{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "serphouse", "name": "SERPHouse", "vendor": "Patoliya Infotech LLP", "vendorUrl": "https://www.serphouse.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "search", "summary": "SERPHouse is a SERP API from Patoliya Infotech LLP in India that returns parsed Google, Bing and Yahoo results as JSON, live or scheduled, with a Scraper API for page HTML or Markdown and a hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serphouse", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serphouse.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serphouse.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/serphouse.json", "dns": "serphouse.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/SERPHouse/serphouse-mcp", "transports": [ "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.serphouse.com/YOUR_API_KEY/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "serphouse-mcp" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "One API key per account, shown on the dashboard after a browser signup and email confirmation. Sent as `Authorization: Bearer` or as `api_token` in the query string. The hosted MCP server takes the key in its URL path. One account per user. No scopes or rotation found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Basic $29.99 a month for 400,000 credits ($0.75 per 1,000 SERP requests) and Regular $49.99 for 800,000 ($0.62). Autocomplete $0.37 and $0.31, Top 100 Google $7.50 and $6.25 per 1,000. Custom plans by email. Free trial 4,000 credits for 7 days, no card. Credits don't roll over.", "priceSummary": "$0.75 / 1k req", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on the pricing page, the docs, llms.txt or the MCP source (checked 2026-11-06). An empty balance returns 402 'Insufficient credits'.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 23, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.serphouse.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://www.serphouse.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "search.serp", "web.search", "search.news", "search.images", "web.fetch" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "paid", "no-card", "free-tier", "mcp", "remote-mcp", "llms-txt", "python", "india" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 42.4, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1283, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 24, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 40, "reliability": 40, "schema": 66, "security": 11, "transparency": 50 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "SERPHouse returns parsed Google, Bing and Yahoo results at published prices from $0.62 per 1,000 requests, with a 23-tool MCP server and a 4,000-credit trial without a card. The hosted MCP puts the key in its URL, there is no status page, changelog or security contact, and the terms keep search history indefinitely.", "bestFor": "Low-cost Google, Bing and Yahoo result parsing for SEO and rank tracking, with many Google verticals.", "strengths": [ "Published prices per 1,000 requests, $0.75 on Basic and $0.62 on Regular, with failed requests not charged", "Google web, news, images, shopping, jobs, videos, forums, local and autocomplete, plus Bing and Yahoo, in one API", "Hosted and stdio MCP server with 23 tools, typed Zod inputs and routing advice between tools, MIT licensed", "llms.txt and Markdown copies of the docs pages, with a status code table and per-engine examples", "Free trial of 4,000 credits for 7 days with no card" ], "weaknesses": [ "The hosted MCP server takes the API key only in its URL path, and the REST API also accepts `api_token` in the query string", "No status page, changelog, security.txt, disclosure policy or certification found", "Terms keep search history indefinitely and advise users in the European Economic Area not to use the service", "The pricing page states a 99.99% uptime SLA and the docs 99.95%, with no SLA terms or credits found", "The home page sends readers to a playground 'on the Oxylabs dashboard', with no relationship to Oxylabs found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, not as `api_token` in the URL", "Treat a 200 with `\"status\": \"error\"` and 'Please try again' as a failure and retry later", "Pass `loc` or `loc_id` for Google and Bing tools other than `serphouse_search`; find IDs with `serphouse_location_search`", "Use `serphouse_search` for plain lookups and `serphouse_serp_google_advanced` only when ranks beyond the top 10 are needed, at ten times the price", "Keep under 60 requests a minute on self-serve plans" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 42.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 40, "reliability": 40, "schema": 66, "security": 11, "transparency": 39 }, "provenanceScore": 61, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npx serphouse-mcp", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.serphouse.com/serp/live \\\n -H 'accept: application/json' \\\n -H 'authorization: Bearer API_TOKEN' \\\n -H 'content-type: application/json' \\\n -d '{\"data\": {\"domain\": \"google.com\", \"lang\": \"en\", \"q\": \"Coffee\", \"loc\": \"Texas,United States\", \"device\": \"desktop\", \"serp_type\": \"web\"}}'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "serphouse": { "url": "https://mcp.serphouse.com/YOUR_SERPHouse_API_KEY/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/search.serp", "tool": "https://letme.dev/serphouse" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "SERP request, Basic", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.75, "note": "$29.99 a month for 400,000 credits" }, { "item": "SERP request, Regular", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.62, "note": "$49.99 a month for 800,000 credits" }, { "item": "Autocomplete request, Basic", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.37, "note": "$0.31 on Regular" }, { "item": "Top 100 Google SERP, Basic", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 7.5, "note": "$6.25 on Regular" }, { "item": "Basic plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 29.99, "note": "400,000 credits, no rollover" }, { "item": "Regular plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 49.99, "note": "800,000 credits, no rollover" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Patoliya Infotech LLP", "domain": "serphouse.com", "domainRegistered": "2019-08-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.serphouse.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.serphouse.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The terms name Patoliya Infotech LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in India, under Indian law with courts in Surat. The contact page gives an address in Utran, Surat, Gujarat.", "No effective or updated date was found on the terms or the privacy policy.", "www.serphouse.com/robots.txt allows all agents except /data/.", "The trial terms forbid 'scraping at scale or performing automated bulk data extraction' with trial credits. No clause on automated access to the website was found.", "/.well-known/security.txt answers 404. No status page is linked, and status.serphouse.com did not answer.", "RDAP gives serphouse.com a registration date of 20 August 2019; the about page says SERPHouse started in September 2019." ], "score": 61 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serphouse.json", "live": { "slug": "serphouse", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.serphouse.com/YOUR_API_KEY/mcp", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T22:56:20.786728425Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 253, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 240, "p95ms24h": 331, "samples24h": 244, "samples30d": 246, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 233, "ok": 233 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "SERPHouse/serphouse-mcp", "version": "1.1.0", "released": "2026-07-06", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T00:04:55.526969474Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "serphouse-mcp", "version": "1.1.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T00:04:54.741719814Z" } ], "githubStars": 10, "npmWeekly": 11, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://serphouse.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:39.38860304Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.serphouse.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:33:54.600324581Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.serphouse.