feat: add capabilities() to Python wrapper#27
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Returns a structured dict describing available datasets, locally cached years, programmes modelled, and microdata columns. Useful for LLM consumers that need to know what the engine can and can't do. Co-Authored-By: Nikhil Woodruff <nikhil@policyengine.org>
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Adds a capabilities() function that returns a structured dict: available datasets with descriptions and locally cached years, programmes modelled, available microdata columns, and key notes (e.g. rent is an input field so rent burden can be computed across any year 1994–2026). Used by the chatbot to ground its responses at the start of every conversation.