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      "transports": [
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        {
          "registry": "oci",
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        }
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      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Open source.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
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        "level": "no",
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        "endpoints": []
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      },
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      "graded": true,
      "disclosure": "MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.",
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          "confidence": "medium",
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        "disclosure": "MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.",
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          "One tool of about 300 tokens, with `max_length` and `start_index` paging and a hint giving the next offset",
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          "Reaches private and loopback addresses and follows redirects, with no allow list",
          "SECURITY.md says the repository isn't eligible for vulnerability reports",
          "Classed 4 - Beta and described as not production-ready",
          "Two releases since July and no entry in the official MCP registry",
          "No JavaScript rendering and no untrusted-content marking"
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          "Fetch with the 5,000-character default and continue from the `start_index` the truncation note gives",
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          "Use `raw: true` only for non-HTML content. It skips the Markdown conversion and returns the page as served"
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          "measured": false
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              "tasks"
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          "payments": 60,
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          "schema": 70,
          "security": 30,
          "transparency": 76
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        "provenanceScore": 74
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          "mcpServers": {
            "fetch": {
              "args": [
                "mcp-server-fetch"
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        "sequential-thinking-reference-server"
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        "legalEntity": "Model Context Protocol, a Series of LF Projects, LLC",
        "domain": "modelcontextprotocol.io",
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        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/terms-of-use/",
        "privacy": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "",
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        "checked": "2026-09-26",
        "score": 74
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fetch-reference-server.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "fetch-reference-server",
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "modelcontextprotocol/servers",
            "version": "2026.8.31",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:26:58.520386396Z"
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
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            "released": "2026-08-18",
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          }
        ],
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          "url": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/.well-known/security.txt",
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        "domain": {
          "domain": "modelcontextprotocol.io",
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            "url": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/privacy-policy/",
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            "fingerprint": "38cea2fa08bd"
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          {
            "url": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/terms-of-use/",
            "kind": "terms",
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "6b8804f51317"
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        ],
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    },
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      "slug": "you-com-api",
      "name": "You.com APIs",
      "vendor": "You.com",
      "vendorUrl": "https://you.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "search",
      "summary": "Web Search, Contents, Answer, Research and Finance Research APIs, plus a hosted MCP server with six tools.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/you-com-api.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.you.com/v1/search",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "youdotcom"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@youdotcom-oss/sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@youdotcom-oss/mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "API key in the `X-API-Key` header (env `YDC_API_KEY`). The hosted MCP also takes a Bearer key or OAuth 2.1, and `?profile=free` needs no key. Web Search and Finance Research take x402 (`PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`) or MPP (`Authorization: Payment`) instead of a key.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "$100 free credit for new accounts, no card, then prepaid credits. Web Search $5 per 1,000 calls (up to 100 results a call), live page extraction $1 per 1,000 pages, Contents $1 per 1,000 pages, Answer $5 per 1,000. Research per 1,000 by effort, lite $12, standard $50, deep $100, exhaustive $450, frontier $1,200. Finance Research $110 (deep) or $500 (exhaustive) per 1,000. x402 prices match credit prices, MPP rounds Web Search up to $0.01 (https://you.com/docs/administration/billing).",
      "priceSummary": "$5 / 1k req",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "Official docs. GET /v1/search, /v1/agents/search and POST /v1/finance_research accept x402 in USDC on Base or Solana, and MPP in USDC on Tempo. An unpaid GET https://api.you.com/v1/search returned 402 with both PAYMENT-REQUIRED and WWW-Authenticate Payment headers on 2026-09-30. Contents, Answer and Research need a key (https://you.com/docs/administration/machine-payments.md)",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://api.you.com/v1/search",
            "priceUsd": 0.005,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.you.com/v1/finance_research",
            "priceUsd": 0.11,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
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      "toolCount": 6,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 4419,
        "pypiWeekly": 91673,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://you.com/docs/welcome",
      "llmsTxt": "https://you.com/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://you.com/docs/openapi.json",
      "registryName": "io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.search",
        "web.fetch",
        "web.extract",
        "search.answer",
        "search.research",
        "search.news"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "no-card",
        "free-tier",
        "mcp",
        "x402",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "async-jobs",
        "enterprise"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-22",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 76.9,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 24,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 2,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 84,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 88,
          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 82,
          "security": 53,
          "transparency": 63
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed. Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io.",
        "strengths": [
          "x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed",
          "$100 free credit with no card, plus a keyless MCP profile for search (100 queries a day)",
          "Public OpenAPI, llms.txt and an error reference with guidance per code",
          "429 carries Retry-After, with documented backoff and rate-limit headers",
          "MCP tool allow-lists through `?tools=` or `X-Allowed-Tools`"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io",
          "No public changelog or deprecation notices",
          "Zero Data Retention only for Web Search and Answer, and only on enterprise agreements",
          "No prompt-injection guidance for the page text Search and Contents return",
          "Research runs cost $12 to $1,200 per 1,000 depending on effort"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "For unattended runs call GET https://api.you.com/v1/search, handle the 402 and pay with x402. It's half the MPP price for search",
          "Use `https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free` to try search with no key (100 queries a day)",
          "Send Answer, Research and Finance Research to api.you.com. On ydc-index.io they fail with 'Missing Authentication Token'",
          "Pass `?tools=` with only the tools you need to keep the MCP tool list short",
          "On 429, wait for `Retry-After` and watch `X-RateLimit-Remaining` before the next burst"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 8,
        "avgRating": 3.8,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 76.9
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
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          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 88,
          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 82,
          "security": 53,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 80
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://ydc-index.io/v1/search \\\n  -H \"X-API-Key: $YDC_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"query\":\"latest AI news\",\"count\":5}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http you-com https://api.you.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer ${YDC_API_KEY}\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "you-com": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${YDC_API_KEY}"
              },
              "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp"
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "curl -si 'https://api.you.com/v1/search?query=test'\n# HTTP/2 402 with PAYMENT-REQUIRED (x402, 5000 base units of USDC) and WWW-Authenticate: Payment (MPP on Tempo)\n# retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: \u003cbase64 signed authorization\u003e"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/you-com-api"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Web Search",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5,
          "note": "up to 100 results a call"
        },
        {
          "item": "Contents",
          "unit": "1k-pages",
          "usd": 1
        },
        {
          "item": "Answer",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5
        },
        {
          "item": "Research, standard effort",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 50
        },
        {
          "item": "Web Search over x402",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.005,
          "note": "MPP charges $0.01"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "SuSea, Inc., d/b/a you.com",
        "domain": "you.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1998-11-25",
        "domainNote": "you.com was registered in 1998, long before the company launched.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://you.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://you.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.you.com",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
        "notes": [
          "Web Search and Contents are documented on ydc-index.io, a separate domain. api.you.com also serves /v1/search.",
          "status.you.com is a Rootly page with Search/Index, Live News and AI Search components. It returned 403 on 30 September and loaded on 1 October.",
          "trust.you.com links a vulnerability disclosure page and a subprocessor list, but renders only with JavaScript."
