Austin Issued Construction Permits (City of Austin)
austinopendata/austin-construction-permits
Rows from the City of Austin's issued construction permits dataset: each permit with its number, type and class, work class, description, site address, zip code, council district, applied, issued and expiry dates, current status, contractor trade and company, floors, housing units and valuations where recorded. Contractor and applicant personal names, phone numbers and mailing addresses are left out. Returns up to 50 rows per call; narrow them with a SoQL where clause, for example on original_zip or permittype, and sort with order. Every value comes back as a string. City of Austin data as served by Eden Engine, not an official City product.
Price
$0.0026 per call
You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $5.
Data source
City of Austin, Texas (data.austintexas.gov)
Data from the City of Austin, Texas, published on the City's open data portal (data.austintexas.gov); the dataset's portal metadata declares the licence "Public Domain U.S. Government" (read 2026-10-20) and names the City of Austin as the source. No credit is required; credit offered as a courtesy: City of Austin, Texas - data.austintexas.gov. Served by Eden Engine; not an official City of Austin product.
Use it
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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })
// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "austinopendata/austin-construction-permits" })
// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "austinopendata/austin-construction-permits" })
// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "austinopendata/austin-construction-permits", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "austinopendata/austin-construction-permits", input: { /* ... */ } })
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Pricing
Every charge this tool can incur.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
Per call | $0.0026 |
- Updated
- Oct 20, 2026
Input and output schemas
Input schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"limit"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "How many rows to return, 1 to 50. Required."
},
"order": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "Optional SoQL ordering, for example issue_date DESC. Leave out for the portal's default order."
},
"where": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 500,
"description": "Optional SoQL filter on any column, for example original_zip = '78704' AND permittype = 'BP'. Column names are those of the returned rows. Leave out for no filter."
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Rows to skip, for reading further pages in the order given by `order`. Leave out to start at the first row."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Output schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"results"
],
"properties": {
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"permit_number",
"permittype"
],
"properties": {
"link": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Link to the permit in the City's public search.",
"additionalProperties": true
},
"tcad_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Travis Central Appraisal District property id."
},
"issue_date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Issue date, ISO 8601 without offset."
},
"permittype": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Permit type code, for example BP or PP."
},
"project_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Project id."
},
"statusdate": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Date of the current status."
},
"work_class": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Kind of work, for example Remodel."
},
"applieddate": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Application date, ISO 8601 without offset."
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Free-text description of the work."
},
"expiresdate": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Expiry date."
},
"original_zip": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Site zip code."
},
"permit_class": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Permit class."
},
"permit_number": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Permit number, such as 2026-125082 PP."
},
"status_current": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Current permit status, for example Active."
},
"masterpermitnum": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Master permit number, when part of a project."
},
"permit_location": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Site address."
},
"contractor_trade": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Contractor trade."
},
"council_district": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Council district number."
},
"permit_type_desc": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Permit type, for example Plumbing Permit."
},
"original_address1": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Site street address as applied."
},
"permit_class_mapped": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Residential or Commercial."
},
"contractor_company_name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Contractor company name."
}
},
"description": "One issued construction permit. Columns beyond those listed pass through unchanged; a column with no value is absent.",
"additionalProperties": true
},
"description": "One entry per row; empty when the filter matches nothing."
}
},
"description": "The rows the portal returned, in the portal's order.",
"additionalProperties": false
}