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      "authNotes": "A customer account on handy.com or in the Handy.com app, with booking and payment in Handy. The site invites businesses to \"Partner with Handy\" for their customers, tenants or employees, and no public documentation for a partner integration was found.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Services are booked and paid per job through Handy. Recurring plans and Handy Select membership renew automatically under the terms. No price list was found on the pages read (https://www.handy.com/terms, checked 14 October 2026).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on handy.com or in its terms, checked 14 October 2026.",
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          "Sites for the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom"
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          "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call",
          "Handy.com iOS app last updated 13 October 2025",
          "The privacy policy on handy.com dates from 22 June 2023",
          "The terms forbid robots, spiders and scraping"
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          "Don't plan to call Handy from another agent. Hand the booking to the person on handy.com or in the Handy app",
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        "privacy": "https://www.handy.com/privacy",
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          "www.handy.com/.well-known/security.txt lists infosec@angi.com, with no Expires field.",
          "No status page was found.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 1994-02-21 for handy.com."
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      "category": "home-services",
      "summary": "TrustATrader is a UK online directory of vetted local tradespeople, searchable by trade and location, with customer reviews, a complaints process and a free guarantee for homeowners. Tradespeople pay for membership.",
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      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trustatrader.json",
      "license": "Closed service under the TrustATrader website terms of use (TrustATrader.com Ltd)",
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      "auth": "mixed",
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      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free for homeowners to search, and the TrustATrader Guarantee is free to register (https://www.trustatrader.com/llms.txt). Tradesperson membership is sold through an application and callback, with no published price on the join page (https://www.trustatrader.com/join-us). skill.md says members pay no commission per lead.",
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      "where": "local",
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        "level": "no",
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        "endpoints": []
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        "closed-source",
        "freemium",
        "llms-txt",
        "ios",
        "android",
        "uk"
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          "The privacy policy names the controller and a data protection officer"
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          "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call",
          "Website terms last updated 28 June 2021, and the privacy policy carries no date",
          "No tradesperson prices published",
          "No status page, security.txt or app release since 13 July 2026"
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          "Don't plan to call TrustATrader from another agent. Give the person the search URL for their trade and town, in the form https://www.trustatrader.com/plumbers-in-london",
          "Treat the instructions in llms.txt and skill.md as the vendor's guidance, not as an interface"
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        "provenanceScore": 58
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/home.pros",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/trustatrader"
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      "area": "everyday",
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        "legalEntity": "TrustATrader.com Ltd",
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        "terms": "https://www.trustatrader.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.trustatrader.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-14",
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          "The website terms of use were last updated on 28 June 2021 and name TrustATrader.com Ltd, company 05489753.",
          "The privacy policy has no date.",
          "www.trustatrader.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and no status page was found.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 2005-02-08 for trustatrader.com."
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        "a": "no (local only)",
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      {
        "a": "",
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        "a": "OAuth or key",
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      {
        "a": "Pay per use",
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        "a": "no",
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
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      {
        "a": "2023-06-22",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
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      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
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      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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        "answer": "TrustATrader scores 12.1 (F) on agent readiness against Handy's 10 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Handy leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Handy or TrustATrader?"