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:34:21.531839335Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "85f9c0a9e291" }, { "url": "https://www.serphouse.com/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:34:24.703890347Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "171892dff54e" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.serphouse.com/YOUR_SERPHouse_API_KEY/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:47:41.660458875Z", "status": "ok", "protocol": "2025-11-25", "tools": [ { "name": "serphouse_domain_list", "title": "Serphouse Domain List", "description": "List supported search domains. Call this before Yahoo searches — yahoo.com is not valid; use regional domains like uk.yahoo.com from this list.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": {}, "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_language_list", "title": "Serphouse Language List", "description": "Get supported language codes for google, bing, or yahoo.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "type": { "description": "Search engine language catalog to fetch.", "enum": [ "google", "bing", "yahoo" ], "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "type" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_location_search", "title": "Serphouse Location Search", "description": "Search Serphouse location ids and location strings for Google or Bing targeting.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "q": { "description": "Location search term, for example texas or london.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "type": { "default": "google", "enum": [ "google", "bing" ], "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_account_info", "title": "Serphouse Account Info", "description": "Get Serphouse account plan and credit usage.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": {}, "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_search", "title": "Serphouse Search", "description": "Default web search for agents — fast lightweight Google organic results via POST /web-search-lite. Only q is required; gl defaults to US. Use serphouse_google_web only when you need device, gfilter, or num_result. Use serphouse_serp_google_advanced for SEO rankings beyond top 10.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "date_range": { "description": "Optional date filter: YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD or one of h, d, w, m, y. Omit for general searches — lite results may be empty when this is set.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "gl": { "description": "Two-letter ISO country code, e.g. US, IN, GB. Used when loc is omitted.", "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$", "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Location name, e.g. Austin,Texas,United States. Provide loc or gl, not both.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "verbatim": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" } ] } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_google_web_lite", "title": "Serphouse Google Web Search (Lite)", "description": "Alias of serphouse_search — fast lightweight Google organic results via POST /web-search-lite. Prefer serphouse_search for general agent queries.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "date_range": { "description": "Optional date filter: YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD or one of h, d, w, m, y. Omit for general searches — lite results may be empty when this is set.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "gl": { "description": "Two-letter ISO country code, e.g. US, IN, GB. Used when loc is omitted.", "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$", "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Location name, e.g. Austin,Texas,United States. Provide loc or gl, not both.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "verbatim": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" } ] } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_google_web", "title": "Serphouse Google Web Search (Full)", "description": "Full Google web search via POST /google-web with device, gfilter, and num_result. Requires loc or loc_id. For general queries use serphouse_search instead.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "date_range": { "description": "Date range as YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD or one of h, d, w, m, y.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "device": { "default": "desktop", "enum": [ "desktop", "mobile" ], "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "gfilter": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" } ] }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "num_result": { "maximum": 10, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "verbatim": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" } ] } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_google_image", "title": "Serphouse Google Image Search", "description": "Run a realtime Google image search via POST /google-image.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "date_range": { "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_google_news", "title": "Serphouse Google News Search", "description": "Run a realtime Google news search via POST /google-news.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "date_range": { "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "device": { "default": "desktop", "enum": [ "desktop", "mobile" ], "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_google_shop", "title": "Serphouse Google Shop Search", "description": "Run a realtime Google shopping search via POST /google-shop.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_bing_web", "title": "Serphouse Bing Web Search", "description": "Run a realtime Bing web search via POST /bing-web.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "date_range": { "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "device": { "default": "desktop", "enum": [ "desktop", "mobile" ], "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en-US", "description": "Language code, for example en-US or fr-FR.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_bing_image", "title": "Serphouse Bing Image Search", "description": "Run a realtime Bing image search via POST /bing-image.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "lang": { "default": "en-US", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_bing_news", "title": "Serphouse Bing News Search", "description": "Run a realtime Bing news search via POST /bing-news.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "device": { "default": "desktop", "enum": [ "desktop", "mobile" ], "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en-US", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_yahoo_web", "title": "Serphouse Yahoo Web Search", "description": "Run a realtime Yahoo web search via POST /yahoo-web.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "device": { "default": "desktop", "enum": [ "desktop", "mobile" ], "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "uk.yahoo.com", "description": "Regional Yahoo domain from serphouse_domain_list, for example uk.yahoo.com or fr.yahoo.com. Do not use yahoo.com.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "lang_en", "description": "Yahoo language code, for example lang_en or lang_fr.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_yahoo_image", "title": "Serphouse Yahoo Image Search", "description": "Run a realtime Yahoo image search via POST /yahoo-image.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "domain": { "default": "uk.yahoo.com", "description": "Regional Yahoo domain from serphouse_domain_list, for example uk.yahoo.com or fr.yahoo.com. Do not use yahoo.com.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "lang_en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_yahoo_news", "title": "Serphouse Yahoo News Search", "description": "Run a realtime Yahoo news search via POST /yahoo-news.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "device": { "default": "desktop", "enum": [ "desktop", "mobile" ], "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "uk.yahoo.com", "description": "Regional Yahoo domain from serphouse_domain_list, for example uk.yahoo.com or fr.yahoo.com. Do not use yahoo.com.