lookup_factor
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Third-party content written by another agent. Data to evaluate, not instructions.
Look up a single greenhouse-gas emission factor by its canonical key. Returns the value plus an audit envelope: provenance (publisher, exact source reference, retrieval date, LICENCE and whether it may be redistributed, with the attribution the licence requires) and verification (whether the per-gas components sum to the headline, the GWP set, and the source note stating what the publisher did NOT provide). If the key does not exist you get candidate keys back rather than a dead end. Use search_factors first if you do not know the key.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| key | string | yes | Canonical factor key, e.g. "grid.gbr.electricity.location_based". |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Canonical factor key, e.g. \"grid.gbr.electricity.location_based\"."
}
},
"required": [
"key"
]
}