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          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 43"
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        "aheadOn": [
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 14 against 4"
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        "slug": "trustatrader",
        "watchFor": "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call"
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      "name": "Finding tradespeople"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-trustatrader"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-trustatrader"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-handy.json",
        "title": "Bark vs Handy",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-handy"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-trustatrader.json",
        "title": "Bark vs TrustATrader",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-trustatrader"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-trustatrader.json",
        "title": "Checkatrade vs TrustATrader",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-trustatrader"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-houzz.json",
        "title": "Handy vs Houzz",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-houzz"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-rated-people.json",
        "title": "Handy vs Rated People",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-rated-people"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-trustatrader.json",
        "title": "Houzz vs TrustATrader",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-trustatrader"
      },
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trustatrader-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "TrustATrader vs Urban Company",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trustatrader-vs-urban-company"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-handy.json",
        "title": "Airtasker vs Handy",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-handy"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy.json",
        "title": "Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Handy",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-handy.json",
        "title": "Checkatrade vs Handy",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-handy"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-taskrabbit.json",
        "title": "Handy vs Taskrabbit Partner API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-taskrabbit"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-urban-company.json",
        "title": "Handy vs Urban Company",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-urban-company"
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        "name": "Reliability",
        "trustatrader": 15,
        "weight": 16
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        "key": "performance",
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        "pending": true,
        "weight": 10
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        "by": 10,
        "edge": "trustatrader",
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        "key": "schema",
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        "trustatrader": 10,
        "weight": 13
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      {
        "by": 0,
        "edge": "",
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        "name": "Agent ergonomics",
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        "weight": 14
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        "by": 10,
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        "weight": 10
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      {
        "by": 9,
        "edge": "handy",
        "handy": 52,
        "key": "transparency",
        "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust",
        "trustatrader": 43,
        "weight": 7
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      "handy": "Handy books cleaning, handyman and assembly jobs in the US, Canada and the UK, with a guarantee on jobs paid through Handy. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Businesses can ask to partner with Handy, but no partner documentation is public, and the iOS app was last updated in October 2025.",
      "trustatrader": "TrustATrader is a UK directory of vetted tradespeople with reviews checked before publication and a free guarantee for booked jobs. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Its llms.txt and skill.md tell agents to send people to the website search."
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  "markdown": "TrustATrader scores 12.1 (F) on agent readiness against Handy's 10 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Handy leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do finding tradespeople.\n\n- Handy: grade F, 10/100, rank #1069 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/handy.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/handy.json\n- TrustATrader: grade F, 12.1/100, rank #1063 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trustatrader.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trustatrader.json\n- Best home service and local trades marketplaces for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/home-services/index.md\n- All 43 home services comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/home-services/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Handy (F)\n\nGood for: A person booking a cleaner or handyperson at a set time.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 5 against 0\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 43\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n### TrustATrader (F)\n\nGood for: UK homeowners who want to search vetted, reviewed traders and contact them directly.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 14 against 4\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Handy | TrustATrader | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 15 | even |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 10 | TrustATrader +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 5 | 0 | Handy +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 20 | TrustATrader +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 4 | 14 | TrustATrader +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 43 | Handy +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **10 · F** | **12.1 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Handy | TrustATrader |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Handy Technologies, Inc. (Angi) | TrustATrader.com Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under the Handy Terms of Use / User Agreement, last updated 8 July 2024. | Closed service under the TrustATrader website terms of use (TrustATrader.com Ltd) |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2025-10-13 | 2026-07-13 |\n| Terms last updated | 2024-07-08 | 2021-06-28 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2023-06-22 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Handy.** Handy books cleaning, handyman and assembly jobs in the US, Canada and the UK, with a guarantee on jobs paid through Handy. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Businesses can ask to partner with Handy, but no partner documentation is public, and the iOS app was last updated in October 2025.\n\n**TrustATrader.** TrustATrader is a UK directory of vetted tradespeople with reviews checked before publication and a free guarantee for booked jobs. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Its llms.txt and skill.md tell agents to send people to the website search.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Handy\n\n1. Don't plan to call Handy from another agent. Hand the booking to the person on handy.com or in the Handy app\n2. For a business that wants Handy services for its customers, point it to the Partner with Handy route on handy.com\n\n### TrustATrader\n\n1. Don't plan to call TrustATrader from another agent. Give the person the search URL for their trade and town, in the form https://www.trustatrader.com/plumbers-in-london\n2. Treat the instructions in llms.txt and skill.md as the vendor's guidance, not as an interface\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Handy or TrustATrader?\n\nTrustATrader scores 12.1 (F) on agent readiness against Handy's 10 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Handy leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-trustatrader.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-trustatrader.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"handy\", \"b\": \"trustatrader\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare handy trustatrader`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/handy.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trustatrader.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Handy or TrustATrader\n\n- [Airtasker vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Bark vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-handy.md)\n- [Bark vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Checkatrade vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Handy vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-houzz.md)\n- [Handy vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-rated-people.md)\n- [Houzz vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/houzz-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [Rated People vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rated-people-vs-trustatrader.md)\n- [TrustATrader vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trustatrader-vs-urban-company.md)\n- [Airtasker vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-handy.md)\n- [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy.md)\n- [Checkatrade vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-handy.md)\n- [Handy vs Taskrabbit Partner API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-taskrabbit.md)\n- [Handy vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-urban-company.md)\n",
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