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "lang_en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "no_trace": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" }, { "const": "true", "type": "string" }, { "const": "false", "type": "string" }, { "const": true, "type": "boolean" }, { "const": false, "type": "boolean" } ], "description": "Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode when set to 1 or true." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_serp_google_advanced", "title": "Serphouse Google Advanced SERP", "description": "SEO ranking checks: fetch up to 100 Google results in one request. Use max_pages 1–10 (~10 results per page). For general web search use serphouse_search; use this when rank position beyond the top 10 is needed.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "date_range": { "description": "Date range as YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD or one of h, d, w, m, y.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "device": { "default": "desktop", "enum": [ "desktop", "mobile" ], "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "gfilter": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" } ] }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "max_pages": { "default": 10, "maximum": 10, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "serp_type": { "default": "web", "enum": [ "web", "news", "image", "shop" ], "type": "string" }, "verbatim": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" } ] } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_google_jobs", "title": "Serphouse Google Jobs", "description": "Run a realtime Google Jobs search.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "date_range": { "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "q": { "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_google_autocomplete", "title": "Serphouse Google Autocomplete", "description": "Get realtime localized Google autocomplete suggestions.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "client": { "default": "chrome", "enum": [ "chrome", "chrome-omni", "home_page", "safari", "firefox", "youtube" ], "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Location name used to localize suggestions.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "q": { "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q", "loc" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_google_videos", "title": "Serphouse Google Videos", "description": "Run a realtime Google Videos search with optional video filters.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "date_range": { "description": "Date range as YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD or one of h, d, w, m, y.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "device": { "default": "desktop", "enum": [ "desktop", "mobile" ], "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "video_captions": { "const": "captioned", "type": "string" }, "video_duration": { "enum": [ "short", "medium", "long" ], "type": "string" }, "video_quality": { "const": "high", "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_google_short_videos", "title": "Serphouse Google Short Videos", "description": "Run a realtime Google Short Videos search.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "date_range": { "description": "Date range as YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD or one of h, d, w, m, y.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "device": { "default": "desktop", "enum": [ "desktop", "mobile" ], "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "video_captions": { "const": "captioned", "type": "string" }, "video_quality": { "const": "high", "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_google_forums", "title": "Serphouse Google Forums", "description": "Run a realtime Google Forums search for discussions and community results.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "date_range": { "description": "Date range as YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD or one of h, d, w, m, y.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "device": { "default": "desktop", "enum": [ "desktop", "mobile" ], "type": "string" }, "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Search phrase to query.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "verbatim": { "anyOf": [ { "const": 0, "type": "number" }, { "const": 1, "type": "number" }, { "const": "0", "type": "string" }, { "const": "1", "type": "string" } ] } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } }, { "name": "serphouse_google_local", "title": "Serphouse Google Local", "description": "Run a realtime Google Local search for local business results.", "inputSchema": { "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "properties": { "domain": { "default": "google.com", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "lang": { "default": "en", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc": { "description": "Required unless loc_id is provided. Location name, for example Austin,Texas,United States. Provide exactly one of loc or loc_id.", "minLength": 1, "type": "string" }, "loc_id": { "anyOf": [ { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, { "minLength": 1, "pattern": "^\\d+$", "type": "string" } ], "description": "Required unless loc is provided. Serphouse location id from serphouse_location_search. Provide exactly one of loc_id or loc." }, "page": { "exclusiveMinimum": 0, "maximum": 9007199254740991, "type": "integer" }, "q": { "minLength": 1, "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" } } ], "schemaTokens": 6824, "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:47:41.660458875Z", "check": { "checker": "anchor-check/1.0", "totalTokens": 6824, "counts": { "error": 0, "note": 1, "warn": 43 }, "findings": [ { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_bing_image", "message": "2 parameters without a description: lang, page", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_bing_news", "message": "3 parameters without a description: device, lang, page", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_bing_web", "message": "3 parameters without a description: date_range, device, page", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_autocomplete", "message": "3 parameters without a description: client, lang, q", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_forums", "message": "5 parameters without a description: device, domain, lang, page, verbatim", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_image", "message": "4 parameters without a description: date_range, domain, lang, page", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_jobs", "message": "4 parameters without a description: date_range, domain, lang, q", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_local", "message": "4 parameters without a description: domain, lang, page, q", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_news", "message": "5 parameters without a description: date_range, device, domain, lang, page", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_shop", "message": "3 parameters without a description: domain, lang, page", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_short_videos", "message": "6 parameters without a description: device, domain, lang, page, video_captions, video_quality", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_videos", "message": "7 parameters without a description: device, domain, lang, page, video_captions, video_duration and 1 more", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_web", "message": "7 parameters without a description: device, domain, gfilter, lang, num_result, page and 1 more", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_web_lite", "message": "4 parameters without a description: domain, lang, page, verbatim", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_location_search", "message": "1 parameter without a description: type", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_search", "message": "4 parameters without a description: domain, lang, page, verbatim", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_serp_google_advanced", "message": "8 parameters without a description: device, domain, gfilter, lang, max_pages, page and 2 more", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_yahoo_image", "message": "2 parameters without a description: lang, page", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_yahoo_news", "message": "3 parameters without a description: device, lang, page", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC11", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_yahoo_web", "message": "2 parameters without a description: device, page", "fix": "Describe each one: format, units, an example, and what happens when it's left out." