you-free

# You.com Free Search MCP Use this skill for basic current web search when the task only needs search results and does not require authentication. ## Prerequisites The free You.com MCP server profile must be installed and connected before using this skill: - Server URL: `https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free` - Auth: none. Do not require `YDC_API_KEY` or OAuth. - Required tool: `you-search` If the task needs URL content extraction, cited research synthesis, finance, or livecrawl full-content search, use `you-web`, `you-research`, or `you-finance` instead. ## MCP server Use the You.com free MCP server profile at `https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free`. Required tool: - `you-search`: find current web sources and snippets. Before using this skill, check the MCP tools available in the current agent environment: - If `you-search` is available, use it directly. - If `you-search` is missing, ask the user to install or enable the You.com free MCP server profile. - The free profile does not require You.com auth via `YDC_API_KEY` or OAuth. If an x402-aware MCP client receives an HTTP `402` with a `payment-required` header, treat it as a payment challenge, not a tool failure. Let the MCP client handle external payment and retry with `Authorization: Payment ...`, `x-payment`, or `payment-signature` headers when supported. Do not use `livecrawl=web` with this skill. Do not use `you-contents`, `you-research`, or `you-finance`. ## Tool selection - Use `you-search` for simple cu...