find_alternatives
Find Alternative Facilities
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Use when a user likes ONE specific facility and wants similar nearby options to consider instead ("what else looks like this?"). Example: "Find alternatives to the Ashburn QTS campus for about 50MW." — find_alternatives facility_id=<id>. Params: facility_id or name (the target, required); optional capacity_mw, radius_km, limit. Returns: ranked alternatives, each with similarity_score, match_reasons, and key_differences versus the target. Do NOT use to score one site (use score_facility or analyze_site) or to compare a known short-list head-to-head (use compare_sites); this DISCOVERS candidates from a single seed facility.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facility_id | string | yes | The seed facility id/slug (required) to find alternatives to, from a prior search result — there is no `name` param; an undeclared key is silently stripped |
| radius_km | number | no | Search radius in km for candidate alternatives around the seed facility |
| match_on | string | no | Optional similarity dimension to weight, e.g. capacity, operator, fiber, market |
| exclude_operator | boolean | no | If true, exclude facilities from the same operator as the seed |
| limit | integer | no | Max results to return (1-500; default varies by tool) |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"facility_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The seed facility id/slug (required) to find alternatives to, from a prior search result — there is no `name` param; an undeclared key is silently stripped"
},
"radius_km": {
"description": "Search radius in km for candidate alternatives around the seed facility",
"type": "number"
},
"match_on": {
"description": "Optional similarity dimension to weight, e.g. capacity, operator, fiber, market",
"type": "string"
},
"exclude_operator": {
"description": "If true, exclude facilities from the same operator as the seed",
"type": "boolean"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max results to return (1-500; default varies by tool)",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 500
}
},
"required": [
"facility_id"
]
}