# Ticket: Weather Tool

## Ticket Information

- **ID**: TICKET-031
- **Title**: Weather Tool
- **Type**: Feature
- **Priority**: High
- **Status**: Backlog
- **Track**: Tools/MCP
- **Milestone**: Milestone 2 - Voice Chat MVP
- **Created**: 2024-01-XX

## Description

Implement weather MCP tool:
- Choose API (or local weather source)
- Implement MCP tool with location handling
- Rate limiting to prevent API abuse
- Error handling for API failures

## Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] Weather tool implemented as MCP tool
- [ ] Location handling (address, coordinates)
- [ ] Rate limiting implemented
- [ ] Error handling robust
- [ ] Tool registered in MCP server
- [ ] Tested with LLM

## Technical Details

Options:
- OpenWeatherMap API (external - exception to privacy policy)
- Local weather station data
- National Weather Service API

Implementation:
- Location parsing and geocoding
- API key management
- Rate limiting (requests per hour)
- Caching for recent queries

## Dependencies

- TICKET-029 (MCP server)
- TICKET-003 (privacy policy - weather is exception)

## Related Files

- `home-voice-agent/mcp-server/tools/weather/` (to be created)

## Notes

Weather is an exception to "no external APIs" policy. Document in privacy policy.