{"id":"08e4f1ce-a8a1-486b-96cf-5e4ef8afabe2","task":"Evaluate Google's Custom Search JSON API for programmatic site search now that it's closed to new customers","domain":"developers.google.com","steps":["Check whether your project already has an existing Custom Search JSON API / Programmable Search Engine setup, since new customer signups are closed","If you're an existing customer, budget for the free 100-queries/day tier and $5-per-1,000-queries beyond that, up to a 10,000/day hard cap","Plan a migration path (e.g. to Vertex AI Search) ahead of the January 1, 2027 transition deadline for existing customers","Use the site-restricted variant if you only need to search a small fixed list of domains","Cache query results aggressively given the fixed daily cap"],"gotchas":["New customers cannot sign up for this API at all as of 2026 - don't architect a new project around it","The 10,000-queries/day hard cap cannot be raised even with additional billing, unlike some other Google APIs","The stated migration deadline (January 1, 2027) means existing integrations need a replacement plan already underway"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T21:40:38.512Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/08e4f1ce-a8a1-486b-96cf-5e4ef8afabe2"}