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Zillow Skills

Zillow skills for AI agents — Zestimates, comps, listings & price history for 160M+ US homes. One-command install, free tier.

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What is Zillow Skills?

Zillow Skills (powered by Zillapi) provides Zillow-sourced property data for AI agents: Zestimates, comparable sales (comps), for-sale/sold/rental listings, photos, tax records, schools, and full price history for 160M+ U.S. homes. It’s an independent service (not affiliated with Zillow) designed as a drop-in skill/toolkit for agent frameworks.

How to use Zillow Skills

  • Install as an agent skill (examples):
    • npx clawhub@latest install zillow-full
    • hermes skills install skills-sh/nikhonit/zillow-skills/skills/zillow-full
    • npx skills add nikhonit/zillow-skills
  • Set your API key in the environment: export ZILLAPI_KEY=“zk_…” (get a free key at https://zillapi.com/signup)
  • Call the skill from Claude, ChatGPT agent loops, Cursor, Hermes, or your own automation. The repo provides focused skill variants and a full toolkit.

Key features

  • Zestimates and valuation lookups
  • Property search by bounding box or location
  • Address and URL lookups
  • Full price history, taxes, schools, photos, agent info
  • Multiple skill variants: zillow-full (complete), zillow-zestimate (lightweight), zillow-search (listings)
  • Simple auth via ZILLAPI_KEY and REST/OpenAPI endpoint (https://api.zillapi.com/mcp, openapi: https://zillapi.com/openapi.json)
  • Pure Python standard library implementation (no dependencies)
  • Free tier with immediate signup (100 credits, no card)

Use cases

  1. Automated property valuations and comparative market analyses inside AI agent workflows
  2. Real-estate lead generation and listing discovery for brokers/agents
  3. Rental market scans and investment property screening
  4. Augmenting chat assistants (Claude/ChatGPT agents) with live property data
  5. Building dashboards or analytics pipelines that need property history, photos, and tax data

FAQ

  • Is Zillapi affiliated with Zillow?

No. Zillapi is independent and not endorsed by Zillow Group. “Zillow” and “Zestimate” are Zillow trademarks.

  • How do I get started and is there a free tier?

Get a free API key at https://zillapi.com/signup (100 credits, no card required). One credit roughly equals one property record returned.

  • What are rate limits and pricing?

Free signup includes 20 requests/min. Full pricing is available at https://zillapi.com/pricing. Failed calls do not consume credits.

  • Do I need any dependencies to use the skills?

No. The provided Python skills use only the standard library. Installation for agent frameworks is via npx/hermes/skills commands as shown.

  • What license governs the project?

MIT No Attribution (MIT-0) — fork and use without attribution.

  • How accurate are Zestimates?

Zestimates are provided as sourced data from Zillow via Zillapi. Accuracy varies by market and should be used as guidance, not a formal appraisal.

  • Where can I find API docs and source?

API reference: https://zillapi.com/openapi.json; Hosted API: https://api.zillapi.com/mcp; Repo: https://github.com/nikhonit/zillow-skills