Solcast

6 tools available

Solar resource assessment and forecasting data for irradiance and PV power, globally.

Connect Solcast to Definable to answer ad-hoc analytics questions, detect anomalies, auto-generate weekly summaries. Personas call Solcast's 6 tools directly from chat or scheduled flows. Plug into a data-analysis persona to ask questions in plain English — the agent runs the queries.

Common workflows with Solcast

01

Weekly anomaly digest

  1. Query metrics from this tool
  2. Compare against rolling baseline
  3. Surface anomalies with reasoning
02

Funnel deep-dive

  1. Pull funnel events for a date range
  2. Compute drop-offs at each step
  3. Generate a written analysis
03

Cohort answers on demand

  1. User asks a question in chat
  2. Agent translates it to a query
  3. Returns numbers + a chart-ready summary

Solcast actions 6

Every Solcast action below is a callable tool any Definable persona can invoke.

Get Historic Radiation And Weather

Tool to get historical irradiance and weather estimated actuals for a requested location. Use when you need historical solar radiation and weather data from 2007-01-01 to 7 days ago, for up to 31 days at a time.

Get PV Power Resource

Tool to retrieve a specific PV power resource by its unique identifier. Use when you need to fetch complete resource configuration including capacity, orientation, tracking, and derating parameters.

Get Resources PV Power Sites

Tool to list PV power resources available to authenticated user. Use when you need to retrieve the list of PV power sites with optional filtering by entitlement level.

Patch PV Power Resource

Tool to partially update an existing PV power resource's technical specifications. Use when you need to modify specific resource configuration fields without replacing the entire resource.

Create PV Power Resource

Tool to create a new PV power resource for Advanced PV Power forecasting. Use when you need to add a new solar installation site with comprehensive technical specifications including capacity, orientation, tracking parameters, and derating factors.

Update PV Power Resource

Tool to update an existing PV power resource with comprehensive technical specifications for solar installation site modeling. Use when you need to modify resource configuration including capacity, orientation, tracking parameters, derating factors, and bifacial system settings.

Frequently asked questions

What can I automate with Solcast on Definable?

Anything Solcast exposes through its API. Common analytics workflows on Definable include answer ad-hoc analytics questions, detect anomalies, auto-generate weekly summaries. Personas can call any of the 6 Solcast tools directly, then chain the result into another integration without you writing code.

How does Solcast authentication work?

Solcast uses API_KEY on Definable. You connect once from the integrations page, scoped to the permissions you choose, and from then on any persona that has the integration enabled can act on your behalf. Tokens are encrypted at rest and rotated automatically.

Is the Solcast integration included in my Definable plan?

Yes — every Definable plan, including Starter, includes access to all 6 Solcast tools. You only need a separate Solcast subscription if Solcast itself charges per seat or per API call.

Is using Solcast through Definable secure?

Every call from a persona to Solcast is logged with the user, persona, prompt, and response. Tokens never leave Definable's secrets vault, scopes are configurable per persona, and you can revoke access at any time from the integration page.

How do I get started with Solcast on Definable?

Sign up for Definable, open the integrations page, find Solcast, and connect via OAuth or API key. You can immediately attach Solcast to any persona and start running workflows. The free Starter plan includes 5,000 credits/month.

What Solcast actions does Definable expose?

Definable exposes all 6 Solcast actions as callable tools — including `Get Historic Radiation And Weather`, `Get PV Power Resource`, `Get Resources PV Power Sites`, plus 3 more. Each tool gets a typed parameter schema so personas know exactly how to call it.

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Wire it up in minutes. No coding required.

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