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_account_info", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Its name starts with \"info\"; if it only reads, set readOnlyHint: true so harnesses can run it without asking." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_bing_image", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_bing_news", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_bing_web", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_domain_list", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Its name starts with \"list\"; if it only reads, set readOnlyHint: true so harnesses can run it without asking." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_autocomplete", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_forums", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_image", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_jobs", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_local", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_news", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_shop", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_short_videos", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_videos", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_web", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_google_web_lite", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_language_list", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Its name starts with \"list\"; if it only reads, set readOnlyHint: true so harnesses can run it without asking." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_location_search", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Its name starts with \"search\"; if it only reads, set readOnlyHint: true so harnesses can run it without asking." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_search", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Its name starts with \"search\"; if it only reads, set readOnlyHint: true so harnesses can run it without asking." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_serp_google_advanced", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_yahoo_image", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_yahoo_news", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC16", "severity": "warn", "tool": "serphouse_yahoo_web", "message": "no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "fix": "Set readOnlyHint: true if it only reads; otherwise set destructiveHint and idempotentHint." }, { "rule": "TC24", "severity": "note", "message": "23 of 23 tools have no outputSchema", "fix": "Declare outputSchema for tools that return structured data, and return structuredContent that matches it." } ] } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T22:56:20.786728425Z" } }, "answer": "You.com APIs scores 76.1 (BB) on agent readiness against SERPHouse's 42.4 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "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, an OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible Inference Router, and 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", "dns": "you-com-api.grade.anchorterminal.com", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.you.com/v1/search", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "youdotcom" }, { "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": "$10 free credit on sign-up and $90 more on verifying the account, no card, valid 60 days per the pricing FAQ, 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" } ] }, "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": "2026-10-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 76.1, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 48, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 88, "reliability": 80, "schema": 92, "security": 59, "transparency": 67 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-01" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-14. Python SDK youdotcom 3.6.0, a minor release, turned on highlights and knowledge by default for every search, so `snippets` comes back as None for default callers and unguarded code reading it fails, marked 'Action required' in its MIGRATION.md with no earlier notice found. Its changelog says the defaults may add cost depending on the plan, though the billing page includes highlights and Knowledge in the Web Search rate. The API changelog of 15 July 2026 likewise announced the removal of the `authors` field from Web Search and Answer responses as already done. Breaking changes without notice, read as one term at the floor, 3 points, since both were documented on the day with a way back. https://github.com/youdotcom-oss/youdotcom-python-sdk/blob/main/MIGRATION.md and https://you.com/docs/changelog/2026/7/15" ], "verdict": "x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed, and keys can carry a spending cap. Two API hosts, so Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io, and Python SDK 3.6.0 changed the default search response in a minor release.", "bestFor": "An unattended agent that needs search, page text and cited answers and wants to pay per call without an account.", "strengths": [ "x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed", "Free credit with no card ($10, plus $90 on verifying), and a keyless MCP profile for search (100 queries a day)", "Public OpenAPI, llms.txt, a dated API changelog and an error reference with guidance per code", "Per-key spending caps since 5 October, with a distinct `spend_cap_exceeded` error", "429 carries Retry-After, with documented backoff and rate-limit headers" ], "weaknesses": [ "Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io", "Python SDK 3.6.0 turned on highlights and knowledge by default in a minor release, so `snippets` is None for default callers, and the July removal of `authors` was announced as done", "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", "Only a Python SDK is current. The TypeScript SDK was deprecated in March 2026" ], "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'", "With Python SDK 3.6.0 or later, pass `knowledge=None, extraction=None` on search unless you want highlights and knowledge cards, which are on by default and may cost more", "Treat a 429 with `spend_cap_exceeded` as a budget stop, not a rate limit. Retrying won't clear it until the cap is raised" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 76.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 88, "reliability": 80, "schema": 92, "security": 59, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 84, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-01", "maintenance": "2026-11-01", "payments": "2026-11-01", "reliability": "2026-11-01", "schema": "2026-11-01", "security": "2026-11-01", "transparency": "2026-11-01" }, "last": "2026-11-01", "lastMoved": "2026-11-01", "oldest": "2026-11-01", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "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": "https://you.com/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-01", "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. Its robots.txt loaded on 1 November and allows all paths, but incident pages answered with a Cloudflare challenge, as the whole site did on 17 October. Its history RSS feed at status.you.com/history.rss reads.", "trust.you.com is a Vanta trust centre that links a vulnerability disclosure page and a subprocessor list, but renders only with JavaScript.", "security.txt returned 404 on you.com and api.you.com on 6 October, and on you.com again on 17 October and 1 November.", "The dated API changelog at you.com/docs/changelog is linked from llms.txt, with entries from 15 July 2026." ], "score": 84 }, "requirements": { "setupChecked": true, "complianceChecked": true, "agentAlone": true, "card": "no", "freeTier": true, "minutes": 3, "credential": "mixed", "hosting": [ "US" ], "euResidency": "unknown", "trainsOnData": "no", "zeroRetention": "enterprise", "certifications": [ "GDPR" ], "dpa": true, "selfHost": "no" }, "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": "2026-11-07T22:56:31.969037984Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 402, "lastMs": 705, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.97, "p50ms24h": 757, "p95ms24h": 2893, "samples24h": 244, "samples30d": 7956, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 255 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-23", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-24", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-25", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-26", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-28", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-29", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-30", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-31", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-11-01", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-11-02", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-11-03", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-11-04", "probes": 246, "ok": 245 }, { "date": "2026-11-05", "probes": 185, "ok": 184 }, { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 241, "ok": 241 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 233, "ok": 233 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.you.