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feat: add optional You.com search integration - #575

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Summary

Adds You.com web search and research capabilities to ECA via MCP server configuration examples. This enables ECA users to add web search, URL content extraction, and AI-powered research tools to their coding agents across all supported editors (VSCode, Emacs, Vim, IntelliJ, Desktop).

What Changed

Added comprehensive You.com MCP server examples to docs/config/tools.md:

  • Authenticated access: Full features using YDC_API_KEY environment variable
  • Keyless option: Basic web search using the free profile (?profile=free)
  • Specialized profiles: Finance-only and docs-only endpoints for focused use cases

Integration Approach

This follows ECA's existing MCP server patterns and requires zero code changes — purely additive configuration examples. The integration leverages ECA's built-in support for:

  • HTTP MCP servers with authentication headers
  • Environment variable interpolation for API keys
  • Multiple server configurations

Available Tools

Once configured, users gain access to:

  • you_search — Web search with citations
  • you_url_contents — Webpage content extraction
  • you_research — Multi-step research workflows

Configuration Examples

Basic authenticated setup:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "you-search": {
      "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:YDC_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Keyless trial:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "you-search-free": {
      "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free"
    }
  }
}

Validation

  • Follows ECA's established documentation patterns
  • Uses existing MCP server configuration system
  • No breaking changes or code modifications
  • Maintains ECA's security model (opt-in via configuration)
  • Includes proper UTM tracking for attribution

Tracking issue: youdotcom-oss/integration-tracking#202

Add You.com web search and research capabilities via MCP server integration.
ECA users can now add web search, URL content extraction, and AI-powered research
tools to their coding agents across all supported editors.

Configuration options include:
- Authenticated access with full features using YDC_API_KEY
- Keyless basic web search using the free profile
- Specialized endpoints for finance and documentation search

This follows ECA's existing MCP server patterns and requires no code changes,
only configuration additions to the tools documentation.

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nice, since this is docs only I'm ok with that, thank you!

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ericdallo merged commit ac0732a into editor-code-assistant:master Aug 19, 2026
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