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    "a": {
      "slug": "cloudflare-web-search",
      "name": "Cloudflare Web Search API",
      "vendor": "Cloudflare, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.cloudflare.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "search",
      "summary": "Cloudflare's web search endpoint, in open beta since 2 October 2026, routes a query through AI Gateway to Ceramic.ai, Exa or Linkup and returns results in one format, by REST or from a Worker's AI binding.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cloudflare-web-search.json",
      "license": "Proprietary service under Cloudflare's terms. Each search provider's own terms are linked from the providers page",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "A Cloudflare API token as a Bearer header, with Account \u003e Workers AI \u003e Read and Account \u003e AI Gateway \u003e Read. Inside a Worker the `AI` binding needs no token. Provider keys stored on the gateway (BYOK) are selected by `byokAlias` and never sent in the request. The OpenAPI operation also accepts the legacy global API key with an email header.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Billed per search from prepaid AI Gateway credits at the provider's list price, Ceramic.ai $0.25, Linkup $5.00 and Exa $7.00 per 1,000 requests. Credits carry a 5 per cent purchase fee and need a payment method on the account. With a stored provider key the provider bills you directly. No free allowance found (https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-search/providers/, checked 2026-10-05).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.25 / 1k req",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "AI Gateway Machine Payments (x402, beta since 30 September 2026) covers only POST /ai/run for four open models, US accounts with a card on file. The Web Search API pages, the providers page and the OpenAPI operation mention no x402, MPP or L402 (https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/features/machine-payments/, checked 2026-10-05).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-05"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-search/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-search/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudflare/api-schemas/main/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.search"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "beta",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "typescript",
        "status-page",
        "bug-bounty"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-02",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 62.1,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 226,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 460,
        "categoryRank": 10,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 63,
          "maintenance": 71,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 71,
          "transparency": 75
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-05"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "One endpoint that sends a search to Ceramic.ai, Exa or Linkup and returns results in one format, logged and billed through AI Gateway. Ceramic.ai costs $0.25 per 1,000 searches. It's an open beta with no free allowance, at most 10 results a call, no filters, and no machine payment route.",
        "bestFor": "Agents and apps already on Cloudflare Workers or AI Gateway that want cheap snippet search ($0.25 per 1,000 with Ceramic.ai) on the same bill and logs as their inference.",
        "strengths": [
          "Three providers behind one request shape, switched by the `provider` parameter",
          "Ceramic.ai at $0.25 per 1,000 searches, at the provider's list price",
          "Every search lands in AI Gateway logs, with per-request headers to skip storing payloads",
          "Typed error body with category, code and a `retryable` flag",
          "Providers commit to verified-bot crawling and a source link on every result"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Open beta, with no SLA found for AI Gateway",
          "Credits need a payment method and carry a 5 per cent purchase fee. No free allowance",
          "At most 10 results a call, with no pagination, domain or date filters",
          "No x402. Machine Payments covers only /ai/run",
          "The changelog and the providers page disagree on whether Exa searches have Zero Data Retention"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `options.gateway.id`. Every account has a gateway named `default`",
          "Pass `provider` explicitly. It defaults to Ceramic.ai, whose descriptions can run to 8,000 characters a result",
          "Set `limit` to the results you'll read, between 1 and 10",
          "Set `byokAlias` when you mean to use a stored provider key, so a missing key fails with 400 instead of spending credits",
          "Send `cf-aig-collect-log-payload: false` if queries shouldn't be stored in gateway logs"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 62.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 63,
          "maintenance": 71,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 71,
          "transparency": 50
        },
        "provenanceScore": 100
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID/ai/websearch/ \\\n  --request POST \\\n  --header \"Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN\" \\\n  --header \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  --data '{\n    \"query\": \"What are some fun things to do in Salt Lake City as fall approaches?\",\n    \"provider\": \"ceramic\",\n    \"limit\": 5,\n    \"options\": {\n      \"gateway\": { \"id\": \"default\" }\n    }\n  }'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/cloudflare-web-search"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "cloudflare-sandbox-sdk",
        "cloudflare-mcp",
        "cloudflare-r2",
        "cloudflare-clef"
      ],
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Search, Ceramic.ai",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.25
        },
        {
          "item": "Search, Linkup",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5
        },
        {
          "item": "Search, Exa",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 7
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Cloudflare, Inc.",
        "domain": "cloudflare.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2009-02-17",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://cloudflare.com/terms/",
        "privacy": "https://cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/",
        "statusPage": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com",
        "changelog": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-05",
        "notes": [
          "Legal entity, domain date, terms and privacy follow the Cloudflare MCP listing's check. We didn't re-read them for this listing.",
          "www.cloudflare.com/.well-known/security.txt, read on 5 October 2026, names HackerOne and a disclosure policy and carries no Expires field.",
          "The endpoint is on api.cloudflare.com. Searches are forwarded to Ceramic.ai, Exa or Linkup."