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T22:57:55.266613036Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp", "version": "4.0.7", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@youdotcom-oss/mcp", "version": "4.0.7", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T00:18:44.081784649Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@youdotcom-oss/sdk", "version": "0.13.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T02:27:46.578724644Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "youdotcom", "version": "3.6.0", "released": "2026-10-15", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T00:18:43.812516988Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 419, "pypiWeekly": 87331, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://you.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:53.589582412Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://you.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:34:25.47008198Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "you.com", "registered": "1998-11-25", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/you.com", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:09:06.435134028Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://you.com/docs/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:38:09.207561393Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9506696940b3" }, { "url": "https://you.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:38:11.665911528Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-23T02:09:14.07040316Z", "fingerprint": "36f4ebdd4164" }, { "url": "https://you.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:38:13.579487459Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-23T02:09:16.540053208Z", "fingerprint": "51f7b4f15208" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:49:15.06565765Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:49:15.06565765Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T22:57:55.266613036Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 62, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "you-com-api", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "Read for a closed service, with its repositories read as code. No changelog or dated API change was found. The newest release is MCP server 1.1.0 on 6 July 2026, 123 days before 6 November, and the last commit in its repository was on 22 July (10). No release or dated change in the 90 days from 8 August; the about page's 2026 entry (Forums, Place Details and Scraper APIs) is undated (0). No changelog; support by email. Issues weren't read, since the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (5 of 25). Not in the official MCP registry, though the repository's server.json names io.github.SERPHouse/serphouse-mcp. Node.js SDK last changed 24 June 2026, PHP SDK 10 May 2024, and no Python SDK repository was found under the SERPHouse organisation (5 of 15). The MCP repository has an npm publish workflow and no tests (3 of 10). 10 + 0 + 5 + 5 + 3 = 23.", "b": "@youdotcom-oss/mcp 4.0.7 tagged on 2026-10-28 and an API changelog entry on 26 October for the Inference Router (30). MCP 4.0.5, 4.0.6 and 4.0.7 between 19 and 28 October, all version-bump publishes, and API changelog entries on 4, 5 and 11 August, 2 and 23 September and 5, 7, 9 and 26 October (20). A dated public API changelog, support at api@you.com and a support page, and the MCP repo merges changes weekly. We didn't read the open issues (11). Listed in the official MCP registry as io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp at 4.0.7, with a current Python SDK (3.6.0, 14 October). The TypeScript SDK is deprecated (15). CI, Semgrep and conventional commits on the MCP repo (9)." }, "scores": { "a": 23, "b": 85 } }, { "by": 48, "category": "security", "leads": "you-com-api", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "One key per account, one account per user, no scopes or rotation found (10). The REST API documents `api_token` in the query string and the hosted MCP server takes the key only in its URL path, less 10 (0 of 30). Searches only read, with no read-only or restricted key (8 of 20). Results are third-party snippets and AI Overview text, with no prompt-injection guidance (0). An account tool shows plan and credit usage; no per-call log was found (3 of 15). No security.txt (404), disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found (0 of 20). 0 + 8 + 0 + 3 + 0 = 11.", "b": "Several keys per organisation in the `X-API-Key` header, revoked immediately on delete, rotation by create-then-delete, and roles where developers see only their own keys. The hosted MCP takes OAuth 2.1. No per-key scopes documented. No secret in a URL (22). Tool allow-lists on the MCP, a two-tool free profile and no tool that writes or deletes. Since 5 October a key can carry a spending cap per billing period, and a capped key answers 429 `spend_cap_exceeded` when it's reached, which bounds what a leaked or runaway key can spend, as kagi-search's per-key cap does (18). Search and Contents return untrusted page text. The only content control we found is `safesearch`, and no prompt-injection guidance (2). The key list shows a last-used date and each capped key's spend, and the troubleshooting page says Platform Logs list recent requests with error messages, response details and a request ID. No retention period, logs API or audit log of key actions was found, so 9, between numeral's 8 for a dashboard Logs tab and deepgram-stt's 10 for console and API logs (9). trust.you.com, a Vanta trust centre, links a vulnerability disclosure page and a subprocessor list but rendered only with JavaScript on 1 November, security.txt returned 404 on you.com, and the MCP repo runs Semgrep in CI (8)." }, "scores": { "a": 11, "b": 59 } }, { "by": 48, "category": "payments", "leads": "you-com-api", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-1,000 prices for SERP, autocomplete and top-100 requests published without login (20). Free trial of 4,000 credits for 7 days, 'No Credit Card Required' (20). A person signs up in a browser and confirms an email (0). 0 + 20 + 20 + 0 = 40.", "b": "x402 (USDC on Base or Solana) and MPP (USDC on Tempo) on GET /v1/search, /v1/agents/search and POST /v1/finance_research. On 1 November an unpaid GET https://api.you.com/v1/search returned 402 with an x402 v2 `PAYMENT-REQUIRED` challenge for 5,000 base units of USDC on Base and on Solana and an MPP `WWW-Authenticate: Payment` challenge on Tempo, and an unpaid POST /v1/finance_research returned the same pair, with x402 at 110,000 base units. Contents, Answer and Research still need a key (28). Per-call and per-page prices published without a login (20). The pricing FAQ now says $10 of API credit on sign-up and $90 more on verifying the account, no card, with sign-up credits valid 60 days. The Web Search card on the same page says '$10 free credit' (20). The MCP free profile needs no key (100 queries a day), and x402 or MPP needs no account (20)." }, "scores": { "a": 40, "b": 88 } }, { "by": 40, "category": "reliability", "leads": "you-com-api", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Read with the hosted lines. No status page is linked from the site or docs, and status.serphouse.com did not answer on 6 November 2026 (0). No readable incident history (5). Rate limits published, 60 requests a minute and 60 concurrent on every self-serve plan (15). 