Wayback Machine snapshot lookup

URL

URL or domain, e.g. 'example.com'Required · url

Timestamp

Preferred date, YYYYMMDD[hhmmss]; nearest snapshot is returnedOptional · timestamp

Price

Free, no charge per call

Billing

No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.

License

Internet Archive Wayback Availability API

Attribution

Snapshots from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (web.archive.org)

Your agent reads the schema and the price with inspect_tool before it runs the tool.

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TypeScript

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