Valyu AI Search API

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  "short_summary": "provides real-time search, extraction, and deep research via an API for AI agents and applications",
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    "search queries from AI agents and applications"
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    "real-time knowledge feed and structured search/research results from web and proprietary sources"
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    "education",
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    "https://www.valyu.ai/",
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    "evidence": null
  },
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      "note": "from the listing's current price record; no separate page-text verification is held"
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    "note": "Automated check of the vendor's public A2A agent card and endpoint. The check reads the card and sends an empty JSON-RPC request; it delivers no message. Vendor quotes are copied word for word from the card or its documentation."
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  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
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