xxx...", "calls_remaining": 25, ...}

For 1,000 free calls/month, sign up at https://app.getcamino.ai/skills/activate.

Add your key to Claude Code:

Add to your ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "env": {
    "CAMINO_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
  }
}

Restart Claude Code.

Usage

Via Shell Script

# Find EV chargers near coordinates
./scripts/ev-charger.sh '{"lat": 34.0522, "lon": -118.2437, "radius": 5000}'

# Find chargers with custom query
./scripts/ev-charger.sh '{"query": "Tesla Supercharger stations", "lat": 37.7749, "lon": -122.4194}'

# Find chargers in a city
./scripts/ev-charger.sh '{"query": "EV charging stations in Austin Texas", "limit": 20}'

Via curl

curl -H "X-API-Key: $CAMINO_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.getcamino.ai/query?query=EV+charging+stations&lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&radius=5000&rank=true"

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	No	"EV charging stations"	Search query (override for specific charger types)
lat	float	No	-	Latitude for search center. AI generates if omitted for known locations.
lon	float	No	-	Longitude for search center. AI generates if omitted for known locations.
radius	int	No	5000	Search radius in meters (larger default for EV chargers)
limit	int	No	20	Maximum results (1-100)

Response Format

{
  "query": "EV charging stations",
  "results": [
    {
      "name": "ChargePoint Station",
      "lat": 34.0530,
      "lon": -118.2450,
      "type": "charging_station",
      "distance_m": 200,
      "relevance_score": 0.94,
      "address": "..."
    }
  ],
  "ai_ranked": true,
  "pagination": {
    "total_results": 12,
    "limit": 20,
    "offset": 0,
    "has_more": false
  }
}

Examples

Find chargers near a highway exit

./scripts/ev-charger.sh '{"query": "EV charging near Interstate 5", "lat": 34.0522, "lon": -118.2437, "radius": 10000}'

Find Tesla Superchargers

./scripts/ev-charger.sh '{"query": "Tesla Supercharger", "lat": 37.3861, "lon": -122.0839}'

Find chargers near a hotel

./scripts/ev-charger.sh '{"query": "EV charging stations near downtown Denver", "radius": 3000}'

Best Practices

Use a larger radius (5000-10000m) since EV chargers are less densely distributed than other amenities
Include the charger network name in the query if you need a specific one (e.g., "Tesla Supercharger", "ChargePoint")
Combine with the route skill to plan charging stops along a driving route
Combine with the relationship skill to check distances from chargers to your destination
For road trip planning, use the travel-planner skill with charging waypoints