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Summary
Web and news search from any AI agent via the You.com Search API. 2 tools, API-key auth.
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You.com
Web and news search from any AI agent via the You.com Search API. 2 tools, API-key auth.
Setup
This connector wraps the You.com Web Search API (ydc-index.io).
Setup:
- Create an API key at https://you.com/platform/api-keys (a key scoped to Web Search).
- Set
YDC_API_KEY.
Authentication: the key is sent as the X-API-Key header on every call, exactly as the API reference documents for POST https://ydc-index.io/v1/search.
One endpoint, two tools: the API exposes a single search endpoint, POST /v1/search, which returns web and news results together, organised under results.web and results.news.
youcom_search— returns the full response. …
Prerequisites: YDC_API_KEY
Install the connector locally
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Open http://localhost:3000/connectors/store, pick You.com and paste in the env vars listed under Prerequisites.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
youcom_search | Web search across the open web via You |
youcom_news | News-only search via You |
Next steps
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