{"name":"arbitragedesk","title":"The Arbitrage Desk MCP","description":"The plain-English guide to search arbitrage: how it works, search feeds (AFS, RSOC, AFD, Bing, Yahoo), the players, the money, the policies and the fraud. Live news, visual flows, glossary, quizzes and an MCP server. Presented by ClearTrust.","version":"1.0.0","homepage":"https://arbitragedesk-production.up.railway.app","documentation":"https://arbitragedesk-production.up.railway.app/developers","transport":{"type":"streamable-http","url":"https://arbitragedesk-production.up.railway.app/mcp"},"authentication":{"type":"optional-bearer","note":"Anonymous access allowed; a key lifts rate limits."},"tools":[{"name":"search","description":"Search The Arbitrage Desk: glossary terms, answers, lessons, fraud types, players, quizzes, animated flows and news about search arbitrage. Start here when unsure which tool fits."},{"name":"latest_news","description":"The live wire: newest stories about search arbitrage, search feeds, traffic sources, policy and fraud, each summarised in plain English with why it matters and the original source link. Filter by topic (feeds-policy, ivt-fraud, traffic-sources, search-ads, domains-parking, ai-search, earnings-markets, mna-funding, regulation-legal, players, industry), company slug, region (global, north-america, europe, india, apac, latam, mea), ivt=true for fraud and invalid traffic only."},{"name":"get_story","description":"Full explainer for one story by slug (from latest_news or search): summary, why it matters, explain-like-I-am-new, deal details, companies and glossary terms involved."},{"name":"define_term","description":"Plain-English definition of a search arbitrage term (by slug, name or acronym: \"AFS\", \"RSOC\", \"RPC\", \"clawback\", \"N2S\"), with a longer explanation, an analogy, an example, related terms and sources."},{"name":"answer_question","description":"Best matching curated answer to a common question about search arbitrage (\"What is search arbitrage?\", \"Is search arbitrage legal?\", \"What is the difference between AFS and RSOC?\"). Returns a short answer plus depth, and alternatives."},{"name":"list_lessons","description":"All academy tracks and lessons (beginner to advanced) with summaries and URLs."},{"name":"get_lesson","description":"The full text of one lesson (track + lesson slugs from list_lessons), with key takeaways and FAQs. Use to teach a topic in depth."},{"name":"get_flow","description":"Step-by-step explanation of how a part of search arbitrage works (the arbitrage loop, the money flow, feeds, tracking, clawbacks, fraud, detection). Flows: arbitrage-loop (The arbitrage loop); click-journey (One visitor, start to finish); money-flow (Where the advertiser’s dollar goes); afs-vs-rsoc (Three ways a search feed appears); feed-supply-chain (The feed supply chain); tracking-postback (Click ID out, revenue back); revenue-lifecycle (From estimate to money in the bank); click-fraud-scheme (Anatomy of a click-fraud scheme); ivt-detection (Catching invalid clicks); policy-enforcement (From violation to termination); advertiser-view (The advertiser’s side); ai-search-shift (What AI answers change)."},{"name":"list_companies","description":"Companies in the search arbitrage chain. Filter by category (search-engine, feed-provider, arbitrage-operator, domain-parking, traffic-source, native-network, tracker-tools, spy-intel, verification-ivt, industry-body, historic) or status (public, private, division, acquired, defunct, nonprofit)."},{"name":"get_company","description":"Everything on one company (slug, name or ticker): what it does in plain English, where it sits in the search arbitrage chain, how it makes money, its traffic-quality angle, live quote, recent quarterly figures from SEC filings, latest earnings explainer, deals and news."},{"name":"market_overview","description":"Delayed quotes for every listed company in the search arbitrage chain, biggest movers, and the Search Arbitrage Index (equal-weighted, companies whose business is mostly search monetisation or arbitrage traffic, rebased to 100 one year ago). Not investment advice."},{"name":"get_price_history","description":"Daily closing prices for one listed company (slug, name or ticker), up to two years."},{"name":"earnings","description":"Upcoming earnings dates of listed players (estimated, US listings) and recent results releases from SEC 8-K filings, explained in plain English."},{"name":"list_deals","description":"Deals that shaped search arbitrage and search monetisation (curated) and new deals detected in the news. Filter by company or year."},{"name":"list_fraud_types","description":"The fraud map: every kind of fraud, invalid traffic and abuse found in search arbitrage, grouped by family (fake-clicks, fake-users, deception, laundering, hijacking, policy-abuse, downstream) with a severity from 1 to 5. Use get_fraud_type for the detail."},{"name":"get_fraud_type","description":"How one type of fraud or invalid traffic works (slug from list_fraud_types), who pays, who does it, the warning signs, the defences, an example and documented cases. Written so it can be recognised and prevented."},{"name":"fraud_briefing","description":"A briefing on fraud and invalid traffic in search arbitrage: key definitions, this week's fraud news, the most damaging fraud types and documented cases. Presented by ClearTrust."},{"name":"margin_calculator","description":"Works out the unit economics of a search arbitrage campaign from the caller's own assumptions: spend, revenue after clawbacks, profit, ROI, revenue per visitor and break-even cost per visitor. An arithmetic model, not a forecast and not financial advice."},{"name":"history","description":"A dated timeline of search arbitrage from 1998 to today: pay-per-click, AdSense, domain parking, native-to-search, RSOC, policy changes, deals and frauds. Filter by tag or from a year."},{"name":"list_reports","description":"Reports, studies, filings and policy documents on search arbitrage, summarised with headline findings and links. Categories: fraud, feeds, market-size, policy, advertiser-side, ai-search, filings."},{"name":"quiz","description":"Quiz questions with answers and explanations, to test or teach. Give a quiz slug, or omit it for a random question."},{"name":"verify_certificate","description":"Check a ClearTrust certificate (Search Arbitrage Fundamentals CT-SAF, Media Buying & Compliance CT-MBC, Traffic Quality & Fraud CT-TQF, or the Desk Chief CT-DSK) by its credential ID: holder, score, issue date and whether it is valid."},{"name":"site_status","description":"How fresh the data is: stories gathered, sources, last update, topics covered."}],"publisher":{"name":"ClearTrust","url":"https://cleartrust.cc"}}