You.com Web Access & AI is answering right now. Last checked 1 min ago. 701 installs a week from npm. It exposes 6 tools. Last commit 17 Sep 2026.
Web search, AI agent, and content extraction via You.com APIs
What changed 10
Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 14 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.
What the code does
We read the source, 20 h ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 3dff92dd89df
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
пакет @youdotcom-oss/mcp ссылается на youdotcom-oss/dx-toolkit
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 1 min ago.
claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://api.you.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp": {
"url": "https://api.you.com/mcp"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://api.you.com/mcp"{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp": {
"url": "https://api.you.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp": {
"url": "https://api.you.com/mcp"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
YDC_API_KEY (You.com API key (optional — omit for free tier)), YDC_PROFILE (Hosted MCP profile to expose through the STDIO bridge (currently supports free)), YDC_ALLOWED_TOOLS (Comma-separated hosted tool ids to expose through the STDIO bridge).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, and it signs you in through your browser: there is no API key to paste.
Available tools 6
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
you-answer
you-balance
you-contents
you-discover
you-research
you-search
Tools removed
Tools this server used to expose. Anything built against them stopped working on the day they went.
you-answers
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://api.you.com/mcp | streamable-http | sign-in | 187 ms | 1 min ago |
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You.com Web Access & AI — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.