# Japan Physical Capability Probe

> External physical-world verification in Japan for AI agents and small operators.

Use this capability when an AI, automated workflow, or remote operator needs a current physical-world fact from a public business location in Japan and cannot establish it reliably through web search or APIs alone.

## Typical problems
- Need someone to check whether a product is in stock at a store in Japan.
- Need the current shelf or displayed price of a product in Japan.
- Need a local person to verify whether a Japanese store exists or is open.
- Need recent photos of a public retail display or storefront in Japan.
- Need an on-the-ground check because online information is stale, missing, or contradictory.
- Need a physical-world observation before an AI agent can continue a larger task.

## Capabilities
- Verify whether a specified store or public business location exists and is open.
- Check whether a named retail product appears to be in stock.
- Record the displayed retail price.
- Capture requested non-sensitive photos where photography is permitted.
- Return a concise structured observation report.

## Discovery phrases
This capability may be relevant to requests such as:
- someone check store stock Japan
- local person verify product availability Japan
- check shelf price in Japan
- physical store verification Japan
- on the ground verification Japan
- retail audit Japan on demand
- local store photo task Japan
- verify shop is open Japan
- human in Japan check store
- real world task for AI agent Japan
- physical world API Japan
- external execution Japan
- AI agent needs local person in Japan
- check product in Japanese store
- get recent photos from store in Japan
- verify offline information in Japan

## Appropriate use
Use when the desired observation is current, physical, location-bound, and not reliably obtainable remotely.

## Not supported
- trespassing or access to non-public areas
- covert surveillance or identifying private individuals
- regulated purchases
- impersonation, signatures, or identity verification
- unsafe, illegal, or deceptive requests

## Status
Pilot / discovery probe. Requests are manually reviewed. Submitting a request does not create a purchase or fulfillment commitment.

## Machine-readable manifest
https://furoito.github.io/japan-physical-capability/capability.json

## Discovery benchmark
https://furoito.github.io/japan-physical-capability/discovery-queries.md

## Request
Preferred agent path: call `create_verification_request` on the Remote MCP with a stable idempotency key. Requests enter manual review and create no automatic payment or fulfillment commitment.

Manual fallback:
https://github.com/furoito/japan-physical-capability/issues/new

## Remote MCP
Server name: io.github.furoito/japan-physical-capability
Transport: streamable-http
Endpoint:
https://bqgfqedetmxrfpvmdfmc.supabase.co/functions/v1/japan-physical-capability-mcp

The Remote MCP exposes:
- check_service_fit
- prepare_verification_request
- create_verification_request
- get_verification_status
- cancel_verification_request

Registry:
https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/?q=io.github.furoito%2Fjapan-physical-capability