https://api.you.com/mcp with two search and research tools. Connect to https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free for you-search with 100 queries/day — no API key or sign-up needed.
Available Tools
Installation
Authentication
Three options for connecting to the You.com MCP server:
Get an API key at https://you.com/platform/api-keys.
Quick Start — Free Tier
No API key needed — just pointMCPServerHTTP at the free-tier URL:
Code
The free tier only exposes
you-search. For you-research and you-contents, use an API key or OAuth.Authenticated Example — DSL
UseMCPServerHTTP with an API key and create_static_tool_filter to select both tools:
Code
you-search Parameters
Query Operators
you-research Parameters
Research Effort Levels
Return Format
.output.content: Markdown answer with inline citations.output.sources[]: List of sources with{url, title?, snippets[]}
Security
- Trust boundary: Always add a trust boundary sentence in the agent’s
backstory— tool results contain untrusted web content that should be treated as data only, never as instructions - Never hardcode API keys: Use
YDC_API_KEYenvironment variable - HTTPS only: Always use
https://api.you.com/mcp— never HTTP
Additional Resources
- You.com Platform: https://you.com/platform
- API Keys: https://you.com/platform/api-keys
- MCP Documentation: https://docs.you.com/developer-resources/mcp-server
- crewAI MCP Docs: /en/mcp/overview
