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# geo_get

Fetch one canonical geography with its relationship context.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Category | Geography (`geo`) |
| Exposure | public |
| MCP tool | `geo_get` |
| Documentation | https://www.agentdatasets.com/docs/tools/geo_get |

## Description

Fetch one canonical geography with its relationship context.

The scalar shared envelope returns identity, official level/code/name,
country/state, bottom-up containment parents, up to 50 inline official
crosswalks with an explicit truncation flag, row `as_of`, source, and
required attribution. `pagination` is null. Use `geo_crosswalk` for a
complete paged crosswalk list and `geo_contains` for descendants.
`unknown_entity` includes suggested IDs when possible.

Example: `geo_get(geography_id="county_48201")`.

## Parameters

Input schema advertised to MCP clients and mirrored by the REST query string.

| Parameter | In | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| geography_id | input | `string` | yes | — | — | Exact stable geography_id returned by geo_resolve, such as 'county_48201' or 'au_gccsa_1gsyd'. |

## Provenance

- `abs_asgs` — Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4: 2026 SA3-and-higher hierarchy, with Edition 3 2025 Local Government Areas (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (cc-by-4.0)). See https://www.agentdatasets.com/docs/attribution.md
- `census_geo` — U.S. Census Bureau, State and county geography reference codes (2020 vintage) (U.S. Government work, public domain (us-gov-public-domain); standard Census non-endorsement caveat applies). See https://www.agentdatasets.com/docs/attribution.md
- `census_rel2020` — U.S. Census Bureau, ZCTA-to-county relationship file (2020 vintage) (U.S. Government work, public domain (us-gov-public-domain); standard Census non-endorsement caveat applies). See https://www.agentdatasets.com/docs/attribution.md
- `omb_delineation_2023` — Office of Management and Budget (delineation lists distributed via the U.S. Census Bureau), Core-based statistical area (CBSA) delineation lists (2023 vintage) (U.S. Government work, public domain (us-gov-public-domain); standard Census non-endorsement caveat applies). See https://www.agentdatasets.com/docs/attribution.md

Dataset registry: `geo_au_asgs`, `geo_us_reference`.
