rank_cities
Rank cities by composite quality score
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Rank supported cities by composite quality-of-life score across five weighted dimensions (financial, healthcare, vacation, childcare, safety_net). Returns top N (default 10), with filters for country, countries, region (europe/asia/north_america/south_america/oceania), has_universal_healthcare, include_cities, and exclude_cities. Use this to shortlist across many cities; for a head-to-head between two named cities use compare_cities. The same scenario is applied to every city so scores are directly comparable (default: single person, 2BR rent, $100k USD-equivalent gross). Read-only, no side effects; returns a text summary plus structured JSON.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| weights | object | no | Override the composite-score weights. Defaults: financial 30, healthcare 20, vacation 15, childcare 15, safety_net 20. |
| filter | object | no | Restrict which cities are ranked, by country, region, universal-healthcare flag, or explicit include/exclude slug lists. Omit to rank all supported cities. |
| scenario | object | no | Override the default ranking scenario. The same scenario is applied to every city so scores are comparable. |
| limit | integer | no | Max results to return. Default 10. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"weights": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"financial": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100
},
"healthcare": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100
},
"vacation": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100
},
"childcare": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100
},
"safety_net": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Override the composite-score weights. Defaults: financial 30, healthcare 20, vacation 15, childcare 15, safety_net 20."
},
"filter": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"country": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64,
"description": "Restrict to one country (case-insensitive match against city_data.country, e.g. \"Germany\", \"USA\", \"United Kingdom\")."
},
"countries": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64
},
"maxItems": 50,
"description": "Restrict to multiple countries."
},
"region": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"europe",
"asia",
"north_america",
"south_america",
"oceania"
],
"description": "Restrict to one region."
},
"has_universal_healthcare": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "If true, only return cities with universal healthcare; if false, only without."
},
"include_cities": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64
},
"maxItems": 100,
"description": "Restrict to a specific set of city slugs. Combined with other filters via intersection."
},
"exclude_cities": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64
},
"maxItems": 100,
"description": "Skip these specific city slugs from the result."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Restrict which cities are ranked, by country, region, universal-healthcare flag, or explicit include/exclude slug lists. Omit to rank all supported cities."
},
"scenario": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"gross_salary_usd": {
"type": "number",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"maximum": 5000000,
"description": "USD-equivalent salary to model in each city (converts to local currency). Default 100000."
},
"has_partner": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Default false."
},
"partner_gross_salary_usd": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 5000000,
"description": "Required when has_partner=true."
},
"kids_ages": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 25
},
"maxItems": 10,
"description": "Default []."
},
"bedrooms": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 5,
"description": "Default 2."
},
"housing_mode": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"rent",
"own",
"own_outright"
],
"description": "Default rent."
},
"lifestyle": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"frugal",
"typical",
"generous"
],
"description": "Default typical."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Override the default ranking scenario. The same scenario is applied to every city so scores are comparable."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50,
"description": "Max results to return. Default 10."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}