What is Metaphor?
Metaphor is a search API for coding agents that need documentation and repository context to solve problems. Metaphor describes its search as smart and token-efficient, emphasizing coverage across search verticals. The stated purpose is to provide agents with the context they need, with documentation and repositories specifically named as search targets.
Metaphor also lists web, people, company and scholarly works indexes among its available data sources. These indexes extend the stated search coverage beyond the documentation and repository use case. The page presents API access alongside an MCP server, named assistant connections and a broader set of integrations.
What Metaphor can do
Metaphor provides search capabilities and access options for applications that need external context. Documentation and repository search are the main capabilities highlighted on the page, while the Starter plan lists the endpoints, connectors and data indexes available to developers. The listed capabilities include the following.
- Metaphor searches documentation and repositories for coding-agent context.
- Metaphor provides access to all endpoints through the Starter plan.
- Metaphor includes MCP server access.
- Metaphor offers a Claude Connector and a ChatGPT plugin.
- Metaphor lists 50+ integrations.
- Metaphor provides web, people, company and scholarly works indexes.
How Metaphor works
Metaphor makes search available through its search API, with the stated goal of supplying coding agents with context for their tasks. Developers can use the listed access options, including MCP server access, the Claude Connector and the ChatGPT plugin. The Starter plan groups these options with access to all endpoints.
Who Metaphor is for
Metaphor is aimed at developers building coding agents that need to search documentation and repositories. The page centers on agents obtaining the right context to solve a problem. The available API, MCP access and assistant connections provide different access options for this search capability, while the listed indexes cover additional information types.
- Metaphor supports finding documentation context for coding-agent tasks.
- Metaphor supports searching repositories for relevant coding context.
- Metaphor supports accessing search through its listed assistant connections.
Metaphor pricing and plans
Metaphor lists a free Starter plan with $10 in credits every month and a $10 onboarding bonus. No payment method is required to start. The plan includes all endpoints, MCP server access, the Claude Connector, the ChatGPT plugin, 50+ integrations and the listed data indexes.
Metaphor strengths and limitations
Metaphor combines documentation and repository search with several ways to access the service. The free Starter plan includes all endpoints rather than listing an endpoint restriction, and no payment method is required. The stated limits concern search throughput and agent concurrency, which are relevant when evaluating the Starter plan for agent workloads.
- Metaphor limits Starter search throughput to 10 queries per second.
- Metaphor limits Starter agent concurrency to 50.
- Metaphor specifies $10 in recurring monthly Starter credits.
Metaphor FAQ
What is Metaphor?
Metaphor is a search API that provides coding agents with context from documentation and repositories. Metaphor describes the search as token-efficient and lists additional data indexes covering the web, people, companies and scholarly works.
Is Metaphor free?
Metaphor offers a free Starter plan with $10 in credits every month and a $10 onboarding bonus, with no payment method required. The plan includes all endpoints, MCP server access and the listed integrations.
Does Metaphor support MCP, Claude and ChatGPT?
Metaphor includes MCP server access, a Claude Connector and a ChatGPT plugin in its Starter plan. Metaphor also lists 50+ integrations, although the supplied page text does not name the remaining integrations.
What are Metaphor's Starter plan limits?
Metaphor lists Starter limits of 10 search queries per second and 50 agent concurrency. The free plan also specifies $10 in monthly credits plus a $10 onboarding bonus.
Who is Metaphor for?
Metaphor is for developers building coding agents that need context from documentation and repositories. Metaphor provides a search API and lists MCP server access, a Claude Connector and a ChatGPT plugin as access options.
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