API and MCP

For AI agents

Give your agent the facts, not ten browser tabs. Every record is structured, sourced and dated, and unknowns are explicit.

Connect over MCP

The MCP server runs locally and is read-only. With Claude Code:

npx repoquarry-mcp            # coming soon to npm
# from source today:
git clone https://github.com/Obiwayne/RepoQuarry && cd RepoQuarry/packages/mcp && npm install
claude mcp add repoquarry -- node /path/to/RepoQuarry/packages/mcp/bin/repoquarry-mcp.js

Tools:

search_projects: query, job, local, commercial, no_paid_api, hardware ("cpu" or GB of GPU memory), os, include_archived, limit. Returns match reasons, unmet constraints and unknown fields, plus what was hidden and why.
get_project: the full record. Each fact has status, value, source_url, checked_at and confidence.
compare_projects: two or three ids, row by row, with differences flagged.

JSON API

Endpoint	Returns
`GET /api/v1/projects.json`	Concise list of every project.
`GET /api/v1/projects/{id}.json`	Full record with evidence.
`GET /api/v1/catalog.json`	Everything: products, projects and daily star snapshots.
`GET /api/v1/search`	Live search with strict filters: `q`, `job`, `local`, `commercial`, `no_paid_api`, `hardware` (`cpu` or GB), `os`, `include_archived`, `limit`. Same results as the MCP tool. `limit` is 1 to 20.

curl https://repoquarry.dev/api/v1/projects/kokoro.json
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer rq_live_…" "https://repoquarry.dev/api/v1/search?q=ElevenLabs&commercial=true"

Limits

Limits apply to every /api/v1 endpoint, the JSON files included. With a key, all of your account's keys share one allowance.

Access	Per minute	Per day	Per month
No key (per network)	10	50	500
Free account (get a key)	60	100	3,000
Pro, $9 a month (coming soon)	300	20,000	400,000

The MCP server reading a local data folder makes no API calls. Pointed at the published API, it fetches catalog.json at most once every 10 minutes.

Over the limit you get 429 rate_limited with a Retry-After header. Bad parameters return 400 invalid_filter naming the field. An unknown or revoked key returns 401 invalid_key; send no key to use the anonymous allowance. Need more than the free allowance? The Pro tier ($9 a month, 20,000 requests a day) is coming soon; until then, open an issue and tell us what you're building.

Our promises to agents

We never invent facts. Unknown means we found no source.
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