429 is documented as 'slow down', and a 200 can carry `\"status\": \"error\"` with 'Please try again', with no Retry-After or backoff guidance. Failed requests aren't charged (5 of 15). The pricing page lists a 99.99% uptime SLA on Basic and Regular and the docs a 99.95% one, but no SLA terms or credits were found in the terms (5 of 10). Generally available (10). 0 + 5 + 15 + 5 + 5 + 10 = 40.", "b": "Rootly status page at status.you.com with Search/Index, Live News and AI Search API components (20). Its robots.txt loaded on 1 November, but incident pages still answered with a Cloudflare challenge, so we read the history RSS feed as before. In the 90 days to 1 November it lists one incident, an 'Authentication Outage' on the AI Search API component posted on 5 October, and nothing after it. The feed gives no duration, so we couldn't establish the outage as a major. Minor only (20). 10 requests a second per API and 5 for Finance Research on self-serve accounts, re-read on 1 November (15). 429 carries `Retry-After`, the docs give exponential backoff capped at 60 seconds, and `X-RateLimit-*` headers allow client-side throttling (15). No SLA found for the search APIs. The pricing page banner claims an uptime SLA of at least 99.9% for the new Inference Router, but we found no SLA document (0). GA (10)." }, "scores": { "a": 40, "b": 80 } }, { "by": 26, "category": "schema", "leads": "you-com-api", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "No OpenAPI or similar contract for the REST API. The MCP server's tools carry typed Zod schemas, published in the source and a static server card (18 of 25). llms.txt at the site and the docs, and every docs page as Markdown (10). MCP tool descriptions say which tool to use for what, such as `serphouse_google_web` when device or `num_result` is needed, while the docs pages lead with marketing lines such as 'Unlock captivating Google video content' (12 of 20). Enums for device, SERP type, engine and video duration, defaults and 37 described parameters (11 of 15). A status code table and request examples per engine, with a generic error body (12 of 15). No changelog or API versioning; only the MCP server has tags (3 of 15). 18 + 10 + 12 + 11 + 12 + 3 = 66.", "b": "Public OpenAPI, one specification per API from the index at you.com/docs/openapi.json (25). llms.txt with Markdown twins of every page (10). A 'Choose the right API' page and MCP docs say which endpoint fits which job, and the MCP docs say there is no `you-answer` tool (15). Typed parameters in the OpenAPI, and the MCP rejects conflicting domain filters, such as `include_domains` with `exclude_domains` (12). The error reference covers 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 422, 429 and 500 with guidance per code, body examples and the host-split pitfall (15). Versioned paths (/v1) and a dated public API changelog at you.com/docs/changelog, linked from llms.txt, with entries from 15 July to 26 October 2026 (15)." }, "scores": { "a": 66, "b": 92 } }, { "by": 19, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "you-com-api", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "23 MCP tools with no toolsets or filtering (15 of 25). `num_result`, `max_pages`, paging, device, location, language, date and video filters (16 of 20). Status codes are tabulated, but a 200 can also mean an error and the body carries only 'Please try again' (10 of 20). Searches only read and failed requests aren't charged, but the MCP tools carry no readOnlyHint or other annotations (10 of 20). `serphouse_search` needs only `q` and defaults to the US; most other tools need `loc` or `loc_id`. Official Node.js, PHP and Python SDKs are documented (13 of 15). 15 + 16 + 10 + 10 + 13 = 64.", "b": "Six MCP tools per the docs, which state there is no `you-answer` tool, with `?tools=` or `X-Allowed-Tools` to load a subset, a default allow-list of four, and a free profile that exposes two. Web Search returns up to 100 results with extraction opt-in (25). Result count, domain include, exclude and boost lists, `safesearch`, and since 9 October a `total_max_tokens` budget of 1,024 to 8,192 on highlights, which the changelog says brings a 10-result response under 1,000 tokens (20). Each error code says what to do next, and 402 says whether to add credits or pay the challenge (20). Search is read-only and a 402 can be retried once paid. We couldn't see MCP annotations, since the hosted server's source isn't public (8). Few required parameters, but Web Search and Contents live on ydc-index.io while Answer and Research run only on api.you.com, and the only current SDK is Python. The TypeScript `@youdotcom-oss/sdk` has been deprecated on npm since 3 March 2026 in favour of the MCP package (10 of 15)." }, "scores": { "a": 64, "b": 83 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Patoliya Infotech LLP", "b": "You.com", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://mcp.serphouse.com/YOUR_API_KEY/mcp", "b": "https://api.you.com/v1/search", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "not published", "b": "$5 per 1,000 requests", "name": "Price for web search" }, { "a": "no", "b": "payer tooling only", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "23", "b": "6", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-07-06", "b": "2026-10-28", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2024-08-27", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-09-22", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "4.4k npm/wk, 92k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3.8/5 (8)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "You.com APIs scores 76.1 (BB) on agent readiness against SERPHouse's 42.4 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, SERPHouse or You.com APIs?" }, { "answer": "SERPHouse needs an API key. You.com APIs takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do SERPHouse and You.com APIs need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. SERPHouse has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.serphouse.com/YOUR_API_KEY/mcp and You.com APIs at https://api.you.com/v1/search.", "question": "Can an agent call SERPHouse and You.com APIs without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where You.com APIs loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Low-cost Google, Bing and Yahoo result parsing for SEO and rank tracking, with many Google verticals.", "slug": "serphouse", "watchFor": "The hosted MCP server takes the API key only in its URL path, and the REST API also accepts `api_token` in the query string" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 80 against 40", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 92 against 66", "Agent ergonomics, 83 against 64", "Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 11", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 88 against 40", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 23", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 50" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better" ], "goodFor": "An unattended agent that needs search, page text and cited answers and wants to pay per call without an account.", "slug": "you-com-api", "watchFor": "Two API hosts. 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/newscatcher-vs-you-com-api.json", "title": "NewsCatcher vs You.com APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/newscatcher-vs-you-com-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liner-mcp-vs-serphouse.json", "title": "Liner Search MCP vs SERPHouse", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liner-mcp-vs-serphouse" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serphouse-vs-serpkite.json", "title": "SERPHouse vs SerpKite", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serphouse-vs-serpkite" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 40, "edge": "you-com-api", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "serphouse": 40, "weight": 16, "you-com-api": 80 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 26, "edge": "you-com-api", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "serphouse": 66, "weight": 13, "you-com-api": 92 }, { "by": 19, "edge": "you-com-api", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "serphouse": 64, "weight": 13, "you-com-api": 83 }, { "by": 48, "edge": "you-com-api", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "serphouse": 11, "weight": 14, "you-com-api": 59 }, { "by": 48, "edge": "you-com-api", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "serphouse": 40, "weight": 10, "you-com-api": 88 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 62, "edge": "you-com-api", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "serphouse": 23, "weight": 7, "you-com-api": 85 }, { "by": 17, "edge": "you-com-api", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "serphouse": 50, "weight": 7, "you-com-api": 67 } ], "summary": "You.com APIs scores 76.1 (BB) on agent readiness against SERPHouse's 42.4 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do web search.