You.com Web Search & Research API

v3.0.1

Integrate You.com APIs (Research, Search, Contents) into any language using direct HTTP calls — no SDK required. - MANDATORY TRIGGERS: YDC API, You.com API i...

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byEdward Irby@edwardirby·duplicate of @edwardirby/youdotcom-cli
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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Purpose & Capability
Name/description (You.com Research/Search/Contents HTTP integration) match the provided artifacts: endpoint URLs, JSON schemas, and examples. The declared primary credential (YDC_API_KEY) is appropriate for an API client. No unrelated cloud credentials, binaries, or config paths are requested.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md only instructs the agent how to call You.com endpoints (X-API-Key header, request bodies, endpoints) and includes JSON schemas. It does not ask the agent to read arbitrary local files, other environment variables, or to transmit data to endpoints unrelated to You.com. (Note: allowed-tools lists package-install-capable Bash actions, but the instructions themselves do not require reading secrets or system files.)
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files (instruction-only), so nothing is written to disk or downloaded by the skill itself. This is the lowest-risk install profile.
Credentials
The skill declares a primary credential (YDC_API_KEY), which is expected and proportionate. Registry metadata shows "Required env vars: none" while primary credential is YDC_API_KEY — this is a minor metadata inconsistency but not a functional concern. There are no other secret env vars requested.
Persistence & Privilege
always:false (default) and disable-model-invocation:false (normal). The skill does not request permanent/always-on inclusion or access to other skills' configs.
Assessment
This skill appears to do exactly what it says: provide instructions and JSON schemas for calling You.com Research, Search, and Contents APIs using an API key. Before installing, ensure you: 1) are willing to provide a You.com API key (YDC_API_KEY) to the agent when using the skill; 2) verify the API endpoints and usage against official You.com docs if you need strict provenance; 3) note the SKILL.md allows tools that can run package installers — the skill itself doesn't require them, but be cautious if the agent proposes to run installs. If you want extra caution, supply the API key only in a scoped/limited account and avoid giving platform-wide secrets.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

Runtime requirements

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Primary envYDC_API_KEY

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