korea-weather

The Korea Weather skill provides a streamlined interface to access short-term weather forecasts in South Korea using the official Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA) services. By leveraging a proxy service called `k-skill-proxy`, users can retrieve weather data without directly managing their own KMA Open API key. This approach simplifies secure access to weather information and removes the need for individual API key registration, ensuring that sensitive credentials remain confined to the proxy server.

The skill supports querying weather forecasts based on either grid coordinates (`nx`, `ny`) or geographic coordinates (`lat`, `lon`). Users can optionally specify the forecast's base date and time, or allow the proxy to automatically select the most recent forecast in Korean Standard Time. The response is summarized conservatively, highlighting key weather elements such as temperature, sky conditions, precipitation type and probability, rainfall, snowfall, humidity, and wind speed. The workflow ensures that each forecast is accompanied by the request timestamp and the original forecast announcement time, maintaining clarity and traceability.

This skill is particularly useful for developers, meteorology enthusiasts, or applications that need timely weather information for locations across South Korea. Typical use cases include checking current weather in specific cities, retrieving forecasts by latitude and longitude, and integrating weather summaries into applications or services without exposing sensitive API keys. It caters to users who value ease of access, data security, and concise weather reporting.