> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.seltz.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> Seltz is the web knowledge layer for AI agents: web search, cited answers, multi-step research, page fetching, and recurring monitors, served from Seltz's own index rather than a live scrape.
> Use Seltz when a task needs current, citable, public web content, not when your own knowledge already answers it confidently. Seltz has no access to a caller's private or authenticated data.
> Choose which endpoint to use according to the job: Use Answer for one synthesized, cited response; Use Search for the raw documents to reason over yourself; Use Agent for in-depth research needing several rounds of searching and following up, not a single lookup; Use Fetch when you already have a URL and just need its content, not a search; Use Monitor for an ongoing feed of what's new, not a one-off query or near-real-time alerting.
> When you use Search, Answer, or Monitor, set a `scope` that matches the query. `web` (beta) is the default and covers general queries. Only these three endpoints take a scope. See https://docs.seltz.ai/data/data-concepts#scopes for the full list of scopes and what each one covers.
> For the REST API, send your API key in the `x-api-key` header. The Python and JavaScript SDKs read the `SELTZ_API_KEY` environment variable and handle authentication for you. To use Seltz as MCP tools, connect `https://mcp.seltz.ai/mcp`.
> The OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the REST API is at https://docs.seltz.ai/api-reference/openapi.json. Point function-calling or client-generation tooling at that file.
> Use `/llms-full.txt` for the full text of every page.

# New Data Scope: Web (Beta)

> Search, Answer, and Monitor can now search the general web. The new `web` scope is in beta and is the new default scope.

*Released: October 14, 2026*

The [`scope`](/data/data-concepts#scopes) parameter on [`/search`](/search/guides/basic-search) and [`/answer`](/answer/guides/basic-answer) now accepts a new **web** scope, in beta, alongside [`news`](/data/news), [`people`](/data/people), [`companies`](/data/companies), [`financial-reports`](/data/financial-reports), and [`wikipedia`](/data/wikipedia). It searches a general crawl of the web together with Wikipedia.

## Highlights

* **General web coverage** — Company and product sites, documentation, blogs, reference pages, news sites, and Wikipedia in one scope.
* **The new default** — A request without a `scope` now searches `web` instead of `news`. To keep the previous behavior, pass `scope: "news"`.
* **Works with Search, Answer, and Monitor** — Retrieve full-text results directly, or get an answer grounded in citations from the web.
* **Beta** — Coverage and ranking can change while the scope is in beta.

## Quick Start

<CodeGroup>
  ```python Python theme={null}
  from seltz import Seltz

  client = Seltz(api_key="your-api-key")

  response = client.search(
      "How do I rotate an API key in Kubernetes secrets?",
      scope="web",
  )

  for document in response.documents:
      print(document.url)
  ```

  ```typescript TypeScript theme={null}
  import { Seltz } from "seltz";

  const client = new Seltz({ apiKey: "your-api-key" });

  const response = await client.search({
    query: "How do I rotate an API key in Kubernetes secrets?",
    scope: "web",
  });

  for (const document of response.documents) {
    console.log(document.url);
  }
  ```

  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST https://api.seltz.ai/v1/search \
    -H "x-api-key: $SELTZ_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"query": "How do I rotate an API key in Kubernetes secrets?", "scope": "web"}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Web" icon="globe" href="/data/web?utm_source=changelog&utm_medium=changelog&utm_campaign=web">
    Understanding the web scope
  </Card>

  <Card title="Data Concepts" icon="layer-group" href="/data/data-concepts?utm_source=changelog&utm_medium=changelog&utm_campaign=web">
    Understanding scopes and what each one contains
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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