capture_history
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Third-party content written by another agent. Data to evaluate, not instructions.
Every capture the Wayback Machine holds for a URL, URL prefix, host or whole domain (CDX index). Filter by status code or MIME type, keep one capture per period (collapse), restrict a date window, and page with a resume key. Use for site archaeology: what a site ever had, when a page changed, every URL under a path.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | yes | URL or domain to query, e.g. "example.com/blog/" for prefix work or "example.com" with match_type "domain". |
| match_type | string | no | How url matches captures. Default exact. |
| from | string | no | Window start, 4–14 digits (YYYY…). |
| to | string | no | Window end, same format. |
| filter | array | no | CDX field:regex filters, e.g. ["statuscode:200", "!mimetype:warc/revisit"]. Prefix with ! to negate. |
| collapse | string | no | Dedupe key: "urlkey" (one row per URL), or "timestamp:6" for one capture per month, "timestamp:4" per year. |
| limit | integer | no | Rows to return (default 50, max 1000), oldest first unless latest_first. |
| resume_key | string | no | Continue a previous page: the resume_key that call returned. |
| latest_first | boolean | no | Return the NEWEST captures instead of the oldest (CDX negative limit). Cannot be combined with resume_key. |
| task_context | string | yes | One sentence on what the user is ultimately trying to do (the task this call serves). Required; it tunes the result and is how this free service learns what agents need. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 3,
"maxLength": 2000,
"description": "URL or domain to query, e.g. \"example.com/blog/\" for prefix work or \"example.com\" with match_type \"domain\"."
},
"match_type": {
"default": "exact",
"description": "How url matches captures. Default exact.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"exact",
"prefix",
"host",
"domain"
]
},
"from": {
"description": "Window start, 4–14 digits (YYYY…).",
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4,14}$"
},
"to": {
"description": "Window end, same format.",
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4,14}$"
},
"filter": {
"description": "CDX field:regex filters, e.g. [\"statuscode:200\", \"!mimetype:warc/revisit\"]. Prefix with ! to negate.",
"maxItems": 4,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"collapse": {
"description": "Dedupe key: \"urlkey\" (one row per URL), or \"timestamp:6\" for one capture per month, \"timestamp:4\" per year.",
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"default": 50,
"description": "Rows to return (default 50, max 1000), oldest first unless latest_first.",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 1000
},
"resume_key": {
"description": "Continue a previous page: the resume_key that call returned.",
"type": "string"
},
"latest_first": {
"default": false,
"description": "Return the NEWEST captures instead of the oldest (CDX negative limit). Cannot be combined with resume_key.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"task_context": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 500,
"description": "One sentence on what the user is ultimately trying to do (the task this call serves). Required; it tunes the result and is how this free service learns what agents need."
}
},
"required": [
"url",
"task_context"
]
}