Search and recent news for your AI agent, pay per call
An agent that can't look things up makes things up. These tools give it quick search and the last few weeks of news, merged from open sources, with no account or API key: search from $0.002 a call.
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Pick the right tool
- Quick facts and tech questions: open search ($0.002) merges Wikipedia, Hacker News, DuckDuckGo instant answers and Stack Overflow, de-duplicated and ranked, with links and snippets.
- What's happening on a topic: news ($0.01) gathers Hacker News and headlines from major outlets (BBC, Guardian, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, crypto news and more), Lobsters, Lemmy and DEV from the last 1 to 30 days, newest first.
- A summary you can hand to someone: the news brief ($0.03) writes a short briefing with numbered citations. The topic report ($0.15) reads the top articles in full and writes an analyst-style brief.
- Read a page it found: URL to Markdown turns any result into clean text.
What it is and isn't
These tools search open sources, not a full-web index like Google's. They are good for facts, technology, programming and news, and cheap enough to call on every question. Every result carries its link and date, and third-party text is marked as untrusted, with hidden instructions aimed at AI agents removed.
Use it from your AI assistant or code
Add it to Claude or Cursor and ask "What's the latest news on stablecoin regulation in the UK? Cite your sources.". Or call it directly and pay per call with x402 or prepaid credits.
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Tools on this page
3 of these 5 are in the free trial (20 calls a day over MCP). Prices come straight from our live price list; failed calls are never charged.
| Tool | What it answers | Price per call |
|---|---|---|
| Quick web search | Cheapest search: Wikipedia articles, Hacker News stories, DuckDuckGo instant answers and Stack Overflow questions in one call, merged, de-duplicated and ranked, with titles, links, snippets and dates. | $0.002free to try |
| News | Research any topic across Hacker News and headlines from major outlets (BBC, Guardian, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, crypto news and more), Lobsters, Lemmy and DEV in one call: recent stories merged, de-duplicated and sorted newest first, with links, discussion threads, points, comment counts and outlets. | $0.01free to try |
| News brief | AI research brief on any topic from the last 1-30 days: gathers Hacker News and headlines from major outlets, Lobsters, Lemmy and DEV, then writes a concise briefing (key developments, sentiment, what to watch) with numbered citations to the sources, plus the full item list. | $0.03 |
| Report topic | Brief me on a topic in one call: gathers the last N days of coverage from Hacker News, Reddit and world news, reads the top articles in full, and writes an analyst-style research brief (summary, key developments, different viewpoints, open questions, what to watch) with numbered citations. | $0.15 |
| Markdown | Turn any document URL into clean Markdown for LLMs: web pages, PDFs, Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx/.xls), OpenDocument, CSV, XML and plain text, up to 10 MB. | $0.005free to try |
Questions people ask
Do I need an API key from each source?
No. We query the open sources for you; you only pay per call (or use the free calls in Claude or Cursor).
How fresh is it?
News covers the last 1 to 30 days, with headlines collected through the day. Search answers may be cached for up to an hour.
Is it a Google replacement?
No. It covers open sources (Wikipedia, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, DuckDuckGo instant answers and news outlets), which answer most factual, technical and news questions well.
How much does it cost?
From $0.002 a call, charged only when it succeeds. In Claude or Cursor the first 20 calls a day are free, with no sign-up.
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