Belgian real estate from Zimmo with exact addresses, sold comps, commune prices per m² and a local store for deal sourcing.
Search Zimmo's listings, including sold and rented ones, from the terminal with no account. Listings you find are stored locally, which powers comps, underpriced, peb-trap, yield and motivated, and same-as matches them against the immoweb-pp-cli and immovlan-pp-cli stores.
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Created by @sambassio (sambassio).
Authentication
No account or key. The CLI mints Zimmo's anonymous web token automatically (valid 24 hours) and caches it.
Quick Start
# Check connectivity; the anonymous token is minted on first use
zimmo-pp-cli doctor
# Resolve a postcode to Zimmo place ids
zimmo-pp-cli places --postal-code 1050
# Search and store matching listings
zimmo-pp-cli find --postcode 1050 --type apartment --max-price 400000
# Read one listing in full by its Zimmo code
zimmo-pp-cli show LAISZ
# Commune price per m² with its monthly history
zimmo-pp-cli prices --postcode 1050
Unique Features
Commands built on the local store and on fields only Zimmo publishes (exact address, EPC kWh, rent, sold listings).
Deal sourcing
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enrich — Refresh stored listings from Zimmo, resumably: status changes, price history, EPC, flood and planning flags, GPS.
Run it before peb-trap or motivated so their filters see detail fields.
zimmo-pp-cli enrich --missing epc,flood --top 200
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peb-trap — Energy-poor stored listings (EPC F/G or high kWh/m²), rented ones first with their rent, showing Zimmo's renovation-obligation flag.
Surfaces owners under pressure to sell.
zimmo-pp-cli peb-trap --postcode 1030 --max-price 450000
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motivated — Rank listings by seller pressure: days on market, total price cut, re-listing, EPC.
Finds negotiable deals first.
zimmo-pp-cli motivated --postcode 1030 --min-days 120
Cross-portal
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same-as — Find the Immoweb or Immovlan twin of a Zimmo listing and the price gap between portals.
Dedupe leads across Belgian portals without refetching anything.
zimmo-pp-cli same-as --all --unmatched --agent
Valuation
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comps — Sold or rented listings around one property with median €/m² and the subject's gap to it.
Median sold €/m² around the subject and its gap to it; Zimmo lists few sold properties, so the result widens to the postcode when thin.
zimmo-pp-cli comps LAISZ --radius 800m --months 24 --agent
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underpriced — Rank stored for-sale houses and apartments by discount to their commune's €/m² (viager, whole buildings and service flats skipped).
Turns thousands of listings into a short list of apparent bargains.
zimmo-pp-cli underpriced --postcode 1050 --type apartment --below 15
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yield — Gross rental yield of sale listings: the published rent when let, otherwise rentals of similar surface in the same postcode and type.
Buy-to-let screening without a spreadsheet.
zimmo-pp-cli yield --all --postcode 1060 --min 5
Recipes
Cheap flats in Ixelles
zimmo-pp-cli find --postcode 1050 --type apartment --max-price 300000 --agent --select listings.zimmo_code,listings.price,listings.surface_m2,listings.epc,listings.address
Narrow a large listing payload to the fields that matter.
Sold comps for a lead
zimmo-pp-cli comps LAISZ --radius 800m --months 24
Sold listings nearby with median price per m²; widens to the postcode when the radius is thin.
Daily PEB hunt
zimmo-pp-cli peb-trap --postcode 1030 --max-price 450000 --json
Reads the local store: run zimmo-pp-cli watch run --all first; a one-off zimmo-pp-cli find --epc F,G also works. Energy-poor listings, rented ones first with their current rent.
Daily alert
zimmo-pp-cli watch run --all --json
New, cheaper and gone listings for every saved search since the last run.
Usage
Run zimmo-pp-cli --help for the full command reference and flag list.
