What do I do with the slug?

Pass it as the category in Futurepedia tools search.

Do I pay for lookups that come back empty?

No. You are charged per result, so a request that finds nothing costs nothing. Testing this against a messy list is free to get wrong.

What does a request cost?

5 points per successful run, which is $5 per 1,000, and only runs that return data are charged. Points come out of your monthly plan allowance.

Startup & Funding Data

Futurepedia Categories API and MCP — AI Tool Categories With Tool Counts

Run it and get the AI tool categories listed on Futurepedia, each with its slug, name, link, the number of tools in it and the group it belongs to. These are the top sub-categories shown on the Futurepedia categories page. An optional group input narrows the list to one group, such as productivity, video, text-generators, business, image, automations, art, audio-generators, misc-tools or code.

Run it in the app Read the API docs

You send: nothing required; optionally a group such as productivity, video or code
You get back: AI tool categories with the number of tools in each and the group they belong to
Coverage: Futurepedia records with a public page.
Price: 5 pts — $5 per 1,000; Charged only when the record resolves. A request that finds nothing is not billed.

Comparison

Ways to get this data

Three approaches teams use today, and where each one runs into trouble.

Approach	What it takes	Cost	Trade-off
Futurepedia directly	Browse Futurepedia and note each entry	Free, and slow	Fine for one record, useless across a list, and the layout differs on every platform
Building a scraper	Write it, host it, and repair it when Futurepedia changes its pages	Engineering time	A maintenance commitment for something that isn't your product
NeuralVerge	One request, the same shape as every other source in the catalog	$5 per 1,000, misses not billed	Returns what Futurepedia publishes at request time. Other platforms are separate sources with the same request format

Response

What you get back

Every field in the example response below.

Field	Type	Description
`session_id`	string	Id of this run, for tracing.
`kind`	string	Source type of the response.
`max_items`	number	The cap you sent on returned records.
`start_page`	number	First page read.
`partial`	boolean	True when the run stopped before reaching max_items.
`human`	string	Readable summary: query, result count and a traffic line.
`machine.total_items`	number	Number of records returned in this response.
`machine.items[]`	array	The returned records, each with the fields listed below.
`machine.first_item`	object	A copy of the first record in items[], for a quick read.
`machine.total_found`	number\|null	Total matches when the platform reports one; null when it does not.
`machine.page_count`	number	Pages read for this response.
`machine.blocked`	boolean	True if the platform refused the read.
`machine.proxy_traffic_bytes`	number	Traffic used by the run, in bytes.
`total_points`	number	Points charged for the run: 5, regardless of how many records come back.
`machine.first_item.id`	string	Category slug.
`machine.first_item.name`	string	Category name.
`machine.first_item.url`	string	Link to the category on Futurepedia.
`machine.first_item.alias`	string	Same slug as id.
`machine.first_item.tool_count`	number	Tools in the category.
`machine.first_item.group`	string	Group the category belongs to, e.g. AI Productivity Tools.
`machine.first_item.group_slug`	string	Group slug, usable as the group filter.
`machine.first_item.group_url`	string	Link to the group page.

Response

Example response

A real response, as returned.

{
  "session_id": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
  "kind": "futurepedia_categories",
  "partial": false,
  "human": "# Futurepedia — categories\n\n- **Query:** all\n- **Results:** 42 of 42 found\n- **Proxy traffic:** 108.8 KB",
  "machine": {
    "total_items": 42,
    "first_item": {
      "id": "personal-assistant",
      "name": "personal assistant",
      "url": "https://www.futurepedia.io/ai-tools/personal-assistant",
      "alias": "personal-assistant",
      "tool_count": 207,
      "group": "AI Productivity Tools",
      "group_slug": "productivity",
      "group_url": "https://www.futurepedia.io/ai-tools/productivity"
    },
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "personal-assistant",
        "name": "personal assistant",
        "url": "https://www.futurepedia.io/ai-tools/personal-assistant",
        "alias": "personal-assistant",
        "tool_count": 207,
        "group": "AI Productivity Tools",
        "group_slug": "productivity",
        "group_url": "https://www.futurepedia.io/ai-tools/productivity"
      },
      {
        "id": "research-assistant",
        "name": "research",
        "url": "https://www.futurepedia.io/ai-tools/research-assistant",
        "alias": "research-assistant",
        "tool_count": 273,
        "group": "AI Productivity Tools",
        "group_slug": "productivity",
        "group_url": "https://www.futurepedia.io/ai-tools/productivity"
      }
    ],
    "total_found": 42,
    "page_count": 1,
    "blocked": false,
    "proxy_traffic_bytes": 111450
  },
  "total_points": 5
}

Integration

How to run it

The same lookup works from the app, the API, or as a tool an agent can call mid-task.

One record per request. Results come back in the same envelope as every other source: a session id, a readable summary, the structured result and the points charged.

curl -X POST https://api.neuralverge.ai/functions/v1/run-futurepedia-categories \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Use cases

What teams use it for

Where this field shows up in an actual workflow.

Category discovery

Find the slug for a category before running Futurepedia tools search.

Market breadth

Compare tool counts to see which AI tool categories are busiest.

Taxonomy mapping

Map Futurepedia groups and categories onto your own tag set.

Dropdown data

Populate a category picker from the live list.

Coverage & limits

Coverage, freshness and limits

What this source covers, how fresh it is, and where it stops.

Coverage

Futurepedia records with a public page.

Freshness

Read at request time, so the answer reflects the platform as it stands when you ask.

Handling

This source returns information Futurepedia shows publicly. Every response carries the session id you can trace.

What it will not do

—Lists the top sub-categories shown on the categories page, not necessarily every category on the site.
—Tool counts are as Futurepedia displays them.
—Individual tools come from Futurepedia tools search.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Send group with a value such as productivity, video, image or code.

Related sources

Futurepedia tool search

Name, description, pricing, rating, categories and link for each AI tool in the category.

Futurepedia tool

Description, rating and review count, categories, pricing, key features, pros and cons, use cases, pricing plans, rating breakdown and social links.

Futurepedia tool alternatives

Name, description, pricing, rating, categories and link for each alternative to the tool.

All startup & funding data

Startup directories, funding databases, launch platforms and investor data.

Try futurepedia categories on your own data

One request format across every source in the catalog.

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