        ],
        "score": 80
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "you-com-api",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.you.com/v1/search",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T22:35:34.259939615Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 402,
          "lastMs": 723,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 99.26,
          "uptime30d": 99.82,
          "p50ms24h": 811,
          "p95ms24h": 3671,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 1086,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 256,
              "ok": 254
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.you.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:34.73831686Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp",
            "version": "4.0.3",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-03T23:29:28.630222764Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@youdotcom-oss/mcp",
            "version": "4.0.3",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:32.728399136Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@youdotcom-oss/sdk",
            "version": "0.13.1",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:31.782719214Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "youdotcom",
            "version": "3.5.0",
            "released": "2026-09-22",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:31.595022024Z"
          }
        ],
        "npmWeekly": 5016,
        "pypiWeekly": 114022,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://you.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:39.421151299Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://you.com/docs/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:22.755690727Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "you.com",
          "registered": "1998-11-25",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/you.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:43.715973858Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://you.com/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:53:04.964952624Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:29:08.544804959Z",
            "fingerprint": "b84ad4cf0729"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://you.com/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:53:07.180454259Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:29:11.109355049Z",
            "fingerprint": "662298a7f244"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T22:35:34.259939615Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "You.com APIs has a score of 76.9 (BB) against Fetch (MCP reference server)'s 57.6 (C). Both do fetching pages. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 40 points."
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    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-you-com-api",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-you-com-api.json",
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  "markdown": "You.com APIs has a score of 76.9 (BB) against Fetch (MCP reference server)'s 57.6 (C). Both do fetching pages. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 40 points.\n\n- Fetch (MCP reference server): grade C, 57.6/100, rank #290 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fetch-reference-server.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fetch-reference-server.json\n- You.com APIs: grade BB, 76.9/100, rank #24 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/you-com-api.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Fetch (MCP reference server) for transparency \u0026 trust (+12).\n\nPick You.com APIs for reliability (+32), schema \u0026 documentation (+12), agent ergonomics (+6), security \u0026 auth (+23), payments \u0026 pricing (+28), maintenance \u0026 community (+40).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Fetch (MCP reference server) | You.com APIs | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 53 | 85 | You.com APIs +32 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 82 | You.com APIs +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 84 | You.com APIs +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 53 | You.com APIs +23 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 88 | You.com APIs +28 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 82 | You.com APIs +40 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 63 | Fetch (MCP reference server) +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **57.6 · C** | **76.9 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Fetch (MCP reference server) | You.com APIs |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | MCP project (reference servers) | You.com |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.you.com/v1/search` |\n| Transports | stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | payer tooling only |\n| Licence | MIT and Apache-2.0 | none |\n| Tools exposed | 1 | 6 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-08-18 | 2026-09-22 |\n| Popularity | 90k stars, 118k PyPI/wk | 4.4k npm/wk, 92k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 3.8/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Fetch (MCP reference server).** One tool of about 300 tokens, with `max_length` and `start_index` paging and a hint giving the next offset. Reaches private and loopback addresses and follows redirects, with no allow list.\n\n**You.com APIs.** x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed. Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Fetch (MCP reference server)\n\n1. Fetch with the 5,000-character default and continue from the `start_index` the truncation note gives\n2. Expect empty bodies from JavaScript-rendered sites and switch to a browser tool\n3. Treat a robots.txt refusal as final for autonomous calls and tell the user\n4. Use `raw: true` only for non-HTML content. It skips the Markdown conversion and returns the page as served\n\n### You.com APIs\n\n1. For unattended runs call GET https://api.you.com/v1/search, handle the 402 and pay with x402. It's half the MPP price for search\n2. Use `https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free` to try search with no key (100 queries a day)\n3. Send Answer, Research and Finance Research to api.you.com. On ydc-index.io they fail with 'Missing Authentication Token'\n4. Pass `?tools=` with only the tools you need to keep the MCP tool list short\n5. On 429, wait for `Retry-After` and watch `X-RateLimit-Remaining` before the next burst\n\n## Other comparisons with Fetch (MCP reference server) or You.com APIs\n\n- [Brave Search API + MCP vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Exa API + MCP vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Linkup vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [SearchAPI.io vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [SerpApi vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpapi-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Serper vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serper-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Tavily API + MCP vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tavily-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Valyu vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/valyu-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Exa API + MCP vs Fetch (MCP reference server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-fetch-reference-server.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-linkup.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Tavily API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-tavily-mcp.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs Valyu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-valyu.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.\n",
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