# Route lookups for AI agents via MCP

**Use case:** 

An AI agent connected to the Apify MCP server finds this Actor with search-actors and calls it with just an origin and a destination, here Brisbane Airport to the Gold Coast. It reads route.distanceM and route.durationS from the row and cites the geocoded places. No map API key, no second account.

## Input

```json
{
  "origin": "Brisbane Airport",
  "destination": "Gold Coast QLD",
  "profile": "car",
  "mode": "route",
  "geometry": "all",
  "steps": "none",
  "units": "km",
  "language": "en-GB",
  "elevationIntervalM": 0,
  "geocodeCountry": "AU",
  "looseGeocoding": false,
  "concurrency": 4
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "input.id": {
    "label": "ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "kind": {
    "label": "Kind",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "profile": {
    "label": "Profile",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "route.distanceM": {
    "label": "Distance (m)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "route.durationS": {
    "label": "Duration (s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "route.hasToll": {
    "label": "Tolls",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "route.hasFerry": {
    "label": "Ferry",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "summary.lengthM": {
    "label": "Line length (m)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "summary.gainM": {
    "label": "Climb (m)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "summary.lossM": {
    "label": "Descent (m)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "query.text": {
    "label": "Geocode query",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Directions, Routing & Distance Matrix API — no API key](https://apify.com/davidar/openstreetmap-directions-api.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/davidar/openstreetmap-directions-api.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/davidar/openstreetmap-directions-api.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).