# OptimAI Search Docs

Developer documentation for OptimAI Search. This ordered index is generated from the docs navigation tree and frontmatter.

## Documentation pages

- [OptimAI Search Docs](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs.md): Build with decentralized live web search, clean URL scraping, and AI-agent retrieval workflows on the OptimAI network.
- [Quick Start](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/quick-start.md): Install the OptimAI tools, set an API key, and run a decentralized live web search request.
- [What Is OptimAI Search?](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/concepts/what-is-optimai-search.md): A plain-language overview of decentralized live web Search, Scrape, URL Seeding, and Crawl.
- [Architecture](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/concepts/architecture.md): How a request routes through OptimAI API, live nodes worldwide, and structured results.
- [x402 Protocol](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/concepts/x402-protocol.md): How HTTP-native payments work for paid OptimAI Search requests.
- [Installation](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/guides/installation.md): Install the SDK or MCP server for OptimAI Search workflows.
- [First Query](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/guides/first-query.md): Send a natural language query and handle cited live-web output.
- [x402 SDK](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/guides/x402-sdk.md): Use the OptimAI x402 SDK to create paid searches and keep access across agents.
- [BNB Agent](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/guides/bnb-agent.md): Buy an OptimAI Search result through the ERC-8183 provider on BSC mainnet.
- [Production Setup](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/guides/production-setup.md): Practical checks before running OptimAI Search in a production application.
- [Troubleshooting](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/guides/troubleshooting.md): Common OptimAI Search setup and runtime issues.
- [API Overview](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/api/overview.md): Base URLs, request style, and response expectations for decentralized live web search.
- [Authentication](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/api/authentication.md): Authenticate OptimAI Search API requests with an API key.
- [Endpoints](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/api/endpoints.md): Current asynchronous Search, Scrape, Seed, and Crawl API routes.
- [Response Format](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/api/response-format.md): Understand asynchronous operation statuses, progress, citations, and result fields.
- [Errors](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/api/errors.md): Error categories and handling guidance for OptimAI Search API consumers.
- [Rate Limits](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/api/rate-limits.md): Throughput guidance for fair and stable OptimAI Search usage.
- [Security](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/api/security.md): Keep OptimAI API keys, payer wallets, and payment context scoped correctly.
- [JavaScript](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/examples/javascript.md): A minimal JavaScript request to OptimAI Search.
- [TypeScript](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/examples/typescript.md): A typed helper for creating and polling OptimAI Search from server-side TypeScript.
- [cURL](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/examples/curl.md): A copyable cURL request for OptimAI Search.
- [Simple Search Agent](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/examples/search-agent.md): Build a reliable start-and-poll research loop for an AI agent.
- [Add Search to a Chatbot](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/examples/chatbot.md): Give a chatbot a clear policy for when to search and how to handle results.
- [Pay-per-Call Search](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/examples/pay-per-call.md): Let an autonomous service pay for each Search request with x402.
- [LLMs.txt](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/ai-agents/llms-txt.md): How AI agents should discover and consume OptimAI Search docs.
- [Markdown Access](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/ai-agents/markdown-access.md): Markdown-friendly docs paths for AI agents, crawlers, and source-of-truth snippets.
- [Search MCP](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/ai-agents/search-mcp.md): Connect OptimAI Search to Codex, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible AI hosts.
- [FAQ](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/reference/faq.md): Short answers for common OptimAI Search integration questions.
- [Changelog](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/reference/changelog.md): Where to find current OptimAI Search SDK and documentation changes.

## Complete reference

- [Full documentation](https://search-docs.pages.dev/llms-full.txt): Every documentation page concatenated with page boundaries and canonical URLs.
- [Markdown Access](https://search-docs.pages.dev/docs/ai-agents/markdown-access.md): Discovery guidance for agents and crawlers.

## Product links

- Search app: https://search.optimai.network
- Landing page: https://optimai.network