02 / TRACE DIRECTION

See where a place is heading.

Shelob compares observations through time to show the direction and pace of change rather than only the latest known state.

WHAT IT MEANS

A trajectory connects successive observations across land use, infrastructure, hazards, activity and access to expose movement that a snapshot misses.

SHELOB / find_changesLONGITUDINAL
TRACKED LOCATIONMIAMI-DADE LOGISTICS / FL-22

Risk index · 2022 = 100

SIGNALCHANGE
Flood exposure100108119133+33%
Impervious surface100104109114+14%
Drainage headroom100826138−62%
Secondary access100968674−26%
JUN 2025 / LOSS DRIVERS CONVERGERenewal risk is rising.

Flood exposure is rising while drainage headroom and secondary access fall. The trajectory becomes visible before claims history catches up.

4 observation windows18 attributed sourcesLoss drivers rankedConfidence 0.92
02 / WHAT SHELOB DOES

See change build before the outcome arrives.

01

Build the timeline

Line up successive observations for the same place even when publishers update at different times and use different boundaries or identifiers.

CONNECTS
Historic boundaries · approvals · hazards · activity · access
WHAT YOU GET
A longitudinal record of what changed, when it changed and which source recorded it.
02

Find the inflection

Separate noise from persistent movement, then show where multiple signals begin to diverge or compound.

CONNECTS
Direction · pace · persistence · thresholds · correlated change
WHAT YOU GET
An earlier view of emerging pressure than a single current-state dataset can provide.
03

Explain the trajectory

Rank the observations driving the trend and keep the source, date, confidence and licence record attached.

CONNECTS
Drivers · evidence windows · confidence · attribution · data rights
WHAT YOU GET
A trend that an analyst, agent or model can inspect instead of a score it must trust blindly.
03 / EXAMPLE ANSWER

Which logistics sites are moving towards higher disruption risk and what changed first?

ANSWER / FIND_CHANGESILLUSTRATIVE

Six sites show a rising exposure trajectory. At two sites, freight growth and sealed-surface expansion are outpacing drainage and road resilience.

4 observation windows12 attributed sourcesChange drivers rankedConfidence 0.91
04 / PUT IT TO WORK

Turn change over time into an early warning.

INSURANCE

See exposure move before claims catch up

Track flood, fire, access, development and infrastructure signals across insured locations before renewal or accumulation reviews.

Portfolio monitoring · renewal evidence · emerging exposureSet up the API ↗
PLANNING + CONSTRUCTION

Find where growth is outrunning capacity

Compare approvals and activity with power, roads, drainage, access and workable conditions as a programme evolves.

Capacity gaps · delivery pressure · intervention timingSet up the API ↗
AGENTS

Ask what changed and what changed first

Give Claude, Codex and IDE agents bounded trajectory tools through the Shelob skill and authenticated MCP.

Tool-ready timelines · ranked drivers · evidence attachedConnect your agent ↗
FRONTIER AI

Train on how the physical world changes

Use attributed observation sequences for temporal reasoning, evaluation, retrieval and inference grounding.

Longitudinal data · provenance · licence-aware deliveryTalk to our data team ↗

Monitor a site, portfolio or region through the interface that fits the work.

Ask Shelob about a place ↗Connect your agent ↗Frontier AI data ↗