Paths & environment variables
This CLI separates local files into four path kinds:
| Kind | Contents |
|---|
config | User-editable settings such as config.toml and saved profiles |
data | Durable local data such as data.db |
state | Runtime state such as persisted queries, jobs, and teach.log |
cache | Regenerable HTTP/cache files |
Each kind resolves independently. The ladder is:
- Per-kind env var:
ZIMMO_CONFIG_DIR, ZIMMO_DATA_DIR, ZIMMO_STATE_DIR, or ZIMMO_CACHE_DIR
--home <dir> for this invocationZIMMO_HOME for a flat relocated root- XDG env vars:
XDG_CONFIG_HOME, XDG_DATA_HOME, XDG_STATE_HOME, XDG_CACHE_HOME
- Platform defaults matching existing installs
For containers and agent sandboxes, prefer a single relocated root:
export ZIMMO_HOME=/srv/zimmo
zimmo-pp-cli doctor
Under ZIMMO_HOME=/srv/zimmo, the four dirs resolve to /srv/zimmo/config, /srv/zimmo/data, /srv/zimmo/state, and /srv/zimmo/cache.
MCP servers do not receive CLI flags from the host. Put relocation in the host env block:
{
"mcpServers": {
"zimmo": {
"command": "zimmo-pp-mcp",
"env": {
"ZIMMO_HOME": "/srv/zimmo"
}
}
}
}
Precedence matters in fleets: an ambient per-kind variable such as ZIMMO_DATA_DIR overrides an explicit --home for that kind. Use ZIMMO_HOME or the per-kind variables for durable fleet relocation; treat --home as the weaker per-invocation lever.
Relocation is one-way. Unsetting ZIMMO_HOME does not move files back to platform defaults, and doctor cannot find files left under a former root. Move the files manually before unsetting relocation variables.
Existing installs keep working because the platform-default rung matches the legacy layout. Run zimmo-pp-cli doctor --fail-on warn to check path warnings in automation.
Commands
Listings, prices and alerts
zimmo-pp-cli find — Search listings (sale, rent, sold, rented, take-over) by commune, postcode, type, price, bedrooms, surface, EPC and text; stores every resultzimmo-pp-cli show <code> — One listing in full: exact address, GPS, EPC kWh, flood/planning flags, rent, price history, agencyzimmo-pp-cli photos <code> — List or download a listing's photoszimmo-pp-cli prices — Commune price per m² by type with the monthly historyzimmo-pp-cli agency <uuid|code> — Agency contact, VAT, review score, listings countzimmo-pp-cli watch save|run|list|rm — Saved searches: new, cheaper and gone listings since the last runzimmo-pp-cli drops — Price cuts on stored listings (Zimmo price history + your observations)zimmo-pp-cli shortlist [code] — Star listings with a note, or list starred oneszimmo-pp-cli dump — Export stored listings as JSON, CSV or GeoJSON
Listings reach the local store only through find, show, watch run and enrich; framework sync loads places only.
dealers
Get and search real-estate agencies
zimmo-pp-cli dealers get - Get one real-estate agency (dealer) by UUIDzimmo-pp-cli dealers search - Search agencies (filter by category, placeId; sort by distance)
geocode
Geocode a Belgian address
zimmo-pp-cli geocode - Geocode a Belgian address to coordinates and place ids
listings
Get and search listings (raw API shape)
zimmo-pp-cli listings get - Get one listing by Zimmo code (e.g. LAISZ) or listing UUIDzimmo-pp-cli listings property-count - Total number of active properties on Zimmozimmo-pp-cli listings search - Search listings with a Zimmo filter object (status, placeId, postalCode, category, price, bedrooms, energyLabel, text)
locality-price
Commune price per m² (raw API shape)
zimmo-pp-cli locality-price <placeId> - Price per m² for a commune (by property type) with monthly history
places
Resolve postcodes and commune names to place ids
zimmo-pp-cli places - Resolve a postcode and/or commune name to Zimmo place ids
sub-locality-price
Sub-locality price per m² (raw API shape)
zimmo-pp-cli sub-locality-price <placeId> - Price per m² for a sub-locality with monthly history
sublocalities
Search sub-localities by keyword
zimmo-pp-cli sublocalities - Search sub-localities (deelgemeenten) by keyword
Self-learning loop
This CLI caches per-question discovery so repeat queries skip the walk and structurally similar queries get answered via entity substitution. The loop also self-captures: every invocation is journaled locally, and failed-flag corrections plus fresh teaches surface as candidates on the next recall for confirm/reject judgment. Agents call recall before discovery and fire teach & after answering. See the ## Automatic learning section in SKILL.md for the full protocol.