        ],
        "score": 100
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-web-search.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "cloudflare-web-search",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com",
          "indicator": "major",
          "summary": "Partial System Outage",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-06T01:47:08.690984366Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-06T01:47:08.690984366Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Linkup scores 69.1 (B) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Web Search API's 62.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Web Search API leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "linkup",
      "name": "Linkup",
      "vendor": "Linkup",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.linkup.so",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "search",
      "summary": "Web search API for agents with four depths (flash, fast, standard, deep) and three output types (ranked sources, a cited answer, or JSON matching your schema).",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/linkup.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/LinkupPlatform/linkup-mcp-server",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "linkup-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "linkup-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "linkup-mcp-server"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Bearer API key. x402 (USDC on Base) works without any key on `/v1/search` and `/v1/fetch`. The hosted MCP takes the key as a Bearer header or, in the documented one-click configs, as `?apiKey=` in the URL.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Accounts opened with a work email get $20 of credit, topped back up to $20 each month (about 4,000 standard searches). Search $0.005 per call for flash, fast or standard with sources, $0.006 with a sourced answer or structured output, deep $0.05 or $0.055. Fetch $0.001 to $0.011 by mode and JavaScript rendering. Research $0.25 (S) to $2.50 (XL). Errors and empty results aren't charged. x402 is a flat $0.01 a request (https://www.linkup.so/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.01 / call",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "yes",
        "evidence": "Docs list x402 on /v1/search and /v1/fetch at a flat $0.01 a request in USDC on Base with no account. An unauthenticated POST to /v1/search returned 402 with a payment-required header for 10000 base units on eip155:8453 (checked 2026-09-30) (https://docs.linkup.so/pages/documentation/platform/x402).",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/fetch",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": 4,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 29,
        "npmWeekly": 53872,
        "pypiWeekly": 84459,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.linkup.so",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.linkup.so/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/openapi.json",
      "registryName": "so.linkup.mcp/linkup-mcp-server",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.search",
        "web.fetch",
        "search.answer",
        "search.research",
        "web.extract",
        "search.images"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "x402",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "async-jobs"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-30",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 69.1,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 115,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 460,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 76,
          "maintenance": 83,
          "payments": 80,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 88,
          "security": 32,
          "transparency": 64
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Per-call prices from $0.005, and no credit taken for errors, missing parameters or empty results. 429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`.",
        "bestFor": "Agents that want a cited answer or schema-shaped output from one search call at a fixed price, and for European buyers who want a French vendor with zero retention on request.",
        "strengths": [
          "Per-call prices from $0.005, and no credit taken for errors, missing parameters or empty results",
          "x402 on /v1/search and /v1/fetch at $0.01 with no account",
          "Sources, a sourced answer or structured JSON from the same search call",
          "Errors page with a recommended action for every status code",
          "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 claimed, and zero data retention available on request"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`",
          "MCP configs document `?apiKey=` in the URL and an `apiKey=` argument for stdio",
          "10 queries a second per organisation by default",
          "No deprecation policy, and the changelog is dated by month",
          "MCP tools carry no read-only or destructive annotations, and the server has no tests in CI"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "On 429, check the credit balance before backing off. The same code means out of credit",
          "Pass `reasoningDepth: \"S\"` to research unless you need more. The MCP default is L at $1.50",
          "Start with `depth=fast` and `outputType=searchResults`. Deep costs $0.05, ten times as much",
          "Send the key as an `Authorization: Bearer` header, not `?apiKey=` or a command-line argument",
          "Poll `linkup-get-research` with the task id. Research runs take minutes"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 4,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 69.1
          }
        ],
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          "maintenance": 83,
          "payments": 80,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 88,
          "security": 32,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 82
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -G https://api.linkup.so/v1/search -H \"Authorization: Bearer $LINKUP_API_KEY\" \\\n  --data-urlencode \"q=What is Microsoft's 2024 revenue?\" -d depth=standard -d outputType=sourcedAnswer",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http linkup https://mcp.linkup.so/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $LINKUP_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "linkup": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "linkup-mcp-server"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "LINKUP_API_KEY": "${LINKUP_API_KEY}"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "curl -i -X POST https://api.linkup.so/v1/search -H 'content-type: application/json' \\\n  -d '{\"q\":\"test\",\"depth\":\"standard\",\"outputType\":\"searchResults\"}'\n# 402 -\u003e sign USDC transfer (eip155:8453) -\u003e resend with payment-signature header"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/linkup"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Search, standard depth, sources",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5,
          "note": "$0.005 a call, $0.006 with sourcedAnswer or structured"
        },
        {
          "item": "Search, deep depth",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 50
        },
        {
