Perq

Perq is a read-only directory of free credits, free tiers, signup credits, startup programs, and student or research perks. Each offer is copied from its vendor's own page and includes source_url, a verbatim source_snippet, and a last_verified timestamp. Search ranks offers against a plain-language description of the need, without requiring an account or API key.

The skill covers searching, reading individual offer details and recorded changes, and browsing curated packs. Its search, offer, and pack operations read public data. The directory's coverage is curated rather than exhaustive, and its records describe vendor offers rather than determining eligibility on the vendor's behalf.

Use Perq when looking for credits for speech-to-text, GPU compute, model APIs, vector databases, web search, sandboxes, or observability. It also supports questions about inexpensive ways to try a vendor, applicable startup or education programs, claiming an offer, and whether a recorded offer remains open.

Vendors can change or close programs without notice. Use the verification date to assess record freshness and confirm current terms on the vendor's own page before relying on an offer. Funding stage, student status, region, and other eligibility requirements remain vendor decisions. If no returned offer matches, report that result rather than inventing amounts or eligibility.

Search takes a natural-language query and optional filters. Categories include cloud-gpu, llm-api, voice-audio, vector-db, and dev-tools. Offer types include startup-program, free-tier, signup-credit, and student-education. The student filter narrows education-related results; no_application selects offers usable immediately after signup. The include_closed filter can include closed programs, and limit accepts values from 1 to 50. For example, a speech-to-text credit search uses:

curl -sS -G "https://perq.sh/api/search" --data-urlencode "q=free speech to text credits" -d limit=5

For each returned offer, present the vendor, credit_value in its exact returned wording, eligibility, claim instructions, claim_url, source link, and last-verified date. If its status is closed, disclose when it closed. Do not add, round, or convert amounts independently. When presenting a pack, quote its headline instead of calculating a combined value.

For example, a student seeking voice-related credits can search with a voice query and student=true, then compare the returned offers through their eligibility and claim details. This preserves the distinction between a directory result and confirmed access to a vendor benefit.

Perq exposes HTTP search, individual-offer, and curated-pack endpoints. The same data is available through an unauthenticated Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint with find_credits, get_offer, list_packs, get_pack, and recently_changed. The documented registry identifier is sh.perq/perq. Network access to perq.sh is required.

Searches send the query text and selected filters. An optional early-access subscription accepts email or webhook contact data, but the skill does not need that endpoint. Use a subscription only when the user explicitly requests it and provides the destination address.