Agent Seek pricing
Agent Seek is a free prototype. There is no paid plan, no usage invoice from this host, no credit-card checkout, and no contact-sales form. You still incur whatever You.com and TypeSafe bill for the upstream calls this service makes on your behalf when you self-host.
Plan tiers
| Plan | Price | Who it is for | How to start | Rate limit | Discover cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandbox | $0 | Agents inspecting the contract | GET /health, GET /v1, GET /v1/sandbox — zero auth | 60 req / min / client | n/a (canned body) |
| Prototype | $0 | Live demo on this host | Self-serve OAuth (anonymous / DCR) or operator-issued key | 60 req / min / key | 100 candidates / query |
| Self-host | $0 from us | You run the repo | Set AGENT_SEEK_API_KEY in .env | You choose | 100 (code hard cap) |
There is no Team, Business, or Enterprise SKU. If a future paid tier appears it will be listed here with a USD price, a feature matrix, and a Sunset note — not a “contact us” cell.
Feature breakdown
| Feature | Sandbox | Prototype | Self-host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google-simple search UI | yes (this host) | yes | yes |
POST /v1/search / GET /v1/search | example only | yes | yes |
mode=deep (default) | example | yes | yes |
mode=snip (opt-in cheap) | example | yes | yes |
MCP Streamable HTTP (/mcp) | tools/list yes | yes | yes |
| OAuth 2.0 + PKCE S256 | yes (anonymous / DCR) | yes | yes |
| Shared API key | local .env only | operator-issued if you want search:read without claim | you set it |
| OpenAPI 3.1 / Swagger / ReDoc | yes | yes | yes |
| SLA / uptime contract | no | no | no |
| Markup on You.com / Jev | none | none | none (you pay providers) |
Usage limits
- k: 1–25 (default 10)
- max_candidates: 1–100 (default 50). The service never requests more than 100 discover hits.
- Rate limit: 60 requests / minute / client key (in-memory). Responses include RFC
RateLimitandRateLimit-Policy.429includesRetry-Afterandapplication/problem+json. - Timeout budget: You.com ≤ 8s, Jev wave ≤ 8s, total request ≤ 20s (see README).
Default discover cost is on the order of You.com ~$0.005 per query plus Jev cascade spend on the admitted set (Stage A on candidates, Stage B on survivors). Agent Seek does not add a markup or invoice that spend.
How to get access (self-serve)
No sales form. Agents should not wait on email.
- Zero-auth: call
GET /v1/sandboxandGET /openapi.json. - Self-serve OAuth:
POST /oauth2/registerorPOST /agent/identitywith{"type":"anonymous"}. Walkthrough: auth.md. - Local key:
cp .env.example .env, setAGENT_SEEK_API_KEY, runuvicorn apps.api.main:app --port 8787. - Optional live key: email gitmaxd@gmail.com only if you want an operator
search:readkey on the public host without the claim ceremony. That email is not a prerequisite.
What is not included
- Generated answers / chat
- Unbounded crawl
- SLA, refunds, or uptime credits (there is nothing to refund)
- Metered billing or overage fees (there is no bill)
See Agent Seek API, auth.md, and versioning.