zimmo-pp-cli recall <query> - Look up cached resources for a query before running discoveryzimmo-pp-cli teach - Record a query -> resource mapping (silent on success, safe to background with &)zimmo-pp-cli learnings list - Inspect taught rowszimmo-pp-cli learnings forget <query> - Undo a teachzimmo-pp-cli learnings candidates - List auto-captured candidates awaiting confirm/rejectzimmo-pp-cli learnings stats - Local loop metrics: recall hit rate, teach-to-reuse, playbook resolution, candidate countszimmo-pp-cli teach-pattern - Install a query/resource template up frontzimmo-pp-cli teach-lookup - Add an entity mapping (e.g. country code, team alias) for pattern substitution
Pass --no-learn or set ZIMMO_NO_LEARN=true to disable the loop for deterministic flows.
The local store's schema version stamp is one-way: once this version of zimmo-pp-cli opens the database, older binaries refuse it with a version error — upgrade the binary rather than downgrading.
Output Formats
# Human-readable table (default in terminal, JSON when piped)
zimmo-pp-cli show LAISZ
# JSON for scripting and agents
zimmo-pp-cli show LAISZ --json
# Filter to specific fields
zimmo-pp-cli show LAISZ --json --select address,price,epc
# Dry run — show the request without sending
zimmo-pp-cli show LAISZ --dry-run
# Agent mode — JSON + compact + no prompts in one flag
zimmo-pp-cli show LAISZ --agent
Agent Usage
This CLI is designed for AI agent consumption:
- Non-interactive - never prompts, every input is a flag
- Pipeable -
--json output to stdout, errors to stderr
- Filterable -
--select <field>[,<field>...] returns only fields you need
- Previewable -
--dry-run shows the request without sending
- Read-only by default - this CLI does not create, update, delete, publish, send, or mutate remote resources
- Offline-friendly - commands that read listings (peb-trap, underpriced, motivated, drops, dump, same-as) use the local SQLite store filled by find/show/watch run;
search queries Zimmo live by default and the stored listings with --data-source local
- Agent-safe by default - no colors or formatting unless
--human-friendly is set
Exit codes: 0 success, 1 other error (hand-written commands return Zimmo API errors as 1), 2 usage error, 3 not found, 4 access refused (generated commands on 401/403), 5 API error (generated commands), 7 rate limited (generated commands), 10 config error.
Health Check
zimmo-pp-cli doctor
Verifies configuration and connectivity to the API.
Configuration
Run zimmo-pp-cli doctor to see the resolved config, data, state, and cache directories. The platform-default config path is ~/.config/zimmo-pp-cli/config.toml; --home, ZIMMO_HOME, and per-kind env vars can relocate it.
Static request headers can be configured under headers; per-command header overrides take precedence.
Troubleshooting
Not found errors (exit code 3)
- Check the resource ID is correct
- Use
find or places to get a valid Zimmo code or place id
API-specific
- 401 JWT Token not found — Run the command again: the CLI re-mints Zimmo's anonymous token automatically; set ZIMMO_TOKEN only to force one
- curl gets a Cloudflare 403 but the CLI works — Expected: Cloudflare challenges curl's TLS fingerprint, not Go's
- comps returns few sold listings — Zimmo only shows listings agencies mark as sold; widen --radius or --months, or use prices for the commune €/m²
- peb-trap, underpriced, motivated or same-as return nothing — They read the local store: store listings first with
zimmo-pp-cli watch run --all; a one-off zimmo-pp-cli find --postcode 1050 also works. sync does not load listings