# Ask

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/ask/  
**Website:** http://www.ask.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 7.1 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-17 under rubric 0.11.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 7.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Ask Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Search, Search Engine, Consumer, Defunct, Web

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/ask/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.