Changelog

What's new in ContextWire. Follow our progress as we build the best research API for developers.

March 25, 2026
🚀 ContextWire Launch
New Full product launch at contextwire.dev
  • 10 pages deployed — Homepage, API Docs, Quickstart Guide, Interactive Playground, Use Cases, Compare, SDK Docs, Fact Checker, Research Reports, Status Page
  • BYOK model — Bring Your Own OpenRouter Key for /bin/bash LLM cost (1 credit/query). No key = 2 credits/query
  • Interactive Playground — Try all 8 API endpoints live: Ask, Search, Extract, Research, Batch, Suggest, Engines, Profiles
  • Use Cases page — 5 verticals with 6 live demos (AI Coding, Fact Checking, Research, Competitive Intel, Dev News)
  • Compare page — Side-by-side vs Tavily, Perplexity, Brave Search, Google CSE, SerpAPI
  • Context size table — Shows ContextWire ~150 tokens/result vs Tavily ~800 vs Perplexity ~2,000
  • Status page — Real-time health monitoring for all services
  • OG images — Social sharing previews on all pages
  • JSON-LD schema — SoftwareApplication + WebSite structured data
March 25, 2026
🔌 MCP Server
New Hosted MCP server for Claude Code and Cursor
  • 5 tools: ask, search, extract, research, batch_search
  • MCP protocol 2024-11-05 with HTTP Streamable transport
  • Two endpoints: mcp.kept.live/mcp and contextwire.dev/mcp
  • Setup guide included in the Quickstart
March 25, 2026
📦 Node.js SDK
New TypeScript-first SDK for ContextWire
  • @contextwire/sdk — full API coverage with TypeScript definitions
  • Methods: ask(), search(), extract(), research(), batchSearch(), and more
  • Configurable timeout, base URL, and error handling
  • Documentation at /sdk.html
March 25, 2026
📊 Pricing Update
Updated New pricing tiers announced
  • Free: /bin/bash/mo — 1,000 queries, all profiles, MCP access
  • Pro: 0/mo — 3,500 queries, batch search, deep research (coming soon)
  • Business: 0/mo — 15,000 queries, custom profiles, SLA (coming soon)
March 24, 2026
🔬 Search API v2.1
Improved Core API enhancements
  • 94.3% SimpleQA accuracy — up from 91.2% in v2.0
  • 22 search profiles — added security, packages, repos
  • 105 search engines across all categories
  • /api/suggest — new autocomplete endpoint
  • /api/search/batch — parallel multi-query search
  • Trinity model — /bin/bash LLM cost via OpenRouter free tier