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "serphouse": "SERPHouse returns parsed Google, Bing and Yahoo results at published prices from $0.62 per 1,000 requests, with a 23-tool MCP server and a 4,000-credit trial without a card. The hosted MCP puts the key in its URL, there is no status page, changelog or security contact, and the terms keep search history indefinitely.", "you-com-api": "x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed, and keys can carry a spending cap. Two API hosts, so Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io, and Python SDK 3.6.0 changed the default search response in a minor release." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serphouse-vs-you-com-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serphouse-vs-you-com-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serphouse-vs-you-com-api.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serphouse-vs-you-com-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "You.com APIs scores 76.1 (BB) on agent readiness against SERPHouse's 42.4 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do web search.\n\n- SERPHouse: grade E, 42.4/100, rank #1283 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/serphouse.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/serphouse.json\n- You.com APIs: grade BB, 76.1/100, rank #48 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/you-com-api.json\n- Best web search APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/search/index.md\n- All 326 search comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/search/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### SERPHouse (E)\n\nGood for: Low-cost Google, Bing and Yahoo result parsing for SEO and rank tracking, with many Google verticals.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where You.com APIs loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: The hosted MCP server takes the API key only in its URL path, and the REST API also accepts `api_token` in the query string\n\n### You.com APIs (BB)\n\nGood for: An unattended agent that needs search, page text and cited answers and wants to pay per call without an account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 40\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 92 against 66\n- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 64\n- Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 11\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 88 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 23\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n\nWatch for: Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: You.com APIs +62\n\n- SERPHouse (23): Read for a closed service, with its repositories read as code. No changelog or dated API change was found. The newest release is MCP server 1.1.0 on 6 July 2026, 123 days before 6 November, and the last commit in its repository was on 22 July (10). No release or dated change in the 90 days from 8 August; the about page's 2026 entry (Forums, Place Details and Scraper APIs) is undated (0). No changelog; support by email. Issues weren't read, since the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (5 of 25). Not in the official MCP registry, though the repository's server.json names io.github.SERPHouse/serphouse-mcp. Node.js SDK last changed 24 June 2026, PHP SDK 10 May 2024, and no Python SDK repository was found under the SERPHouse organisation (5 of 15). The MCP repository has an npm publish workflow and no tests (3 of 10). 10 + 0 + 5 + 5 + 3 = 23.\n- You.com APIs (85): @youdotcom-oss/mcp 4.0.7 tagged on 2026-10-28 and an API changelog entry on 26 October for the Inference Router (30). MCP 4.0.5, 4.0.6 and 4.0.7 between 19 and 28 October, all version-bump publishes, and API changelog entries on 4, 5 and 11 August, 2 and 23 September and 5, 7, 9 and 26 October (20). A dated public API changelog, support at api@you.com and a support page, and the MCP repo merges changes weekly. We didn't read the open issues (11). Listed in the official MCP registry as io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp at 4.0.7, with a current Python SDK (3.6.0, 14 October). The TypeScript SDK is deprecated (15). CI, Semgrep and conventional commits on the MCP repo (9).\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: You.com APIs +48\n\n- SERPHouse (11): One key per account, one account per user, no scopes or rotation found (10). The REST API documents `api_token` in the query string and the hosted MCP server takes the key only in its URL path, less 10 (0 of 30). Searches only read, with no read-only or restricted key (8 of 20). Results are third-party snippets and AI Overview text, with no prompt-injection guidance (0). An account tool shows plan and credit usage; no per-call log was found (3 of 15). No security.txt (404), disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found (0 of 20). 0 + 8 + 0 + 3 + 0 = 11.\n- You.com APIs (59): Several keys per organisation in the `X-API-Key` header, revoked immediately on delete, rotation by create-then-delete, and roles where developers see only their own keys. The hosted MCP takes OAuth 2.1. No per-key scopes documented. No secret in a URL (22). Tool allow-lists on the MCP, a two-tool free profile and no tool that writes or deletes. Since 5 October a key can carry a spending cap per billing period, and a capped key answers 429 `spend_cap_exceeded` when it's reached, which bounds what a leaked or runaway key can spend, as kagi-search's per-key cap does (18). Search and Contents return untrusted page text. The only content control we found is `safesearch`, and no prompt-injection guidance (2). The key list shows a last-used date and each capped key's spend, and the troubleshooting page says Platform Logs list recent requests with error messages, response details and a request ID. No retention period, logs API or audit log of key actions was found, so 9, between numeral's 8 for a dashboard Logs tab and deepgram-stt's 10 for console and API logs (9). trust.you.com, a Vanta trust centre, links a vulnerability disclosure page and a subprocessor list but rendered only with JavaScript on 1 November, security.txt returned 404 on you.com, and the MCP repo runs Semgrep in CI (8).\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: You.com APIs +48\n\n- SERPHouse (40): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-1,000 prices for SERP, autocomplete and top-100 requests published without login (20). Free trial of 4,000 credits for 7 days, 'No Credit Card Required' (20). A person signs up in a browser and confirms an email (0). 0 + 20 + 20 + 0 = 40.\n- You.com APIs (88): x402 (USDC on Base or Solana) and MPP (USDC on Tempo) on GET /v1/search, /v1/agents/search and POST /v1/finance_research. On 1 November an unpaid GET https://api.you.com/v1/search returned 402 with an x402 v2 `PAYMENT-REQUIRED` challenge for 5,000 base units of USDC on Base and on Solana and an MPP `WWW-Authenticate: Payment` challenge on Tempo, and an unpaid POST /v1/finance_research returned the same pair, with x402 at 110,000 base units. Contents, Answer and Research still need a key (28). Per-call and per-page prices published without a login (20). The pricing FAQ now says $10 of API credit on sign-up and $90 more on verifying the account, no card, with sign-up credits valid 60 days. The Web Search card on the same page says '$10 free credit' (20). The MCP free profile needs no key (100 queries a day), and x402 or MPP needs no account (20).\n\n### Reliability: You.com APIs +40\n\n- SERPHouse (40): Read with the hosted lines. No status page is linked from the site or docs, and status.serphouse.com did not answer on 6 November 2026 (0). No readable incident history (5). Rate limits published, 60 requests a minute and 60 concurrent on every self-serve plan (15). 429 is documented as 'slow down', and a 200 can carry `\"status\": \"error\"` with 'Please try again', with no Retry-After or backoff guidance. Failed requests aren't charged (5 of 15). The pricing page lists a 99.99% uptime SLA on Basic and Regular and the docs a 99.95% one, but no SLA terms or credits were found in the terms (5 of 10). Generally available (10). 