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Ask

Ask (Ask.com), formerly Ask Jeeves, was a consumer web search engine that operated for roughly 30 years before officially closing on May 1, 2026. The domain now serves a static closure/farewell notice and a Privacy Policy page. It was surfaced as a portfolio-lead stub in the API Evangelist network; enrichment confirms there is no public developer API, SDK, documentation, well-known discovery surface, or event/webhook surface to harvest — the site is defunct. Retained as a historical company record.

Ask is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Search, Search Engine, Consumer, and Defunct.

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8.9/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
0 APIs
CompanySearchSearch EngineConsumerDefunctWeb

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 8.9/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Ask Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ask
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/ask.png
name: Ask
description: Ask (Ask.com), formerly Ask Jeeves, was a consumer web search engine that operated for roughly 30 years before
  officially closing on May 1, 2026. The domain now serves a static closure/farewell notice and a Privacy Policy page. It
  was surfaced as a portfolio-lead stub in the API Evangelist network; enrichment confirms there is no public developer API,
  SDK, documentation, well-known discovery surface, or event/webhook surface to harvest — the site is defunct. Retained as
  a historical company record.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ask/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- redpoint-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: closed
x-closed-date: '2026-05-01'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Search
- Search Engine
- Consumer
- Defunct
- Web
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ask-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: http://www.ask.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.ask.com/privacy.html
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence