Look up one Pokemon battle form by name or internal id (e.g. "Mewtwo", "Giratina Origin", "MEWTWO_MEGA_X"). If the name matches more than one distinct battle form, returns a structured ambiguous_pokemon error listing every candidate instead of guessing.

Substring search across Pokemon display names. Use this for discovery/browsing when you don't know the exact name; use get_pokemon when you already know which Pokemon/form you want.

Look up one move by name or internal id (e.g. "Psycho Cut", "PSYCHO_CUT_FAST"). Returns both PvE fields (power/energy/duration used for raids and gyms) and, separately, PvP fields when the move has them - never mix the two.

Substring search across move display names.

All legal PvE fast/charged moves (including elite moves, which require a TM/Elite TM) for one Pokemon battle form, resolved to full move records.

Report the freshness, validation status, and size of the currently served data snapshot, and whether the server is currently falling back to cached data after a failed refresh.

Force an immediate fetch/normalize/validate/promote cycle against the upstream provider. On failure, the previously-served snapshot keeps being used and the failure is reported in get_data_status via last_refresh_error.

CP (and actual Attack/Defense/HP) for an exact IV spread at a given level, 1.0-50.0 in 0.5 increments, IVs 0-15. Set shadow=True to apply the Shadow attack/defense modifiers used by the real game's CP display.

Total Stardust/Candy/Candy XL to power up from current_level to target_level. Cost does not depend on species - it's the same for every Pokemon at a given level. Shadow adds a Stardust+Candy surcharge, Purified gives a Stardust+Candy discount, Lucky gives a Stardust-only discount (candy cost is unaffected). A Pokemon can be Lucky and Purified at the same time, but never Shadow and Lucky/Purified at the same time.

Damage for one hit of move (by attacker) against defender, plus the full multiplier breakdown (STAB, type effectiveness, weather, Mega/Primal raid boost, friendship, dodge). Not a battle simulator - this is a single deterministic hit, not a full fight. weather is an upstream weather condition id (e.g. "partlyCloudy", "rainy") or omitted for no weather boost. mega_boost_types lists the type(s) of any Mega/Primal currently active in the raid, or omit for none. friendship_level is 0 (Not Friends) through 5 (Best Friend).