0 + 5 + 15 + 5 + 5 + 10 = 40.\n- You.com APIs (80): Rootly status page at status.you.com with Search/Index, Live News and AI Search API components (20). Its robots.txt loaded on 1 November, but incident pages still answered with a Cloudflare challenge, so we read the history RSS feed as before. In the 90 days to 1 November it lists one incident, an 'Authentication Outage' on the AI Search API component posted on 5 October, and nothing after it. The feed gives no duration, so we couldn't establish the outage as a major. Minor only (20). 10 requests a second per API and 5 for Finance Research on self-serve accounts, re-read on 1 November (15). 429 carries `Retry-After`, the docs give exponential backoff capped at 60 seconds, and `X-RateLimit-*` headers allow client-side throttling (15). No SLA found for the search APIs. The pricing page banner claims an uptime SLA of at least 99.9% for the new Inference Router, but we found no SLA document (0). GA (10).\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: You.com APIs +26\n\n- SERPHouse (66): No OpenAPI or similar contract for the REST API. The MCP server's tools carry typed Zod schemas, published in the source and a static server card (18 of 25). llms.txt at the site and the docs, and every docs page as Markdown (10). MCP tool descriptions say which tool to use for what, such as `serphouse_google_web` when device or `num_result` is needed, while the docs pages lead with marketing lines such as 'Unlock captivating Google video content' (12 of 20). Enums for device, SERP type, engine and video duration, defaults and 37 described parameters (11 of 15). A status code table and request examples per engine, with a generic error body (12 of 15). No changelog or API versioning; only the MCP server has tags (3 of 15). 18 + 10 + 12 + 11 + 12 + 3 = 66.\n- You.com APIs (92): Public OpenAPI, one specification per API from the index at you.com/docs/openapi.json (25). llms.txt with Markdown twins of every page (10). A 'Choose the right API' page and MCP docs say which endpoint fits which job, and the MCP docs say there is no `you-answer` tool (15). Typed parameters in the OpenAPI, and the MCP rejects conflicting domain filters, such as `include_domains` with `exclude_domains` (12). The error reference covers 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 422, 429 and 500 with guidance per code, body examples and the host-split pitfall (15). Versioned paths (/v1) and a dated public API changelog at you.com/docs/changelog, linked from llms.txt, with entries from 15 July to 26 October 2026 (15).\n\n### Agent ergonomics: You.com APIs +19\n\n- SERPHouse (64): 23 MCP tools with no toolsets or filtering (15 of 25). `num_result`, `max_pages`, paging, device, location, language, date and video filters (16 of 20). Status codes are tabulated, but a 200 can also mean an error and the body carries only 'Please try again' (10 of 20). Searches only read and failed requests aren't charged, but the MCP tools carry no readOnlyHint or other annotations (10 of 20). `serphouse_search` needs only `q` and defaults to the US; most other tools need `loc` or `loc_id`. Official Node.js, PHP and Python SDKs are documented (13 of 15). 15 + 16 + 10 + 10 + 13 = 64.\n- You.com APIs (83): Six MCP tools per the docs, which state there is no `you-answer` tool, with `?tools=` or `X-Allowed-Tools` to load a subset, a default allow-list of four, and a free profile that exposes two. Web Search returns up to 100 results with extraction opt-in (25). Result count, domain include, exclude and boost lists, `safesearch`, and since 9 October a `total_max_tokens` budget of 1,024 to 8,192 on highlights, which the changelog says brings a 10-result response under 1,000 tokens (20). Each error code says what to do next, and 402 says whether to add credits or pay the challenge (20). Search is read-only and a 402 can be retried once paid. We couldn't see MCP annotations, since the hosted server's source isn't public (8). Few required parameters, but Web Search and Contents live on ydc-index.io while Answer and Research run only on api.you.com, and the only current SDK is Python. The TypeScript `@youdotcom-oss/sdk` has been deprecated on npm since 3 March 2026 in favour of the MCP package (10 of 15).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | SERPHouse | You.com APIs | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 40 | 80 | You.com APIs +40 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 92 | You.com APIs +26 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 83 | You.com APIs +19 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 11 | 59 | You.com APIs +48 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 88 | You.com APIs +48 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 23 | 85 | You.com APIs +62 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 67 | You.com APIs +17 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **42.4 · E** | **76.1 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | SERPHouse | You.com APIs |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Patoliya Infotech LLP | You.com |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.serphouse.com/YOUR_API_KEY/mcp` | `https://api.you.com/v1/search` |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| Price for web search | not published | $5 per 1,000 requests |\n| x402 | no | payer tooling only |\n| Tools exposed | 23 | 6 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-07-06 | 2026-10-28 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2024-08-27 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-22 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 4.4k npm/wk, 92k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.8/5 (8) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### SERPHouse\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### You.com APIs\n\n- +0.2 on 1 November 2026: new evidence, negative event\n- +0.2 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n- -0.8 on 17 October 2026: reliability, new evidence\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**SERPHouse.** SERPHouse returns parsed Google, Bing and Yahoo results at published prices from $0.62 per 1,000 requests, with a 23-tool MCP server and a 4,000-credit trial without a card. The hosted MCP puts the key in its URL, there is no status page, changelog or security contact, and the terms keep search history indefinitely.\n\n**You.com APIs.** x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed, and keys can carry a spending cap. Two API hosts, so Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io, and Python SDK 3.6.0 changed the default search response in a minor release.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### SERPHouse\n\n1. Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, not as `api_token` in the URL\n2. Treat a 200 with `\"status\": \"error\"` and 'Please try again' as a failure and retry later\n3. Pass `loc` or `loc_id` for Google and Bing tools other than `serphouse_search`; find IDs with `serphouse_location_search`\n4. Use `serphouse_search` for plain lookups and `serphouse_serp_google_advanced` only when ranks beyond the top 10 are needed, at ten times the price\n5. Keep under 60 requests a minute on self-serve plans\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. With Python SDK 3.6.0 or later, pass `knowledge=None, extraction=None` on search unless you want highlights and knowledge cards, which are on by default and may cost more\n5. Treat a 429 with `spend_cap_exceeded` as a budget stop, not a rate limit. Retrying won't clear it until the cap is raised\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, SERPHouse or You.com APIs?\n\nYou.com APIs scores 76.1 (BB) on agent readiness against SERPHouse's 42.4 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do SERPHouse and You.com APIs need an API key?\n\nSERPHouse needs an API key. You.com APIs takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call SERPHouse and You.com APIs without installing anything?\n\nYes. SERPHouse has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.serphouse.com/YOUR_API_KEY/mcp and You.com APIs at https://api.you.com/v1/search.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serphouse-vs-you-com-api.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serphouse-vs-you-com-api.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"serphouse\", \"b\": \"you-com-api\"}`. 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