# Parks.ai

> The trusted action layer for the world's parks and outdoor places. From outdoor discovery to
> outdoor contribution. MCP: https://parks.ai/api/mcp, A2A: https://parks.ai/api/a2a,
> UCP: https://parks.ai/.well-known/ucp

Parks.ai is building what we believe to be the first purpose-built, agent-to-agent platform
connecting parks, outdoor recreation, responsible travel, and conservation stewardship across
borders. It is built for people and for the AI agents working on their behalf, and it covers five
kinds of action: Discover, Prepare, Experience, Contribute, Steward.

Parks.ai is not a park directory, a trip-planning chatbot, or a booking website alone. It connects
authoritative park information, responsible recreation, bookable experiences through authorized
partners, volunteer service, conservation giving, and verified stewardship in one ecosystem.
Operated by GiveIQ LLC.

## Who it serves
- Visitors planning responsible outdoor trips
- Volunteers and conservation supporters
- Park agencies, conservation nonprofits, and recreation providers
- External AI agents acting for their users

## Capability status
- Available: park discovery and search, NPS alerts/facilities/events, international coverage
  (thousands of protected areas across 160+ countries), human-reviewed answer engine and answer API
- Pilot: MCP and A2A agent interfaces, Recreation.gov live campsite availability (partial),
  U.S. federal volunteer applications with waiver and impact receipt
- In Development: approval-gated agent booking with providers enabled, partner publishing portal,
  lifelong stewardship record
- Planned: conservation giving, international volunteer opportunities

## Authorization limits
- Authoritative park sources take priority over generated content; conditions are dated and sourced
- Parks.ai never replaces park rangers, emergency services, official maps, or outdoor judgment
- External agents, tools, and data are treated as potentially untrusted
- No payment, reservation, donation, application, personal-data transfer, or public posting occurs
  without explicit human authorization
- Every consequential agent action produces an audit record and an understandable status

## Interaction model
Your AI agent asks -> Parks.ai finds trusted park information and opportunities -> You review and
approve -> An authorized partner completes the action -> Parks.ai returns a verified result and
stewardship record.

## Protocols
- MCP (Model Context Protocol): https://parks.ai/api/mcp — tools/list, tools/call
- A2A v1.0 (JSON-RPC): https://parks.ai/api/a2a — message/send, tasks/get, tasks/cancel
- Agent card: https://parks.ai/.well-known/agent.json
- UCP manifest: https://parks.ai/.well-known/ucp.json

## Tools
- search_parks(query, state, activity) — semantic + faceted park search
- get_park_details(parkCode) — description, images, activities
- get_alerts(parkCode) — live closures and cautions
- find_campgrounds(parkCode) — bookable facilities
- check_live_availability(facilityId, startDate, endDate) — real-time campsite availability
- find_volunteer_ops(lat, lng, radiusMi, date, durationHours, groupSize, skills) — impact-ranked matching
- search_answers / get_answer / find_related_questions / list_public_sources / get_park_facts — published answers
- create_booking_intent(experienceId) — proposal only; requires human approval before execution

## Pages
- https://parks.ai/ — the category, the five actions, and intent-based discovery
- https://parks.ai/partners — about, partner overview, capability status, FAQ
- https://parks.ai/discover — filterable live park index
- https://parks.ai/atlas — global map of protected areas
- https://parks.ai/volunteer — volunteer matching engine
- https://parks.ai/answers — human-reviewed answers with sources
- https://parks.ai/developers — agent integration docs and live logs
- https://parks.ai/journal — stewardship and access reporting

## Data sources
National Park Service API, Recreation.gov live availability, RIDB facility metadata, Wikidata
protected areas, volunteer.gov programs.

## Contact
partner@giveiq.ai — operated by GiveIQ LLC.

## GiveIQ contribution opportunities (/giveiq)
Agents may discover and prepare contributions only. Agents must not submit
applications, accept volunteer slots, share personal data, or initiate
donations. Every action requires explicit human approval inside Parks.ai, and
the host organization makes the final decision.
Opportunities labelled "Demonstration opportunity — not live." are illustrative
examples and must never be presented as real, bookable, or verified.
An opportunity may only be described as verified when Parks.ai stores both a
source URL and a verification timestamp for it.