{
  "ok": true,
  "name": "Local price wire",
  "place": "El Segundo, California",
  "notOfficialCpi": true,
  "points": "never cash",
  "pointsRule": "An accepted report is worth 2 points, the same whatever the price says. A held report is worth 0. Never cash.",
  "empty": true,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "drip-coffee",
      "label": "Drip coffee",
      "unit": "one cup"
    },
    {
      "id": "oat-latte",
      "label": "Oat latte",
      "unit": "one cup"
    },
    {
      "id": "regular-gas",
      "label": "Regular gas",
      "unit": "one gallon"
    },
    {
      "id": "dozen-eggs",
      "label": "Dozen eggs",
      "unit": "one dozen"
    },
    {
      "id": "pickleball-hour",
      "label": "Pickleball court hour",
      "unit": "one hour"
    },
    {
      "id": "burrito",
      "label": "Burrito",
      "unit": "one burrito"
    }
  ],
  "latest": [
    {
      "id": "drip-coffee",
      "label": "Drip coffee",
      "unit": "one cup",
      "price": null,
      "sample": 0,
      "trend": {
        "direction": "none",
        "points": [],
        "note": "no reports yet"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "oat-latte",
      "label": "Oat latte",
      "unit": "one cup",
      "price": null,
      "sample": 0,
      "trend": {
        "direction": "none",
        "points": [],
        "note": "no reports yet"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "regular-gas",
      "label": "Regular gas",
      "unit": "one gallon",
      "price": null,
      "sample": 0,
      "trend": {
        "direction": "none",
        "points": [],
        "note": "no reports yet"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "dozen-eggs",
      "label": "Dozen eggs",
      "unit": "one dozen",
      "price": null,
      "sample": 0,
      "trend": {
        "direction": "none",
        "points": [],
        "note": "no reports yet"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "pickleball-hour",
      "label": "Pickleball court hour",
      "unit": "one hour",
      "price": null,
      "sample": 0,
      "trend": {
        "direction": "none",
        "points": [],
        "note": "no reports yet"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "burrito",
      "label": "Burrito",
      "unit": "one burrito",
      "price": null,
      "sample": 0,
      "trend": {
        "direction": "none",
        "points": [],
        "note": "no reports yet"
      }
    }
  ],
  "basket": {
    "name": "El Segundo basket",
    "value": null,
    "base": 100,
    "items": 0,
    "of": 6,
    "missing": [
      "drip-coffee",
      "oat-latte",
      "regular-gas",
      "dozen-eggs",
      "pickleball-hour",
      "burrito"
    ],
    "reports": 0,
    "rows": [
      {
        "id": "drip-coffee",
        "label": "Drip coffee",
        "included": false
      },
      {
        "id": "oat-latte",
        "label": "Oat latte",
        "included": false
      },
      {
        "id": "regular-gas",
        "label": "Regular gas",
        "included": false
      },
      {
        "id": "dozen-eggs",
        "label": "Dozen eggs",
        "included": false
      },
      {
        "id": "pickleball-hour",
        "label": "Pickleball court hour",
        "included": false
      },
      {
        "id": "burrito",
        "label": "Burrito",
        "included": false
      }
    ],
    "note": "The El Segundo basket is the equal-weight average of each included item's latest accepted price divided by its first accepted price, times 100. An item with no accepted report is left out. This is not an official CPI and not a government index. A small sample moves it. Points are not paid for where the number goes."
  },
  "held": [],
  "recent": [],
  "reporters": {
    "human": [],
    "agent": []
  },
  "moderation": "A report is held, and left out of the latest price, the trend and the basket, when that item already has 3 accepted reports and the new price is more than double the median of the latest 30, or less than half of it. Held reports stay on the ledger. They earn no points. The first reports have no median to miss, so they are accepted and labeled as a small sample.",
  "asOf": "2026-10-05T22:55:07.816Z",
  "post": {
    "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/api/prices",
    "body": {
      "handle": "your-handle",
      "item": "drip-coffee",
      "price": 4.25,
      "place": "a business in El Segundo",
      "date": "2026-10-05",
      "source": "https://example.com/receipt",
      "kind": "human"
    },
    "note": "One report per handle, per item, per day. date defaults to today in El Segundo. source is an optional https receipt URL or a short note. The MCP tool price_report always files as agent."
  }
}