⚡ 94.3% on SimpleQA benchmark — best in class

The context API that actually answers questions

Multi-source research engine for AI apps. Google, Bing, Wikipedia, CrossRef, and 100+ engines — unified in one API with LLM extraction. Zero cost per query.

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94.3%

SimpleQA Accuracy

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Avg Response

100+

Search Engines

$0

LLM Cost

Built for AI developers

Everything your AI app needs to answer questions accurately, backed by real sources.

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Multi-Engine Search

Google + Bing via SearXNG, with automatic retry and result deduplication. 22 search profiles for web, news, academic, code, social, and more.

100+ engines

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Deep Page Reading

Fetches and reads full web pages when snippets aren't enough. Extracts relevant paragraphs with table support. Clean markdown or text output.

Markdown + text

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LLM Answer Extraction

Trinity model extracts precise answers from context. Zero cost — runs on OpenRouter free tier. No API key management needed.

$0 per query

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Academic Search

CrossRef, arXiv, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, and OpenAlex integration. DOIs, citations, abstracts, and metadata for any paper.

5 academic sources

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Game & Media Wikis

Direct Fandom and wiki.gg API access — Minecraft, Dota 2, Dragon Age, Rick & Morty, and more. Structured data for any franchise.

40+ wikis

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Wikipedia Deep Parse

Direct Wikipedia API with table extraction, infobox parsing, and Wikidata entity resolution. Structured knowledge at your fingertips.

Structured data

Simple API, powerful results

One endpoint. JSON response. Full research loop.

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Ask a question — get an answer with sources

curl "https://contextwire.dev/api/ask?q=Who+won+the+2024+Nobel+Prize+in+Physics"
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Response:

{ "answer": "John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton", "source": "snippets", "latency_ms": 3200, "sources": [{ "title": "Nobel Prize", "url": "..." }], "pageExcerpts": [{ "title": "...", "text": "..." }] }

Products built on ContextWire

Ready-to-use tools powered by our API — see what's possible.

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AskAndy

AI answer engine. Ask any factual question, get a sourced answer in seconds. Full research loop with multi-phase verification.

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Fact Checker

Verify any claim instantly. Enter a statement → get TRUE/FALSE/MIXED verdict with confidence score and source citations.

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Deep Research

Generate comprehensive research reports. Combines web, academic papers, and page extraction into structured reports with citations.

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MCP Server

Add ContextWire to Claude Code or Cursor with one command. 5 tools: ask, search, extract, research, batch search.

Setup Guide →

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API Playground

Interactive API tester. Try every endpoint with real data, see full request/response, copy code snippets.

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Status Dashboard

Real-time health monitoring. Engine status, response times, uptime tracking. Full transparency.

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🔌 Works with Claude Code & Cursor

Add ContextWire as an MCP server. One command, instant access to web search, page reading, and research inside your AI coding environment.

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Claude Code

claude mcp add contextwire
--transport http
https://mcp.kept.live/mcp
-- --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

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No signup needed — test the API right here.

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Bring Your Own Key

The best use of OpenRouter's free tier — extend Claude Code with real-time research for /bin/bash.

✓ With Your OpenRouter Key

• • Full speed, zero LLM cost
• • Use any free-tier model
• • 1 credit per query
• • Your key, your control

No Key? No Problem

• • Still works out of the box
• • 2 credits per query
• • We handle the LLM
• • Upgrade anytime

Unlike Tavily or Perplexity API, ContextWire doesn't lock you into their LLM. Plug in your own provider and pay nothing for inference.

Minimal Context, Maximum Signal

Other APIs dump entire pages into your context window. ContextWire gives you exactly what you need.

Metric	ContextWire	Tavily	Google CSE	Perplexity
Avg context per result	~150 tokens	~800 tokens	~200 tokens	~2,000 tokens
10-result search payload	~1.5K tokens	~8K tokens	~2K tokens	~20K tokens
Context control	Full (profiles, engines, fields)	Limited	None	None
Custom engine selection	105 engines, 22 profiles	1 engine	1 engine	1 engine
Fact verification	Built-in (94.3% accuracy)	No	No	No

Build your own custom searches across 100+ engines. Choose exactly which sources matter for your use case — academic, code, news, social, finance, and more.

Simple pricing

Start free. Scale as you grow. BYOK = bring your own OpenRouter key for maximum value.

Free

$0/mo

• 1,000 queries/month
• BYOK: 1 credit/query
• No key: 2 credits/query
• All 22 search profiles
• Page extraction
• MCP server access Get Free API Key

Pro

$10/mo

• 3,500 queries/month
• Everything in Free
• Batch search (parallel)
• Deep research mode
• Priority routing
• Email support Coming Soon

Business

$30/mo

• 15,000 queries/month
• Everything in Pro
• Custom search profiles
• Dedicated support
• Usage analytics
• SLA guarantee Coming Soon

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