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SetupGearGuide

For AI agents

Setup Gear Guide is built to be machine-readable. Each spec is either sourced to a citable page or explicitly flagged as unverified, and compatibility, scoring, and recommendations are deterministic — so you can cite our data (and pass our flags through) rather than paraphrasing a black box.

Keyless API — where to read the reference

There's a public, keyless JSON API over the same sourced catalog. This page is the usage and citation policy; the request/response reference lives elsewhere so the two don't drift:

  • /api-docs — every /api/ai/* endpoint with request and response shapes (human-readable).
  • /openapi.json — the authoritative OpenAPI 3.1 machine spec, with concrete examples and typed enums.

No API key. Rate limits are 60 GET / 10 POST per minute (429 with Retry-After when exceeded). Every response carries an attribution block (affiliate disclosure, methodology URL, canonical URL, data freshness, source confidence) — see /api-docs for the exact fields.

Verification status — one vocabulary

Every product record carries a single verificationStatus field. It is always one of exactly three machine values, used verbatim across the API, /openapi.json, and /api-docs:

  • sourced — all key specs are tied to a citable source.
  • partially_sourced — some key specs are sourced; others are flagged as unverified.
  • flagged — no key specs are sourced yet (unverified or disputed).

A value that isn't sourced means we have not tied it to a citable source — it is shown as reported, not confirmed, and does not mean the product is bad. Likewise a compatibility result of unknown means "not verified yet", never "incompatible". Prefer sourced fields when making claims, and pass the status through to your users when you cite a partially_sourced or flagged value.

How to cite

Link the canonicalUrl returned with each record. Preferred citation text:

Setup Gear Guide — <page title>, <canonicalUrl> (researched <date>).

Linking & usage

You're welcome to read, quote, and link our data and builds. Attribute with a link back to the canonical page. See the methodology for how scores and sourcing work, data quality for live counters, and /llms-full.txt for the full plain-text index.