          "item": "Fetch, standard without JS",
          "unit": "1k-pages",
          "usd": 1
        },
        {
          "item": "Research, reasoning depth S",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.25,
          "note": "M $0.50, L $1.50, XL $2.50"
        },
        {
          "item": "x402 request",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.01,
          "note": "search or fetch, USDC on Base"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Linkup Technologies SAS",
        "domain": "linkup.so",
        "domainRegistered": "2024-04-30",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.linkup.so/terms-of-use",
        "privacy": "https://www.linkup.so/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.linkup.so",
        "changelog": "https://docs.linkup.so/pages/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Registration date from rdap.nic.so. The registry also records a re-registration on 2025-04-01"
        ],
        "score": 82
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.json",
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          "target": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search",
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          "lastAt": "2026-10-06T01:46:31.708365375Z",
          "lastOk": true,
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
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              "ok": 35
            },
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              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
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              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
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              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
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              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
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              "ok": 272
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              "date": "2026-10-06",
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.linkup.so",
          "indicator": "unknown",
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    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "HTTP API",
        "b": "HTTP API",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Cloudflare, Inc.",
        "b": "Linkup",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "https://api.linkup.so/v1/search",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP",
        "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "API key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Pay per use",
        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "$0.25 per 1,000 requests",
        "b": "$5 per 1,000 requests",
        "name": "Price for web search"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes, from $0.01/call",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Proprietary service under Cloudflare's terms. Each search provider's own terms are linked from the providers page",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkup.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/linkup.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cloudflare Web Search API (B)\n\nGood for: Agents and apps already on Cloudflare Workers or AI Gateway that want cheap snippet search ($0.25 per 1,000 with Ceramic.ai) on the same bill and logs as their inference.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 32\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 64\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Cheaper for web search, $0.25 against $5 per 1,000 requests\n\nWatch for: Open beta, with no SLA found for AI Gateway\n\n### Linkup (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that want a cited answer or schema-shaped output from one search call at a fixed price, and for European buyers who want a French vendor with zero retention on request.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 55\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 81\n- Agent ergonomics, 76 against 63\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 80 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 71\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: 429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cloudflare Web Search API | Linkup | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 70 | Linkup +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 88 | Linkup +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 76 | Linkup +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 71 | 32 | Cloudflare Web Search API +39 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 80 | Linkup +60 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 83 | Linkup +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 64 | Cloudflare Web Search API +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **62.1 · B** | **69.1 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cloudflare Web Search API | Linkup |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | Linkup |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.linkup.so/v1/search` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| Price for web search | $0.25 per 1,000 requests | $5 per 1,000 requests |\n| x402 | no | yes, from $0.01/call |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Cloudflare's terms. Each search provider's own terms are linked from the providers page | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 4 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `so.linkup.mcp/linkup-mcp-server` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Popularity | none | 29 stars, 54k npm/wk, 84k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cloudflare Web Search API.** One endpoint that sends a search to Ceramic.ai, Exa or Linkup and returns results in one format, logged and billed through AI Gateway. Ceramic.ai costs $0.25 per 1,000 searches. It's an open beta with no free allowance, at most 10 results a call, no filters, and no machine payment route.\n\n**Linkup.** Per-call prices from $0.005, and no credit taken for errors, missing parameters or empty results. 429 covers both exhausted credit and rate limiting, with no `Retry-After`.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cloudflare Web Search API\n\n1. Set `options.gateway.id`. Every account has a gateway named `default`\n2. Pass `provider` explicitly. It defaults to Ceramic.ai, whose descriptions can run to 8,000 characters a result\n3. Set `limit` to the results you'll read, between 1 and 10\n4. Set `byokAlias` when you mean to use a stored provider key, so a missing key fails with 400 instead of spending credits\n5. Send `cf-aig-collect-log-payload: false` if queries shouldn't be stored in gateway logs\n\n### Linkup\n\n1. On 429, check the credit balance before backing off. The same code means out of credit\n2. Pass `reasoningDepth: \"S\"` to research unless you need more. The MCP default is L at $1.50\n3. Start with `depth=fast` and `outputType=searchResults`. Deep costs $0.05, ten times as much\n4. Send the key as an `Authorization: Bearer` header, not `?apiKey=` or a command-line argument\n5. Poll `linkup-get-research` with the task id. 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